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• MP Tracy Brabin's off-the-shoulder dress sells for £20k
  on February 13, 2020 at 7:13 pm

  Labour MP Tracy Brabin auctioned off the dress for charity after it caused controversy in the Commons.

• Peterborough Roman Catholic primary gets green light
  on February 13, 2020 at 3:38 pm

  The school will be the first state-funded Catholic school built in England for more than a decade.

• Education ministers pull plug on 5,000 post-GCSE qualifications
  on February 13, 2020 at 12:41 pm

  Many courses with few or no students will be scrapped as ministers prepare for T-levels in England.

• Ysgol y Deri school making everyone feel 'really happy'
  on February 13, 2020 at 1:22 am

  A special school in the Vale of Glamorgan helps pupils whose conditions are a barrier to learning.

• Sexual assault claims 'gagged' by UK universities
  on February 12, 2020 at 2:54 pm

  Nearly a third of universities have used non-disclosure contracts for student grievances since 2016.

• Children who sit too much 'more likely to get depressed'
  on February 12, 2020 at 1:11 pm

  People of all ages should be encouraged to be less sedentary, a study suggests.

• Regulator Ofcom to have more powers over UK social media
  on February 12, 2020 at 7:35 am

  Tech firms will need to ensure that illegal content is quickly removed from their platforms.

• Government 'to ban' placing children in unregulated homes
  on February 12, 2020 at 6:41 am

  The government says it wants to stop cared-for children under 16 from being placed in unregulated homes.

• Girl home-schooled due to lack of disabled toilets in Monmouthshire
  on February 11, 2020 at 6:33 am

  Imogen Ashwell-Lewis, who is eight and has cerebral palsy, has missed 20 months of school.

• Should the history of the British Empire be taught in schools?
  on February 10, 2020 at 2:34 pm

  Sixth form students want schools to teach students about the British Empire and its importance.

• Remarkable journey from refugee to Rhodes scholar
  on February 10, 2020 at 1:01 am

  Getting an education was always a matter of life or death for Summia Tora.

• 'Without suicide forums, Callie might still be alive'
  on February 10, 2020 at 1:01 am

  The Samaritans have called for suicide forums to be "buried" online in a new Panorama documentary.

• Rio and Kate Ferdinand: 'I was naive about being a stepmum-of-three at 27'
  on February 10, 2020 at 12:51 am

  The former Manchester United star and his new wife talk about their struggle to adapt to being a step family.

• The 200-year-old diary that's rewriting gay history
  on February 10, 2020 at 12:05 am

  A Yorkshire farmer's journal from 1810 reveals surprisingly modern views on being gay.

• Would parents be told about student mental health crisis?
  on February 9, 2020 at 12:02 am

  Universities are urged to clarify if they would tell families when students have mental health problems.

• 'I spent more than £500 on deposit-free renting'
  on February 9, 2020 at 12:01 am

  Some renters are choosing the option without understanding the costs involved, housing groups warn.

• Phillip Schofield: What it's like when your parent comes out as LGBT
  on February 7, 2020 at 11:39 am

  What Jillian Stewart learned making a documentary about what it's like when parents come out to their children.

• School league tables: Boys behind girls for three decades
  on February 6, 2020 at 9:58 am

  Use the BBC News postcode search to see how your school has done in this year's secondary league tables.

• How Nicaragua's deaf children invented a new sign language
  on February 5, 2020 at 12:37 am

  How deaf children in Nicaragua invented their own sign language, allowing experts a unique insight into how communication develops.

• Lupita Nyong'o: 'Books don't have to be about white people'
  on February 4, 2020 at 12:09 am

  The Oscar winning actress and author is mentoring young women about literacy and leadership.

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