The upcoming GCSE exam season may be returned to normal after the pandemic - but after all the disruption, some pressure might this year be taken off pupils who studied through Covid-19. The Department foe Education has confirmed there will be no ‘Progress 8’ reports published for schools for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years. The score is a measure for assessing schools based on how well pupils did in their KS2 results compared to the end of KS4 when they did their GCSEs. Positive scores...
/CNW/ - During an awards ceremony to present the 2024 list of Best Workplaces™ in Canada, Great Place to Work® announced the 50 Best Workplaces™ in Canada with
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To help you find the best slice of pizza, Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated pizza restaurants in 25 major cities using data from Yelp.
The ideal American small town to retire in is probably unknown to most people. But with a relatively low average monthly cost of living, low crime rate and other attributes that make it highly livable, Camp Hill in Pennsylvania's Cumberland County, may be the best small town in the U.S. for retirees.That's according to a report by GoBankingRates.com, which looked at small towns with populations of between 1,000 and 10,000, with an eye toward the ideal retirement. In addition to the total number...
This time next week, London will be voting for its Mayor. It has not been a vintage campaign but perhaps the negativity apparent across the political spectrum may soon give way to some optimism about the capital’s prospects. A closely watched annual survey pegged London as, again, the best place to work. And indeed play. []
As the scrap metal touched the power line, everything went blackIn 2010, I’d been working in Colorado, in one of the world’s most dangerous professions. As a lineman, it was my job to maintain and repair electrical power lines. I knew the risks, and had already witnessed them when my brother, who worked in the same field, lost his right arm in 2008. That same accident saw a colleague lose his life. I began to question whether it was a career I should stay in. I told myself I wasn’t a quitter,...
The data, which has been put together by removals comparisons website Compare My Move, found there was a 68% increase in people moving to the city in 2023 compared to 2022. It comes soon after Leeds was named the best place to live in the North of England by the Times. The data has also showed that the most popular city to move from is London, with 14% of those arriving in Leeds coming from the capital. Sign up for our free newsletters today Below are the 10 most popular Leeds postcodes that...
The clock tower of your Yorkshire Evening Post is seen near the oncoming traffic to the right of this view of Wellington Street. The photo looks in the direction of the city centre at the time of the construction of Stage 3 of the Inner Ring Road, the section from Westgate to Wellington Road. The high rise block in the background is Marlborough Towers. The image is one of 14 taking you back to Leeds in 1974 and feature memories from the city centre as well as the village of Thorner, the hamlet...
Whether it's a special date or a treat after a night out, brunch is always a good idea and Toronto is filled with restaurants offering up delicious sweet and savoury options that'll suit any palate. OpenTable has compiled data to unearth the 100 best brunch restaurants in the country, and out of that listing, an impressive 17 spots in Toronto made the cut. See on Instagram The list was created by scanning diner metrics and over 1.3 million diner reviews to narrow down the restaurants...
British Columbians love brunch so it's no surprise that several Vancouver brunch restaurants have been ranked as some of the best in Canada.OpenTable, an online reservation booking service, ranked Canada's Top 100 Brunch Restaurants for 2024 and 14 Vancouver restaurants made the list.The OpenTable list was created by analyzing "more than 1.3 million diner reviews and metrics, including diner ratings and the percentage of restaurant reviews diners tagged as 'brunch,'" according to a press...