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Its thursday, the 13th april. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The Education Secretary, Justine Greening, has said that she wants a new model of Grammar Schools in england which are open for everyone. She says she particularly wants to ensure that there are much stronger educational outcomes for ordinary Working Families, and notjust the privileged few. But new analysis from the government shows a majority of Selective School places go to more affluent families. Lets here little ...

But further to the period where you sense of exaggerating the. Loss of the roses over here were going to reach out. By sort of a lot of what are some of the most urgent challenges that need to be resolved in the short term. I think one of the main things is trying to develop a system in the process where you can get to with many people as efficiently as possible hole as it is that is going to separate a huge area as i said setting up those systems where were going to get. Moving closer to those ...

The end is nigh for the red phone boxes in the shadow of HM Treasury on Parliament Square. None of them worked when I last checked.

In a workshop packed with historic memorabilia, from rusty petrol pumps to vintage enamel signs, Carl Burge skillfully applied the finishing touches to the red British telephone box he was restoring. One turned into many, and now Burge is working on restoring several telephone boxes at a time. 

One of the Dorset telephone boxes was only used six times in the past year.

Iconic red phone boxes no longer in use at 77 locations across Wales are being made available by BT.

Knock—on effect with this strike tomorrow and it all starts again on saturday. polling stations opened in the uxbridge and south ruislip by—election where voters are choosing a new mp following borisjohnsons resignation last month. there are 17 candidates standing with the conservatives defending a majority of 7,000 votes. polling stations close at ten oclock tonight. with the result expected in the early hours of friday morning. four rare phone boxes on the london underground have been give...

Coin slots in Germany’s 12.000 remaining Telekom payphones will end service from November 21, it's the beginning of the end for phone boxes after 147 years.

Aggressive than others. given alongside chemotherapy, it can shrink the cancer and stop it spreading. the new monogram for the queen consort has been unveiled by buckingham palace. it combines camillas initial �*c�* and �*r for regina — the latin word for queen. it will be used by camilla on personal letterheads, cards and gifts, and appears more ornate than the kings cypher, which is being used on government buildings, state documents and new post boxes. i know like a lot of stuff is ch...

So were still going to be adearing who still uses them. its a lot easier than it was when she took over from her father george vi because everybody used stamps and money then. so that aspect at least of -- >> what about postboxes? >> i mean, they might go the same way as phone boxes. when is the last time anyone was in a phone box? >> true. >> there is visible signs. >> hes certainly changed with the times. >> he has. but also, hes anticipating this era. i think thats what the monarchy does. pri...