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2 months ago | 
nbcwashington.com | Katie Leslie |Steve Jones
Larry Wexler is enjoying a hard-earned retirement, but if you ask him about his former life, he beams. "I had the greatest job in the world," said Wexler, of Maryland. For more than three decades, the former public school teacher worked at the U.S. Department of Education, overseeing grants to build a much-needed pipeline of special education teachers and service providers across the country. "For them to do good things for children with disabilities and their families, what could be more fun?
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
aol.com | David Spereall |Steve Jones
The "utterly heartbroken" family of a 15-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed at a Sheffield school on Monday have described him as a "best friend to all". Harvey Willgoose died after he was attacked at All Saints Catholic High School on Granville Road on Monday.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Abigail Marlow |Steve Jones
A council leader has vowed to go "back to basics" with the local authority's budget as it braces itself for millions of pounds worth of savings. Kirklees Council will publish its proposed budget for 2025/26 next month before agreeing the final budget with all of its councillors in March. The Labour-led authority, which previously managed to avoid issuing a Section 114 notice of effective bankruptcy, said it still had an overall budget gap of £29.3m.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
mirror.co.uk | Steve Jones
Get ready for lift-off on Ffos Las’ jumps card. The West Wales track has been drafted in to beat the big freeze and that’s good news for CLASSIC CONCORDE (2.58). David Brace’s veteran was successful on his only previous visit to this course last season after spending most of his career in Ireland. His hot streak of six wins from eight starts from the summer of 2023 included victories at all three of Wales’ jumps racecourses.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Steve Jones
A stonemasonry firm and its director have been ordered to pay fines of almost £20,000 over their "reckless disregard" for health and safety. Doncaster-based Warmsworth Stone repeatedly failed to protect its workers from fine stone dust at the site, which can can cause "irreversible, life-changing and often fatal respiratory conditions", according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
cannabiz.com.au | Steve Jones
Allegations that the Queensland subsidiary of CDA Clinics illegally advertised CBD products and sold them to patients without sufficient medical oversight have been denied by the company in documents filed with the Federal Court. The Vitura Health-owned firm has argued it operated a legitimate doctor-patient platform when it launched CDA Express in 2021, and did not breach advertising regulations by providing product information to patients.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Spencer Stokes |Steve Jones
Campaigners have criticised plans for a 58-acre battery energy storage park on green belt land in North Yorkshire. Green energy company NatPower has unveiled the plans for a site near Thirsk, which also include creating a nature reserve on the remaining two thirds of the 173-acre site. The company said the plant, which would be one of the largest of its kind in the UK, could power up to 3.9 million homes for up to four hours at a time.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Steve Jones
A police officer who punched a suspect three times did not breach the standards of professional behaviour expected of him, a misconduct panel concluded. PC Brian Long, who works for West Yorkshire Police, had denied using excessive force against a suspect in October 2022. The misconduct hearing was told he gave the suspect a "backhander" when he was spat at, then punched him in the face three times after being headbutted.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Steve Jones
A police officer who punched a suspect three times did not breach the standards of professional behaviour expected of him, a misconduct panel concluded. PC Brian Long, who works for West Yorkshire Police, had denied using excessive force against a suspect in October 2022. The misconduct hearing was told he gave the suspect a "backhander" when he was spat at, then punched him in the face three times after being headbutted.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
mirror.co.uk | Steve Jones
INCH HOUSE (12.40) has the measure of his rivals in the Coral Sir Peter O’Sullevan Memorial Handicap Chase. This unexposed seven-year-old won this race – remembering the great BBC commentator – 12 months ago when trained by Jonjo O’Neill. He found life tougher later in the season but that was on much softer ground and he has his favoured conditions at Newbury this afternoon.
