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Baby dies of whooping cough after mother not vaccinated while pregnant
Source: Baby dies of whooping cough after mother not vaccinated while pregnant – BBC News A baby whose mother was not vaccinated against whooping cough while pregnant has died after…
Vaccination plea after baby’s ‘terrifying’ measles
Source: County Durham mother’s vaccination plea after ‘terrifying’ measles – BBC News Nowhere in the north-east of England and Cumbria has the childhood measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rate…
Survival rates for most deadly cancers making little progress, experts warn
Source: The deadly cancers left behind by 50 years of success – BBC News The number of people surviving cancer has improved hugely in the past 50 years, but experts…
Children deliver Benedict’s Law petition for allergy safeguards in schools
Source: Children deliver Benedict’s Law petition for allergy safeguards in schools Children have delivered a petition to Downing Street calling for Benedict’s Law to be implemented across the country to end the “postcode lottery” of…
Food inflation is expected to surge to 6% by the end of the year, posing a significant challenge for boarding school catering budgets as the new academic year begins #Ad
A bleak outlook is emerging from the latest British Retail Consortium survey, with 85% of retailers reporting having raised prices in response to rising costs driven by the previous budget’s…
Managing pupil’s personal devices shouldn’t be a minefield #ad
Arabella Northey, Partnerships Manager at Seqrd Technology, explains why boarding schools can rely on innovative technology to manage student’s devices. The DfE’s guidance for boarding schools makes it clear that…
Samaritans to close more than 100 branches
Source: Samaritans to close more than 100 branches – BBC News The Samaritans are planning to close more than 100 branches across the UK and Ireland, the BBC has learned….
Students feel ‘let down’ by mental health support – but should it really be up to universities?
Source: Should student mental health responsibility fall to universities? – BBC News When Imogen arrived at the University of Nottingham in September 2022, she carried with her a letter addressed…
Sleep, exercise, hydrate – do we really need to stick to recommended daily doses?
Source: 10,000 steps myth – do we really need to stick to recommended daily doses? – BBC News It felt like there was a collective sigh of relief when a…
Smoking avatars and online games: how big tobacco targets young people in the metaverse
Source: Smoking avatars and online games: how big tobacco targets young people in the metaverse | Global development | The Guardian In the image, a group of friends is standing…
