Archway Learning News Today

Record temperatures are expected today

Government has not advised for schools to shut

An amber weather warning for extreme heat is in now in place across a large swathe of Derbyshire as the county looks set to experience record-breaking temperatures.

An education academy is to close all its schools – including those in Derbyshire – on Monday and Tuesday, due to the heatwave.

The trust's 10 schools will close on Monday and Tuesday "for the welfare of our students and staff".

A Nottingham city councillor suggests a shake-up of the "punitive culture" at schools in the city.

Strike by Iranian oil workers spreads amid rising wave of protests and stoppages The strike by Iranian oil contract workers is about to enter its fifth week. It has spread to 105 refineries, complexes and companies across 35 Iranian cities. The contract workers walked out over low pay and poor working conditions. They make around $300 a month, and are demanding to be paid around $500. A defence committee to support the strikers issued a statement on Sunday, appealing to other workers to come ou...

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa 8 July 2021 invites workers and other readers to Spanish unions betray bank workers’ strike, agree thousands of job losses at CaixaBank Last week, trade unions at CaixaBank, Spain’s largest retail bank, agreed to the loss of 6,452 jobs, following token warning strikes and face-saving “negotiations” with management. The unions and management announced they reached an agreement on July 1, only two days after a 24-hour strike which, accord...

Strikes in France against power company EDF over privatisation, by interns at hospitals against long working hours and at national rail company over pay and conditions; strike continues at Fiat Plastic in Serbia against pay cuts after workers form own union; German bus drivers in Rhineland-Palatinate on indefinite pay strike; further UK stoppages at Jacobs Douwe Egberts against “fire and Rehire” and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency over COVID safety

Derby school announces plans to change its name and get new uniforms Its a new beginning according to the school Two pupils wearing blazers with the new logo, featuring an acronym of the new name Alvaston Moor Academy. (Image: Archway Trust) Never miss another Derbyshire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will b...