Ian Jones
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Middlesbrough has the UKâs highest crime rate â hereâs how other areas compare (opens the original)
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The area of the country covered by Cleveland Police â which includes Middlesbrough â has the highest crime rate in England and Wales. Middlesbrough has been the scene of a number of major incidents in recent days, including a wrong-way crash on the A66 that killed seven people, including two police officers, and a fire that killed a woman and her seven-year-old niece. A car also smashed into a house in South Bank in the early hours of Thursday morning, and a man was stabbed the same day. Two
Greater Manchester mayoral by-election: Full list of candidates (opens the original)
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More than two million people will be eligible to vote in Thursday’s contest to choose a new Greater Manchester mayor, making it the biggest by-election in UK history. Seven candidates are standing to succeed the former mayor – and now prime minister – Andy Burnham, who had to give up the job in June when he was elected MP for Makerfield. Mr Burnham became Greater Manchester’s first directly elected mayor in 2017 and went on to hold the post for Labour for nine years, winning again in 2021 and 20
The rise of Neets explained as Andy Burnham addresses rising problem (opens the original)
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The recent rise in young people not in education, employment or training – Neets – has been driven by a record number who are classed as economically inactive. Andy Burnham has announced a major shake-up to England’s education system in a bid to tackle youth unemployment and continue the government’s devolution drive. The new prime minister will tell schools across the country to adapt their curriculum to fit the needs of local business through new “prestigious” technical education routes. Mr Bu
School absences reached nearly 20% during June heatwave amid rare ‘red’ heat warning (opens the original)
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Nearly one in five school sessions in England were missed during the peak of last month’s heatwave, new figures reveal. On June 26, when temperatures soared to a punishing 37.7C and parts of the country were under a rare "red" warning for extreme heat, the pupil absence rate reached an estimated 18.4 per cent. This absence rate measures the proportion of school sessions missed in state-funded schools, with one session equivalent to half a day. Data published by the Department for Education (DfE)
What Clactonâs history tells us about Farageâs by-election chances (opens the original)
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When Nigel Farage won the Clacton seat in the 2024 general election with 46.2 per cent of the vote, it was Reform UK's strongest performance nationwide. This result saw him unseat the incumbent Conservative MP, Giles Watling, who garnered 27.9 per cent, while Labour trailed in third place with 16.2 per cent. The Liberal Democrats and Greens secured 4.4 per cent and 4.2 per cent respectively, placing them considerably behind the main contenders. The Reform UK leader will fight a by-election after
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