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• Readers reply: why do Americans use the term ‘Victorian’?

  21-05-2023 15:00
  
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsWhy do Americans use the term “Victorian”? Victoria came to the British throne in 1837, more than 60 years after the US declared independence. Tim Howell, NewquaySend new questions to [email protected] olden days, a glimpse of stockingWas looked on as something shocking Continue reading...
  
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• London nursery hit with record fine after mouse droppings found

  21-05-2023 14:00
  
  Busy Bees branch within hospital complex fined £225,000 plus costs for food safety and hygiene offencesA branch of Britain’s largest private childcare provider has been hit with a record fine after inspectors found fresh mouse droppings in the kitchen and the children’s play areas of a nursery within an NHS hospital complex in east London.Busy Bees – which operates 375 nurseries in England, Scotland and Wales – was fined £225,000 and £15,000 in costs by
  
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• Teaching unions in England urge ministers to resume pay talks

  21-05-2023 12:30
  
  Call comes as independent review body to recommend 6.5% pay rise for teachers in EnglandEducation union leaders have urged ministers to return to the negotiating table for formal talks on pay and funding as an independent review body is to recommend a 6.5% pay rise for teachers in England.The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) has told the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, that a 6.5% increase is needed to retain teachers in the profession. Keegan was given the report last week but has
  
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• Labour’s top team pushes Starmer to replace tuition fees with graduate tax

  21-05-2023 08:00
  
  Labour leader advised to create a fairer system in the form of maintenance grantsKeir Starmer is being urged by shadow cabinet figures to replace tuition fees in England with a graduate tax, amid growing concern that the finances of universities are becoming unsustainable under the current system.An injection of cash in the form of maintenance grants to the poorest students is also backed by some of the Labour leader’s top team as a way of ensuring students are not put off by the increasin
  
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• Childcare workers’ union to seek 25% pay rise after Labor budget snub

  21-05-2023 02:00
  
  Sector already in crisis will lose workers to better paid aged care unless there is ‘significant uplift’ in wages, UWU saysFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe union representing early childhood educators has condemned the Albanese government’s failure to boost their pay in the federal budget, signalling it will bring a multi-employer bargaining claim within weeks seeking a 25% pay
  
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• What school in an empty shopping mall looks like

  21-05-2023 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How one US school found a clever solution when they had to quickly find a new home.
  
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• Watch what school in an empty shopping mall looks like

  21-05-2023 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How one US school found a clever solution when they had to quickly find a new home.
  
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