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Leader of headteachers’ union warns of disruption to students’ learning and urges government actionA headteachers’ union is calling on the government to provide “financial protection” for schools at risk of collapse, as well as funding for students to catch up on any lost learning.In 2023, schools were told to close any buildings containing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) that did not have existing safety measures in place. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/aug/31/call-for-financial-protection-for-schools-in-england-with-crumbling-concrete Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-08-31 10:36:45 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Health groups challenge Starmer to ban ‘unhealthy products’ firms from lobbying MPs by giving them giftsMPs are being urged to stop accepting freebies to sports and cultural events from tobacco, alcohol and junk food firms because their products cause so much illness and death.More than 100 health groups are urging Britain’s lawmakers to reject offers of gifts and hospitality from “unhealthy products industries” because they use an array of underhand tactics to disguise the harm they create in order to protect their sales. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/30/uk-mps-urged-to-give-up-freebies-from-tobacco-alcohol-and-junk-food-firms Author : Denis Campbell and Henry Dyer Publish date : 2024-08-31

Programme that monitored thousands of women leads to findings that could lead to better health outcomes for decades to comeScientists say they are moving towards earlier indentification and prevention of heart disease. The development is the result of a programme that monitored thousands of women for three decades while assessing their susceptibilities to cardiac illness.The scientists presented the work as late-breaking research at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in London and published it in the New England Journal of Medicine. “We hope these findings move the field closer to identifying even earlier ways to detect and prevent heart disease,”

Anera says four men who died in Gaza were locals who asked to serve as escort for convoy, but IDF describes them as ‘armed assailants’See all our coverage of the Israel-Gaza warHere are the latest photos from the Nur Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, after Israel’s two-day military operation there.Israel’s army pulled out of Nur Shams camp on Friday morning, but its wider operation across the north of the occupied West Bank continues. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/aug/31/middle-east-crisis-live-convoy-members-killed-by-israeli-airstrike-in-gaza-were-volunteers-aid-agency-says Author : Sarah Haque Publish date : 2024-08-31 08:37:44 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the