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Pedestrians and cyclists are 44% more likely to die if they are hit by an SUV or similar-sized vehicle rather than a traditional car, a study has found. The figure rises to 82% for children, the ...
The Commons Public Accounts Committee found the cost of collecting taxes rose by £563 million over the last parliament, while productivity fell.
The Treasury Committee is urging the Government to improve its monitoring and said the Treasury may eventually need to mandate cash acceptance.
More than 1,000 physician associates (PAs) could begin their careers in the NHS every year after regulators approved dozens of courses to teach them. The General Medical Council (GMC) said it had ...
The findings have been published ahead of the NAHT school leaders’ union conference in Harrogate this weekend.
The world’s largest furniture retailer has taken over the former Topshop base in London to open a three-floor outlet selling around 6,000 items.
The National Audit Office has called on the Department for Education to publish a delivery plan for achieving its teacher recruitment target.
A train has been wrapped in bold artwork celebrating the ethnicity of its operator’s workforce and the communities it serves. Digital artist Baraka Carberry, who created the work for Avanti West Coast ...
Also on the line-up are authors Maggie O’Farrell and Ian McEwan, as well as Gavin And Stacey co-creator and writer, Ruth Jones.
A doctor who was contemplating having her eye removed had her sight restored in time for her wedding thanks to a first-of-its-kind genomics lab. Ellie Irwin had a rare bacterial eye infection which ...
Climate Change Committee warns not enough is being done to prepare the country and people for floods, droughts, heatwaves and wildfires.
White Lotus star Jason Isaacs, Stephen Fry, Richard Curtis, Aisling Bea, Carice Van Houten and Nabhaan Rizwan have jopined other well-known faces to sign a new petition asking the government to take ...