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Ruby Oades, 14, who has severe learning difficulties and autism, was dragged along the floor by her ankles at Swinderby school and care home in Lincolnshire.

An order this week for coal mines to operate at full capacity highlights the challenges for Xi Jinping in meeting carbon emissions targets.

Investors fear that many Asian governments aren’t doing enough to transition to net zero. They are therefore engaging with the region’s largest utilities hoping for better results. CLP may be an example for others to follow.

Dont show me this message again✕ The Home Office recently scrapped a numerical committment on refugee resettlement to the UK (PA) The Home Office has been accused of prioritising skills over safety after it announced a new scheme to resettle only “skilled” refugees, after having recently scrapped its commitment on general refugee resettlement. On Monday, as the controversial new Nationality and Borders Bill returns to parliament for its second reading, home secretary Priti Patel will ann...

Concern over future of resettlement as Home Office announces scheme only for ‘skilled’ refugees May Bulman The Home Office recently scrapped a numerical committment on refugee resettlement to the UK - PA The Home Office has been accused of prioritising skills over safety after it announced a new scheme to resettle only “skilled” refugees, after having recently scrapped its commitment on general refugee resettlement. On Monday, as the controversial new Nationality and Bor...

New tracing system planned for fully vaccinated people (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA) A new tracing system will be introduced for vaccinated people, the Government has suggested. Announcements are expected this week on new measures to apply to those who are fully vaccinated, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Sajid Javid said. Mr Johnson told a Downing Street press conference on the easing of lockdown measures in England from July 19 that a test, trace and isolate system that is “pro...

Jackie Long Social Affairs Editor and Presenter We spoke to the Conservative MP David Simmonds, who chairs the parliamentary group on social work and has spoken and written about the Government’s levelling up agenda.

Western announced the members of its new equity, diversity and inclusion advisory council — the first panel of its kind at Western with community leaders to guide anti-racism and equity work on campus.  Western University assembled the council in response to the 23 EDI recommendations from the President’s Anti-Racism Working Group final report. The council will amplify the voices of marginalized groups on campus and provide guidance for the incoming associat...

A small town in Idaho searches for ways to keep the surrounding landscape undeveloped.

BBC News By Sean Coughlan image captionLord Wharton, pictured when he was serving as an MP The Conservative peer who is the governments preferred choice to chair the Office for Students (OfS) watchdog has suggested he could continue taking his partys whip at the same time as being an independent regulator. Lord Wharton was asked by MPs about a conflict of interest. He said that party whips, who organise how peers and MPs vote, would give him more "latitude". "I can assure you I wont be hesitant...