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The Guardian: Firm in 'unacceptable' school meals row to pay for half-term provision
The Guardian: Firm in 'unacceptable' school meals row to pay for half-term provision

Compass apologises for poor quality of some UK food delivery parcels criticised by Marcus Rashford

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The Guardian: Ban on overnight school trips threatens 15,000 UK jobs, ministers warned
The Guardian: Ban on overnight school trips threatens 15,000 UK jobs, ministers warned

Generation of children missing out on life-changing benefits, say parents, schools and industry.

A ban on residential school trips risks an “economic, social and cultural disaster” and the loss of 15,000 UK jobs unless it is lifted by spring, ministers are being warned.

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The Times: Brighton girl, 7, climbs the Alps on her holidays
The Times: Brighton girl, 7, climbs the Alps on her holidays

As the youngest person to climb Kilimanjaro, seven-year-old Ashleen Mandrick may have earned a break but during the summer holidays she just carried on climbing, this time up the Alps.

Last month the British schoolgirl ascended 4,400 metres to the Colle del Parrot on Monte Rosa, located on Italy’s border with Switzerland, becoming what is thought to be the youngest person to climb the Alps’ second-highest mountain. She was joined on the adventure by her brother Nicolas, 12, and her mother Victoria, 46, a doctor.

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Education, Environment, Family, Holiday Activity, Languages, Lockdown, Media Article, PandemicSarah NorrisLando EducationBrighton, The Times, media article, Monte Rosa, italy, Switzerland, Alps, Mountain, climbing, holiday, rocky terrain, crevasses, Mont blanc, Matterhorn, Mount Elbrus, Caucasus, galciar, Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, EverestComment