From Jaws drama to Apollo missions and from a Vera farewell to live music and cocktails, here are just some of the treats to look forward to in March around Newcastle, Northumberland and Durham ...

While the school leaving age is standard across the UK, the Scottish parliament has powers to go it alone on this issue.

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay's call for the school leaving age to be lowered has met a hostile response from one ...

Its experts say a third of emissions cuts between now and 2040 must come from households. But federation boss Fiona Hodgson said: “Heat pump adoption cannot be driven by wishful thinking. “The CCC and ...

In its new report, the CCC has proposed an ambitious new carbon budget, the seventh in five years, urging the UK Government to take urgent and decisive ...

Russell Findlay, the Scottish Tory leader, had used a speech in Edinburgh on Wednesday to announce the party’s “bold” new proposal. He suggested pupils aged 14 or 15 could leave school, although they ...

Fiona Hodgson, chief executive of the Plumbing and Heating Federation, said: “Allowing children to leave school at 14 and enter apprenticeships is not just unrealistic, it’s irresponsible.

Cutting the school leaving age to 14 has been branded both "brilliant" and "reckless" from industry leaders. So why if there such a divide? Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay wants the education ...

according to the organisation’s chief executive Fiona Hodgson. “It’s an unmanageable logistical and safeguarding nightmare,” she warned, that creates “serious risks” for employers and ...