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Staffordshire University academics lend a helping hand to tomorrow's tennis stars

Academics at a West Midland university are hoping their skills will help tomorrow's Wimbledon stars after striking a partnership with tennis's governing body.

Sport|1 hour ago

Staff from the University of Staffordshire sport and sciences team with the under-14 county tennis squad

Moorfield Primary School in Newport has been graded as 'Outstanding' across the board by Ofsted. Picture: Google.

'Pupils know their school is a special place' - Primary school in Newport graded as 'outstanding' across the board

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Wolverhampton Crown Court (PA)

Perverted Walsall teaching assistant who used disabled boys for depraved sexual games 'could have abused 81 more children'

News|14 hours ago

Sam, Neil, TA Ellie Green, and Deputy Head Boy Braden in the new building.

Newcastle-under-Lyme pupils enjoy their new classrooms

Your World|16 hours ago

Award winning students (from left), Dylan Pearson, Rosie Linney, Mollie Kirk, Finley Woodward, Safina Watters and Harry Wright

Praise heaped on Stourport students

Your World|17 hours ago

European Champion - Serbia 2025
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Wolverhampton schoolboy and current European champion to represent England in MMA world championships in Abu Dhabi

Your World|18 hours ago

Stowe Mount in Lichfield

Lichfield care home to celebrate grand opening with ‘The Greatest Showman’ themed spectacular with local primary school

Your World|20 hours ago

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Tutor Doctor’s top educational book picks for Children’s Book Week

Staffordshire steps up for National Walking Month

Identity of perverted Walsall teacher guilty of sexually abusing six young boys could be revealed in court today

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St Bart’s pupils (from left) Finley Pugh, yr 3, Grace Dean, yr 5 and Lucas Dean, yr 2, in the spare room earmarked for their gym

Stourport school’s bid to create indoor gym

Your World|May 7

GCSE Results Day changes are coming for 2025

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Triple award winner: Dudley Animal Studies Centre

Triple win for Dudley Animal Studies Centre at the 2025 ICE West Midlands Awards

Your World|May 7

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Wombourne High School proudly welcomes new headteacher

Your World|May 7

Race the Sun competitors blindfolded on their way to their mystery overnight accommodation

Girl power as pupils race the sun

Your World|May 7

Pupils sitting exams in a hall.

West Midlands teenagers will get summer GCSE results in the palm of their hands thanks to new app

Learning life-saving skills at the Stop The Bleed training session are (from left) King Edward VI School Year 7 pupils Archie, Macauley and James.

Lichfield District Council’s Stop The Bleed training provides life-saving skills to hundreds of young people

Your World|May 6

Forest School

Outdoor learning gains ground as Forest Schools inspire a new generation of early learners

Your World|May 6

Celebrations at Cosy which has been honoured for its excellence in international trade, and supplying sustainable nursery and educational equipment to 38 countries.

Early years’ specialists Cosy Direct achieve King’s Award for Enterprise

Your World|May 6

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British Airways owner IAG buys 32 new Boeing planes from US amid trade deal

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Addenbrooke’s University Hospital

Mothers of patients of suspended surgeon seek meeting with Health Secretary

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Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds

Jobs ‘days’ away from being lost without US deal, suggests Reynolds

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US President Donald Trump meeting Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in the Oval Office at the White House

Key points of the UK-US trade deal explained

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Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth speaking in London

Welsh indyref ‘absolutely could happen in our lifetime’, Plaid Cymru leader says

UK News|5 hours ago

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV’s name choice ‘signals he will continue work of Francis’

UK News|7 hours ago

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (PA)

Organisations urge Prime Minister to tackle ‘root causes’ of poor mental health

UK News|7 hours ago

Two people in a hospital ward

NHS trusts cut frontline clinical jobs and axe services ‘to balance the books’

UK News|7 hours ago

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Third of influencer ads included no disclosure for consumers, study finds

UK News|7 hours ago

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‘Small but positive’ rise in retail footfall as sunny April encourages shoppers

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Man stands in the window of a scorched building

Indian and Pakistan troops swap intense artillery fire overnight

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A family waits for transportation as they leave following overnight shelling from Pakistan at Gingal village in Uri district, Indian controlled Kashmir

Pakistan denies Indian accusations of attacks on military bases

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North Korea says Kim Jong Un supervised missile tests

World News|4 hours ago

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Peruvians elated after cardinal who spent years in country is elected Pope

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Smokey Robinson speaks to the media

Smokey Robinson’s lawyer says rape allegations against him are ‘vile and false’

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India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations amid fears of wider confrontation

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Bill Gates

Bill Gates pledges his remaining fortune to the Gates Foundation

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Kaja Sokola arriving at Manhattan criminal court

Ex-model tells jury Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16

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