The government is being urged to extend bereavement payments to co-habiting couples after a court ruling.
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Ministers pledge increase in children’s cycle training
The government is promising to make cycling proficiency lessons available to every child in England.
Phillip Schofield: What it’s like when your parent comes out as LGBT
What Jillian Stewart learned making a documentary about what it’s like when parents come out to their children.
Disabled people ‘pulled into poverty’ as benefits fall short
Nearly half the UK’s 14 million people in poverty are disabled or live with someone who is, a report says.
Seven female scientists you may not have heard of – but should know all about
The government is being told to act over a “lack of visible role models for girls” in science. Here’s a whole array they could use.
Seven female scientists you may not have heard of – but should know all about
The government is being told to act over a “lack of visible role models for girls” in science. Here’s a whole array they could use.
Coronavirus: Schools told not to exclude pupils of Chinese heritage
The Welsh Government makes the order after a “small number” of children were told to stay at home.
School league tables: Boys behind girls for three decades
Use the BBC News postcode search to see how your school has done in this year’s secondary league tables.
England’s secondary school league tables to be published
The tables are based on how teenagers in each school performed in their GCSE exams and A-levels in 2019.
Autism and ADHD ‘not being spotted’ as exclusions rise
Pupils are being removed rather than helped, says a manager of schools for those excluded.
How Nicaragua’s deaf children invented a new sign language
How deaf children in Nicaragua invented their own sign language, allowing experts a unique insight into how communication develops.
Stillborn babies lost decades ago ‘must be traced’
A group of MPs wants families that lost babies more than 40 years ago to be told where their remains are.