Appointment of free school founder to Office for Students board draws criticism The former journalist and free school advocate Toby Young is among a group of business executives who are to help head the government’s drive to apply market forces Read more
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Environment Secretary says public's response to consultation – including 30,000 submissions during Christmas week – underlines strength of feeling Via: UK will be 'front and centre' of global efforts to end ivory trade, says Michael Gove
With politics and sporting events likely to dominate much of the coming year, historians urge that the centenary of the First World War must not be overshadowed Via: First World War centenary: UK to stage events throughout 2018 to mark Read more
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Beim Absturz eines Kleinflugzeugs der Linie Nature Air in Costa Rica sind alle zwölf Insassen ums Leben gekommen. Foto: HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Via: Zwölf Tote – Kleinflugzeug stürzt in Costa Rica ab
Dimanche, lors de sa première intervention télévisée depuis le début des défilés, ce modéré a affiché sa compréhension tout en menaçant ceux « qui sèment le désordre ». Via: Iran : le président Rohani sur la corde raide face aux manifestations
Das Zentralkomitee der rechtsorientierten israelischen Regierungspartei Likud hat eine Annektierung großer Teile des Westjordanlands gefordert. Eine Resolution sieht auch einen uneingeschränkten Siedlungsausbau vor. Via: Israels Regierungspartei für Annektierung von Teilen des Westjordanlands
La resolución de uno de los mayores enigmas de la crónica de sucesos en España estuvo bajo los pies de muchos en la comarca gallega de O Barbanza. Antes del último amanecer de 2017, José Enrique Abuín Gey, alias El Read more