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Ban ‘no ball games’ signs to get children off devices, play experts say

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Vanessa ClarkeEducation reporterGetty ImagesPlay experts want to ban "no ball games" signs and protect playtime during school breaks, to reduce the time children...

Reeves’s spending priorities leave little wiggle room

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The words Spending Review may not instantly quicken the heart rate of many, but what we hear from the Chancellor Rachel Reeves will...

Rachel Reeves to set out spending plans up to next general election

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Rachel Reeves is preparing to unveil her highly anticipated spending review, setting out how much money the NHS, schools, police and other public...

At least four dead in Colombia attacks, local media reports

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At least four people have died in a wave of bomb and gun attacks in south-western Colombia, according to local media reports.Two police...

Shock after school shooting in ‘safe and peaceful place’

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Eleven people have died in a school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz, including a 21-year-old gunman who took his own life....

Rough sleeping to be decriminalised in England and Wales

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Joshua NevettPolitical reporterPARough sleeping will be decriminalised next year under government plans to scrap a 200-year-old law.Ministers are planning to scrap the Vagrancy...

South Africa hit by snow, floods and gale force winds causing havoc

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A minibus carrying schoolchildren has been swept away by heavy flooding in South Africa, a spokesperson for the Eastern Cape provincial government has...

Gunshots heard and students evacuate in videos filmed at Austrian school

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Videos from social media show the moment loud gunshots were heard in a classroom, during a deadly school shooting in Graz, Austria. Footage...

MPs set to vote on decriminalising abortion in England and Wales

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Women would no longer be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy in England and Wales under a proposed shake-up of abortion laws.MPs are set...

Starmer says ‘no blank cheque’ for nuclear project

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Michael Race, Simon Jack & Alice CunninghamBBC Business & BBC SuffolkBBCThe prime minister has said he is "not writing a blank cheque" to...