#england

#england

Parents of nursery children in England are being charged extra fees to cover for government underfunding of free childcare hours, with some paying thousands of pounds a year for consumables such as food, wipes and nappies, campaigners have said. The comments came as the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, asked the competition watchdog to investigate hidden extra charges that parents have encountered when trying to access government-funded childcare.

Funding for primary school sport in England is to be slashed by Labour, including the abolition of a grant designed to cement the 2012 Olympic legacy, to the dismay of school leaders. The Department for Education said that the 320m fund paid directly to primary schools each year through its PE and sports premium will be scrapped and replaced by a sport partnerships network worth 193m a year to cover both primary and secondary schools.

The risk of drought is rising across large parts of England after an unusually dry start to spring pushed river flows, groundwater levels and soil moisture below seasonal norms, according to the latest official hydrological outlook.

Charlie Falconer expressed his despondency over the failure of the assisted dying bill, stating it did not fail on its merits but due to procedural wrangling in the Lords.

Access to public toilets is a universal need that we all have, and we shouldn't shy away from talking about it. One public toilet per 15,000 people simply isn't good enough and, without action, that figure will keep rising as we lose more facilities.

England continues their World Cup 2027 qualification campaign, facing Iceland away from home in their historic 500th international fixture. The Lionesses beat world champions Spain at Wembley to put themselves in the driving seat in Group A3.

England are unbeaten in this competition in Six years, but can Ireland silence over 70,000 people and show that they have gone up a level.

I haven't spoken with him. Just keep playing football, that's what's most important.

"Well, number nine has already chosen itself, hasn't it? And I would say number seven has already chosen itself with [Bukayo] Saka," the ex-England man said. "Eleven I'd probably go with, I might even go with [Anthony] Gordon, but I know [Marcus] Rashford has had a good season. I'll probably go with Gordon - and 10 is a very difficult one, an extremely difficult one. "

The two which perform best across the three European competitions this season will be handed European Performance Spots (EPS). That means fifth place in the Premier League table could go from being a Europa League place to a ticket into the Champions League - Newcastle benefited this way last season. But will an English club get that reward again? To work out who are the successful nations, Uefa takes into consideration the overall performance of clubs in the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.