Enrollment in Colorado’s K-12 schools has yet to rebound to pre-pandemic levels as 1,174 fewer students enrolled last fall compared to the previous year, according to a report released Wednesday by the state Department of Education. The decline in enrollment…
Read MoreDenver-area schools aim to stay in-person but COVID-caused shortages cause disruptions
School districts in the Denver area stressed Wednesday that they are committed to keeping children in in-person classes despite the rapid rise of the omicron variant, but they are preparing for the surge to exacerbate staffing shortages – and potentially…
Read More‘Almost unsaleable’: slump in school trips to UK blamed on Brexit
Groups from the continent are going elsewhere, tour operators say, deterred more by passport and visa rules than the pandemic Last modified on Sun 26 Dec 2021 07.50 EST Post-Brexit changes to Britain’s immigration rules have triggered an unprecedented collapse…
Read MoreHelicopter, fresh ground crews fighting Far North bushfire
A helicopter’s circling and fresh crews are on the ground at a bush fire in the Far North. The blaze broke out yesterday afternoon at Waiharara, north of Kaitaia, and has burnt through 300 hectares. Fire and Emergency shift manager…
Read MoreUK universities took £89m from oil firms in last four years
Anger after investigation finds Imperial College London, Cambridge and Oxford among institutions to have accepted funding Last modified on Sat 11 Dec 2021 09.17 EST Some of Britain’s most prestigious universities are among those to have shared in funds totalling…
Read MoreCovid 19 Delta outbreak: 172 cases as country moves into traffic light system
There are 172 new Covid community cases today as the nation prepares to move into the traffic light system. Eighty-six people are in hospital and nine are in intensive care. Today’s cases included 142 new cases in Auckland and 10…
Read MoreKāinga Ora policy protecting violent, abusive state house tenants may be unlawful: lawyer
A “repugnant” policy that protects violent and abusive state house tenants who intimidate law-abiding neighbours is potentially unlawful and open to legal challenge before the courts, an expert says. Litigation lawyer Adina Thorn says she is considering a class action…
Read MoreCovid 19 Delta outbreak: Teacher at Auckland’s Baradene College infected; and student at Western Springs College
A teacher at an Auckland Catholic girls’ school who taught at the school three days last week has tested positive for Covid. In a letter to parents last night, Baradene College confirmed the teacher was infectious while at the school…
Read MoreAuckland parent shocked after 2-year-old found wandering outside his East Tāmaki daycare
The father of a 2-year-old boy is shocked and infuriated – but also indebted to a good Samaritan truck driver – after his son was found wandering outside his Auckland daycare last week. Terrence went missing from East Tamaki Childcare…
Read MoreCovid-19 Delta outbreak: Boosters, Waikato alert levels on agenda as virus keeps creeping south
Booster shots and Waikato areas potentially moving into new alert levels are hot topics ahead of today’s post-Cabinet announcement from Jacinda Ardern. The Prime Minister is expected to address media at about 4pm, after days of high new Covid-19 case…
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