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A historic Gloucestershire independent school has announced it will close this summer, becoming the latest casualty of mounting financial pressures across the private education sector. The decision will force hundreds of pupils to find new schools and adds to growing concerns over the future of fee-paying education in England.Rendcomb College has said it will permanently close this summer after more than 100 years in operation.The school, which opened in 1920 and teaches both day pupils and boarders, blamed ongoing financial pressures facing private schools, along with falling pupil numbers. Around 380 children will now need to find places at other…

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/Johnny RutherfordGreat Western Railway is urging passengers not to attempt to travel on the line due to damage at DawlishThe only railway line to the south-west of England has been partially shut until further notice after a sea wall next to it crumbled in a storm.Great Western Railway (GWR) urged passengers not to attempt to travel on the line between Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbot due to the damage at Dawlish.A sea wall protecting the railway line in the town collapsed in two places as Storm Ingrid lashed the south Devon coast on Saturday.Network Rail had issued a black…

The first Cadillac F1 car completed its first laps at a private shakedown at Silverstone on 16 January with Mexican Perez behind the wheel. On the other side of the garage, Finland’s Bottas – who kept his finger on the F1 pulse as a reserve driver for Mercedes in 2025 – is also counting down to the next chapter of his career. “For me, it’s like a comeback,” Bottas said in an exclusive interview for the F1: Back at Base podcast. “I want to make it the best season I’ve had personally, when I look at my personal results. I…

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Matt ElsonThe watermill was “gloomy” and “uninhabitable” before Brendan and Celia Wilson began the renovationMany people would like to say their home is beautiful, but Brendan and Celia Wilson can truly say theirs is a work of art.The couple’s Grade II-listed watermill house dates back almost 450 years and was the inspiration for a painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner – widely considered to be one of the UK’s greatest artists.Rossett Mill in Wrexham was boarded up and uninhabitable 17 years ago, but Brendan and Celia were enchanted by it as soon as they laid eyes on it, bought it…

The task for O’Sullivan is clear – to help Liverpool move off the bottom of the Women’s Super League table and pick up points.Gareth Taylor’s side remain without a win in the WSL this season but have acted in the transfer window, adding six new signings – including O’Sullivan.The Reds, two-time WSL winners, moved into elite training facilities at Melwood in 2023 but have fallen behind England’s biggest clubs on the pitch.”I think the club has a clear vision. They want the team, in the next few years, to be up there and winning WSL titles,” said O’Sullivan.”I know the…

Kaleigh WattersonCheshire political reporter, WarringtonCouncillor Smith said the young people were “always a priority” and there would be cost savings from the new homesMore children’s care homes are being opened by a council to keep young people in their local area and cut down on costs. In Warrington, the number of beds in local authority-run children’s homes has increased from eight to 46 since 2019.Across England, four-fifths of children’s homes are run by private companies and local authorities are spending increasing amounts on social care services for adults and children.Warrington Councillor Matthew Smith told Politics North West there had been…

PA MediaEsther Ghey’s daughter Brianna Ghey was stabbed to death in 2023 by two teens who had viewed violent content onlineTwo bereaved mothers fear any delay to bringing in a social media ban for young people could mean “more and more children being harmed”.It comes days after the Lords voted in favour of banning under-16s from using social media services such as TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook in a move similar to one imposed by Australia last year.Esther Ghey and Ellen Roome told the ‘s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that Ofcom, the regulator monitoring online safety laws, is not doing…

“They had such a superpowered season last season, signed a load of players and everyone just expected it to carry on and it’s not been that easy obviously,” said Dyche following Thursday’s loss in Braga. Global sporting director Edu oversaw 11 permanent senior signings, with Omari Hutchinson’s £37.5m arrival from Ipswich breaking the club’s transfer record. Additionally, Douglas Luiz and Oleksandr Zinchenko arrived on loan from Juventus and Arsenal respectively. But the spending was not without issues. Edu wanted younger signings with greater resale value while then-manager Nuno Espirito Santo was unhappy he did not get Adama Traore rather than…