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The plans for technical education reform will build on local initiatives like the MBacc, or Greater Manchester Baccalaureate, which was announced in 2023 by the now prime minister when he was the city’s mayor.Launched there in September 2024, it has provided a framework for pupils to pick GCSE subjects in both academic and technical subjects which align with growing local industries, like green energy or digital.The government said it would be working with regional mayors, local leaders, schools, colleges and employers to deliver its plans nationally.Education Secretary Lucy Powell said the announcement “marks the start of a real shared effort…

“I was really struggling to get food down, and was stressing about things like getting a medley relay slot instead of thinking about getting a medal tonight.”My coach said to me I had nothing to lose but to just relax and enjoy it.”Alongside fellow Scots Ciara Schlosshan and Lucy Grieve – who finished fifth and sixth respectively – MacInnes did just that.Third at the turn, she overhauled South Africa’s Erin Gallagher as the noise grew louder to earn a spot on the second step of the podium. Australia’s Alex Perkins took gold.”Oh, God, I’m just starting to get my breath…

Oldham Athletic have signed teenage defender Zain Tahir on loan from Sheffield United for the 2026-27 season.Tahir will enjoy his first experience of the English Football League, having played four games on loan in the National League with Scunthorpe United last season.The 19-year-old has been part of the Blades’ Professional Development League squad for the past couple of years.”For a young player, it’s about finding the right environment to take that next step and we’re able to provide that place for him to continue his development,” Latics manager Micky Mellon told Oldham’s website., external

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“It’s a massive problem,” said Edwards, a beef and sheep farmer from Colwinston.”We’re close to Cardiff, Bridgend, Swansea – there are good links to the motorway and A roads so people can travel here.”To access his own fields, the 45-year-old now has to use a JCB to move giant logs he’s placed in front of the gates.”It’s got to the stage now that if we don’t put a log like that in the gateway they force access. We’ve tried chains and padlocks but they get cut off.”We’ve had vehicles ram gates and smash [them] off their hinges, and then when…

The attitude is understandable. Goodburn is – astonishingly – is in the best shape of his life in swimming terms. He lowered the national record to 27.12 seconds in February and qualified fifth fastest for this. New treatments – which he fought hard to be given access to – have slowed the growth of his tumours, and he recently graduated from Edinburgh University with a first in chemical engineering.Ultimately, he finished joint seventh – “joint last” as he put it – and missed out on the 50m breaststroke medal he craved. But this race and this week has been about…

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