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The government has missed the teacher recruitment target for the fifth consecutive year - this time by a significant amount. The latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) show that acceptances to teacher training courses for this year have dropped by seven per cent. Only 26,000 individuals were accepted on to teacher training courses for 2016-2017, meaning that government targets for teacher recruitment in England have now been missed for five consecutive years. Commenting on the drop...

  Campaigners chained themselves to a jet to stop a mass deportation charter flight to Nigeria and Ghana last night. There were 17 arrests on suspicion of aggravated trespass after the protestors chained themselves to a wing of the plane and each other, forming a human chain blocking the jet on a non-commercial runway at Stansted airport in Essex. The activists in this unprecedented action said that there were asylum seekers on board the plane, and that the flight was returning people to countries...

It was a momentous occasion, and the house was full (for once) at PMQs, and the triggering of Article 50 statement that followed. However, it was as boring as ever, more drab than a windswept March weekday in Bridlington, and that comes from experience. Jeremy Corbyn didn’t ask any questions on Brexit during PMQs, he would leave all that it until after May’s statement, which kind of mirror’s his whole referendum campaign. Corbyn asked some fairly searching questions over education and...

Thousands of Brits have registered as Estonian e-residents to maintain EU links following Brexit. The program allows individuals from anywhere in the world to set up an Estonian "sister" company and maintain close links with the EU after Brexit, ensuring that they are safeguarded from the fall out and continue to access valuable benefits of EU membership. UK copywriting company Red Robot is one such company to formally apply for registration of a new Estonian sister company, allowing them to access all of...

A world first medical breakthrough has seen a quadriplegic able to move his arm for the first time in eight years - simply using the power of thought. Bill Kochevar - the first recipient of implanted brain-recording and muscle-stimulating systems - grabbed a mug of water, drew it to his lips and drank through the straw. The 56-year-old's motions were slow and deliberate, but he hadn't been able to move his right arm or hand for eight years. And his...

Days after the resignation of their only MP Douglas Carswell UKIP seem to be scraping the barrel with an 18 year-old who was too young to even vote for Brexit last year. Councillor William Jones was co-opted to Cullompton Town Council at a full meeting last week. He will sit as a UKIP representative in the Devon town after choosing the party he claims best represents the interests of young people. The teen, an apprentice junior surveyor at Mid Devon District Council said...

The only fully-rotating structure in the world is due to reopen this summer after years of faults. The Glasgow Tower holds a Guinness World Record for being the tallest freestanding structure and is the only structure on the planet which is capable of rotating 360 degrees. The formerly named Millennium Tower is set to re-open from April 1 for the summer months. Customers will be able to learn about the history of Glasgow as they ascend to the top in...

A TORY social club must pay out £35,000 after sexists allegedly branded women members a “witch” and a “cow” – and prevented them joining the committee. Three women were awarded damages after a landmark legal challenge against the Conservative club. They say one committee man told a fellow male member that women would never serve on the committee “as long as he had a hole in his a**e”. Irene James, 67, also says she was told: “You’re as welcome at...

A fire has torn through part of the Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai - home to Super League club Shanghai Shenhua. The club was in the news recently for the lucrative signing of Carlos Teves and is managed by Gus Poyet. Loan players currently on the roster include Demba Ba and Óscar Romero. The blaze was reported to have started at around 8:30am with no explanation as to what caused it. Shocking footage showed the blaze engulfing one end of the ground during the morning rush...