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• Tom Towelling Teaches You to Knit review – quirky yarns and a pop quiz in maths August 28, 2026
  Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Hopping from a PowerPoint on hairlines to songs about favourite motorways, Towelling’s set is fun but drops a stitch or twoThe route from the classroom to the comedy stage is well travelled, and ex-maths teacher Tom Towelling makes it the thread of his show here, conducting his audience like so many recalcitrant […]
  Brian Logan
• Russia says it could hit UK military targets over supply of missile technology to Ukraine – as it happened August 27, 2026
  This blog is now closed. You can find the rest of our UK politics coverage hereSpeaking on the media round this morning, the work and pensions secretary, Pat McFadden, said he expected Meta’s new protections for young people in the US to apply to the UK, but that the government was already taking action on […]
  Taz Ali (now) and Martin Belam (earlier)
• Number of young people in UK not in work or education falls below 1 million August 27, 2026
  Figure is 30,000 higher than a year ago but latest data is a boost to efforts to reverse the rise in economic inactivityBusiness live – latest updatesThe number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) across the UK fell below 1 million in the latest three-month period.In a boost to the government’s […]
  Phillip Inman
• Ghent professors challenged expertise of Jason Arday’s plagiarism accuser August 27, 2026
  Allegations Nathan Cofnas was unqualified for Ghent role and would cause ‘negative impact’ made to senior leaders months agoNathan Cofnas, the academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism, has been accused of having “very limited expertise” for his academic role by professors also working at Ghent University, who say he has a “far-right agenda”.Cofnas secured […]
  Chris Osuh
• ‘I just give from my heart’: how Dolly Parton’s philanthropy focused most on helping children August 26, 2026
  Parton put her millions behind causes she believed in – from Covid vaccines to the Imagination Library, which sends children around the world a free book every monthDolly Parton dies aged 80 | Celebrity tributes | A life in picturesParton’s peerless career turned country music cliches inside outShare your tributes and memories of Dolly PartonIn […]
  Sian Cain
• How can we stop destroying the prospects of a generation? Scrapping compulsory GCSE resits will be a start | Polly Toynbee August 24, 2026
  Michael Gove calls the axing of his Tory strategy ‘bringing back stupid’. He doesn’t seem to care that it did more harm than good GCSE results day was marked with the usual front pages filled with pictures of beaming students. What you didn’t see was the invisible third of 16-year-olds in England who failed their […]
  Polly Toynbee
• We would like to hear from young people in England who didn’t pass English and/or Maths GCSE August 24, 2026
  How did it affect your plans for either further education or getting a job? Did you go through resits? Tell us The government plans to introduce a new “stepping stone” qualification from 2028 for students in England who do not achieve a pass in GCSE maths or English.The new preparatory level 1 qualifications - one […]
  Guardian community team
• ‘Standard’ velvet hangers? There’s nothing standard about some of the items on John Lewis’s uni essentials list| Emma Beddington August 24, 2026
  It used to be that dorm rooms were chaotically messy. Does this new generation really need an £80 spice rack and velvet clothes hangers?Of all the questions this year’s freshers may be nervously asking themselves as they prepare for this next phase – did I pick the right course? Will I make friends? Is uni […]
  Emma Beddington