Month: September 2024

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has described the number of children missing school as an “absence epidemic”. Ahead of pupils’ return to the classroom next week, Ms Phillipson warned she will make no “apologies” for fining parents with frequently absent children. In the Sunday Times, Ms Phillipson said her first priority is to create a welcoming environment for pupils in a bid to improve attendance. She added that too many parents […]

The bodies of six hostages taken by Hamas have been recovered from Gaza, according to the Israel Defence Forces. In a statement posted on X, the IDF said the bodies of Carmel Gat, 40, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Alexander Lobanov,33, Almog Sarusi, 27, and Ori Danino, 25, were found and recovered yesterday. Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military spokesperson, said on Sunday that “they were cruelly murdered […]

The criminal justice system is “undoubtedly dysfunctional”, the police watchdog has said, as he described the lack of prison places as a “nightmare”. His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary Andy Cooke told The Sunday Telegraph that “too often” police officers are “getting the basics wrong”, such as failing to answer the phone quickly or respond to incidents at pace. Mr Cooke told the newspaper: “None of the organisations can hold […]