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A British-Indian couple succumbed to death after being victims of a road accident. Sana Sutaria (24), and Shahbaz Bhim (23), from Leicester, were killed on the A46 in Nottinghamshire.

A leading high street discount chain has been slapped with an £154,000 fine after rodent droppings, fly-infested food and crisps ‘sticky with mouse urine’ were found at two of their stores.

Young people are being squeezed out of sport because a third live in poverty and the cost of taking part is too high, according to a study. Schools could help by opening facilities to community groups out of hours, it says.

State school debt in England and Wales has increased sharply in the past three years, as budgets tighten and cost pressures hit schools, a report says.

Ealing Council are warning drivers about the dangers of parking on the yellow zig-zag markings outside schools. The yellow markings are there to provide a clear space for children to cross where they can see traffic and traffic can see them, and motorists put children in danger by parking on them.

Newham Council’s trading standards team have removed 26 potentially dangerous hoverboards from sale in the borough’s shops in the last month.

According to a study by Newcastle University, people are less likely to drop litter if there is a pair of watching eyes printed on the packet or wrapper.

Struggling academies could face rapid intervention and being taken over by another academy chain, in new powers proposed by the education secretary.