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National Home Buyers Week: The six steps to getting on the property ladder first-time buyers should know

Six steps to getting on property ladder first-time buyers should know Will Millar

Ruth Perry was the headteacher at Caversham Primary School (Photo: Brighter Futures for Children)

Ofsted defends school inspections despite backlash Rahmah Ghazali

Caversham Primary School in Reading

Primary headteacher took own life after Ofsted downgrade Rahmah Ghazali

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt addressed the House of Commons with his Spring Budget 2023 on Wednesday - Credit: Getty Images

Key announcements from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2023 Ethan Evans

Snow has fallen in many parts of the UK (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Latest Met Office forecast as Storm Larisa brings snow and ice to UK Patrick Hollis

An AV1 robot in a lesson

Robots help children unable to be in school to continue learning Patrick Hollis

<p>A driver supporting the NEU strike action (Photo: Getty)</p>

Read This 200,000 teachers to strike over next three days Patrick Hollis

Children on World Book Day.

Teachers strikes fall on same day as World Book Day Sophie Wills

Unions want concrete pay offer ahead of education secretary meeting Patrick Hollis

The first Praise Along school workshop, taking place at Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School in Fence, with Matt Thompson on piano and Nicky Madden recording. Credit: Jason Broadhurst

Burnley songwriter launches free school music service to help spark joy Laura Longworth

Epsom College head Emma Pattison, 45, her husband George, 39, and their daughter Lettie, seven.

Epsom College Head Emma Pattison and family found dead in school Sam Johnson

Homer Simpson after going on strike

The Simpsons' Homer goes on strike in Walk Out Wednesday 'coincidence' Patrick Hollis

Representatives of National Education Union (NEU), Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the public-service union Unison join a rally by the University and College Union (UCU).

UK mass strike will see half a million workers walk out today Sophie Wills

English schools increasing property prices the most - see the list Daniel Mcneil

Britain's astronaut Tim Peake gestures as his space suit is tested at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome (photo: Getty Images)

First News: Peake viewing as Tim Peake hosts brand new space programme Nigel Booth

<p>The uptake of vaccines has decreased </p>

Read This Drop in HPV vaccine coverage among secondary school pupils Patrick Hollis

Free School Meals For All bill reading delayed in Parliament Ethan Evans

Teachers from the NEU in England and Wales will take strike action on a total of seven dates.

When are teachers across England and Wales taking strike action? Dennis Morton

Two UK schools ban pupils from any physical contact including holding hands, hugging to ensure ‘safety’

Two UK schools ban pupils from physical contact Rahmah Ghazali

Schools in Scotland are set to close in January as teachers prepare to walk out again in pay dispute. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Schools in England and Wales to shut if teachers take strike action Beth Franklin

Tongue of a child with scarlet fever - strawberry tongue.

Back to school advice as scarlet fever and Covid cases remain high Patrick Hollis

The theatre has become too expensive for many parents

Charity survey finds almost half of parents unable to afford theatre Patrick Hollis

Ethan Jennings with the gold medals he won at two national swimming competitions representing his school, Park Hill St Joseph's in Burnley

Top swimmer Ethan claims two national swimming titles Sue Plunkett

Paints at the ready – children and Penny, the hospice mascot, prepare for the Pendleside Witchfest art competition

Youngsters urged to join the Pendleside Hospice WitchFest art competition Dominic Collis

Period coach Sam Wright has appealed for Burnley gyms to provide free essential products for all females

'Period coach' appeals to gyms to provide free essential items for females Sue Plunkett

Families can claim free school meal vouchers of up to £30 over Easter holiday br... Isabella Boneham

Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson

Pendle MP calls for schools to visit Parliament in 2022 Dominic Collis

Coun Jayne Rear and Coun Michael Green

Health Schools to receive new ventilation equipment thanks to £150,000 Lancashire Count... Clare Kelly

Couns Rear and Green

Local schools to receive new ventilation equipment thanks to £150k county counci... Dominic Collis

READING CRISIS: Some 11-year-olds have a reading age of six. Photo: Getty Images

Blaise Tapp: Reading crisis needs to be top of Prime Minister's agenda Jane Chippindale

Covid: schools ‘teetering on the edge’ with one in three having staff absence levels of over 10% (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Schools ‘teetering on the edge’ with one in three having staff absence levels of... Ethan Shone

More school absence fines issued in Lancashire than anywhere else

Lancashire named worst place in country for parents keeping children off school Mike Hill

Former teachers are being urged to sign up from Monday (20 December) (Photo: Getty Images)

Ex-teachers urged to return to schools to help with Covid staff shortages Claire Schofield

Some schools and colleges have already switched to remote lessons ahead of Christmas (Photo: Getty Images)

Schools offered ‘flexible’ start to January term as closure concerns dismissed Claire Schofield

Clitheroe Town Crier Roland Hailwood at the Rotary stall which saw people donate thousands of items for the underprivileged

Ribble Valley community's generosity praised for its outstanding response to Rot... Faiza Afzaal

Face coverings should be worn in all communal areas of schools and colleges in England from Monday (29 November) (Photo: Getty Images)

Schools could close early for Christmas as new Covid guidance issued for pupils Claire Schofield

Individual winner Matthew Lalor with friends and family

Beat the Street Burnley winners receive prizes Dominic Collis

New figures show Lancashire pupils missed millions school days during the coronavirus pandemic

Lancashire pupils miss millions of school days due to Covid By The Newsroom

Colin Jackson

Winners revealed for Burnley's hit Beat the Street game Dominic Collis

Some of the Mental Wellbeing Workers involved in Burnley FC in the Community’s Schools’ Mental Wellbeing Project

Burnley FC in the Community shortlisted for football awards for mental health wo... Dominic Collis

One of the signs - bearing a fake claim about the Covid jab - held aloft outside Lytham St Annes High School earlier this week

Covid vaccines for teenagers: what parents need to know amid a new wave of misin... Michael Head, Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton

Shortages are expected throughout Lancashire County Council’s schools as supply chains face pressure throughout the country. Photo: Getty.

Schools across Burnley to offer reduced lunch menus as HGV driver shortage hits John Deehan

Coun. Sarah Cockburn-Price

Launch of climate action grants for Pendle schools and community groups Dominic Collis