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'Using maths is key to learning'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
Children struggle with school maths as teaching methods don't focus enough on allowing children to use it, argues an expert.
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Council scorecards for adoption

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
Local authorities in England are to be issued scorecards, under new government plans, to measure how quickly they place children with adoptive parents.
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VIDEO: Crossing the St Louis dividing line

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
The city of St Louis, Missouri, remains one of the most segregated cities in the US. But one street in particular has been known to residents as the "dividing line".
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Primaries to rise to 1,000 pupils

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
A growing number of primary schools will have 1,000 pupils or more - as extra classes are added to cope with a rapid increase in the birth rate.
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Shisha cafes 'driven underground'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
Shisha cafes in the UK are moving underground to avoid smoke-free legislation.
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Obama treats British PM to hoops in the heartland

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Basketball fan-in-chief President Barack Obama gave British Prime Minister David Cameron a front-row seat to March Madness on Tuesday, taking his European partner to an election swing state for an NCAA tournament basketball game....

Obama treats British PM to hoops in the heartland

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Basketball fan-in-chief President Barack Obama gave British Prime Minister David Cameron a front-row seat to March Madness on Tuesday, taking his European partner to an election swing state for an NCAA tournament basketball game....

Highs in 70s in March? Warm spell expected to last

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
CHICAGO (AP) -- Break out the beach towels, flip-flops and baseball bats: Warm weather is arriving early across much of the U.S., even in northern states where perplexed residents are swapping their snow shovels for golf clubs....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Highs in 70s in March? Warm spell expected to last

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
CHICAGO (AP) -- Break out the beach towels, flip-flops and baseball bats: Warm weather is arriving early across much of the U.S., even in northern states where perplexed residents are swapping their snow shovels for golf clubs....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Congo's Lubanga trial verdict due

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
The International Criminal Court is set to deliver its first ever verdict, in the case of DR Congo's Thomas Lubanga. accused of using child soldiers.
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Care homes 'struggling on care'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
Care homes in England are increasingly struggling to meet the medical needs of their residents, research by the Royal College of Nursing suggests.
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Poor hospitals 'threaten lives'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
Poor hospital care poses a risk to the lives of many patients in the developing world, according to international researchers.
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Romney will pass on NCAA tournament predictions

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Mitt Romney clearly is not running to be the nation's top sports fan....

Romney will pass on NCAA tournament predictions

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Mitt Romney clearly is not running to be the nation's top sports fan....

Obama treats British PM to hoops in the heartland

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Basketball fan-in-chief President Barack Obama gave British Prime Minister David Cameron a front-row seat to March Madness on Tuesday, taking his European partner to an election swing state for an NCAA tournament basketball game....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Obama treats British PM to hoops in the heartland

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Basketball fan-in-chief President Barack Obama gave British Prime Minister David Cameron a front-row seat to March Madness on Tuesday, taking his European partner to an election swing state for an NCAA tournament basketball game....

Small child's fingers found in Hawaii trash bin

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
HONOLULU (AP) -- For Gina Rose Vendegna, the horror of finding six tiny fingers in a trash bin at a Honolulu apartment complex didn't sink in until a day after she turned the plastic bag over to Honolulu police....
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Small child's fingers found in Hawaii trash bin

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
HONOLULU (AP) -- For Gina Rose Vendegna, the horror of finding six tiny fingers in a trash bin at a Honolulu apartment complex didn't sink in until a day after she turned the plastic bag over to Honolulu police....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Wyoming tribe gets rare permit to kill bald eagles

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken the unusual step of issuing a permit allowing an American Indian tribe to kill two bald eagles for religious purposes....
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Coalition 'slowing rights reform'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 06:08
David Cameron says he would be moving "quite a lot faster" on the creation of a UK Bill of Rights if he was not in a coalition government.
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