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Most teachers are reluctant to use or are not interested in artificial intelligence for pupil learning and assessment, new research has found. A study of more than 5,000 teachers by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, found that the majority (64%) are not using AI tools such as ChatGPT professionally, and 19% are not interested in using it in the future. A lack of clarity on their schools’ policy around […]

One in 160 people were estimated to be homeless in England on a given night this year, new research from Shelter has suggested. The charity said its research into people living in temporary accommodation, sleeping on the streets and living in hostels is “the most comprehensive overview of recorded homelessness in England”. But its figure of 354,016 is still likely to be an underestimate, it said, as some types of […]

The Government has said it will build four new prisons within the next seven years in a bid to grip the overcrowding crisis. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) promised to find a total of 14,000 cell spaces in jails by 2031. Some 6,400 of these will be at newly built prisons, with £2.3 billion towards the cost over the next two years. The remaining places will be found by measures […]

It will be on loan to the Design Museum in London A red swimsuit worn by Pamela Anderson in the hit lifeguard series Baywatch will go on display in London. The actress, 57, is best known for her role as CJ Parker in the popular US series, in which she starred opposite David Hasselhoff. Her outfit will be on loan to the Design Museum from Germany’s BikiniARTmuseum, which is dedicated to swimwear […]

Sprawling prison is known as “the Slaughterhouse” Thousands of people have been flocking from all over Syria to Saydnaya prison outside Damascus in the hope of finding loved ones arrested by Bashar Assad’s regime. For the past two days, all have been looking for signs of relatives who disappeared years or even decades ago into the secretive, sprawling prison known as “the Slaughterhouse”. But hope gave way to despair on […]

A controversial large advertising screen above the concourse at Euston railway station will be used to display train information, Network Rail said. The screen stopped being used to show adverts in October when then-transport secretary Louise Haigh ordered Network Rail to improve how it manages the station. The Government-owned company was previously criticised for converting the main concourse departures board into a large advertising screen, with smaller train information boards […]

Whitehall departments will have to find savings of 5% as Rachel Reeves promised to use an “iron fist” to squeeze government waste. The Chancellor and Treasury Chief Secretary Darren Jones have begun work on a sweeping multi-year spending review which will be published in 2025. Ms Reeves said she had “no doubt” departments would be able to identify the necessary savings so spending could instead be focused on the Government’s […]

The Government has unveiled plans to make online marketplaces and vape producers pay their “fair share” towards recycling electrical waste in the UK. UK-based businesses – like Currys, Argos, Apple Retail UK, Tesco and Microsoft – currently have to pay into an Environment Agency pot to support e-waste collection and recycling. But overseas producers selling electronic items to UK consumers through online marketplaces, like Amazon and eBay, do not. Circular […]

A cat sanctuary has raised more than £12,500 after a fallen tree branch “demolished” a newly-built pen housing rescued cats, during Storm Darragh. Rosemary Spicer, a trustee of the Avon Cat Rescue near Stratford-upon-Avon in the West Midlands, said some of the cats have “vanished” from the destroyed pen, which was damaged after the fourth named storm of the year battered parts of the country over the weekend. She hopes […]