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✏️ 💻Could the days of pen-and-paper GCSEs and A-levels be numbered? Ofqual has launched a consultation that could see some exams for 16–18-year-olds taken on screens from 2030, with up to eight subjects moving to laptops, computers or tablets. Supporters say digital assessments would modernise the system and help pupils with SEND – but critics warn that shifting away from handwriting risks undermining fairness and the integrity of the exam system. Poppy Wood explains what’s being proposed, which subjects could go first and what it would mean for schools, families and pupils 👇 https://lnkd.in/g-cuivFz

The #BBC has been accused of “metropolitan bias” after rural residents said the broadcaster’s coverage misrepresented the countryside. A survey by the Regional Moorland Groups, an organisation which supports #farmers and gamekeepers, said 38pc of people living in the #countryside felt the BBC’s coverage of rural life was “inaccurate.” In a letter to the incoming BBC director-general and Lisa Nandy, the Culture Secretary, the group says, “When the BBC covers moorland management, grouse shooting, predator control or upland farming, the voices of those who actually work the land ... are marginalised or absent entirely" Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/g-yU85kX

The front page of today’s Daily Telegraph: ‘Falklands arms ban must end, says Milei’ #TomorrowsPapersToday

🤖 “Looks like the operator took off their VR headset...” Elon Musk has claimed that Tesla’s robots will help eliminate all jobs and one day outnumber the human race. But the latest incident involving the company’s Optimus humanoids has suggested it remains far from achieving that goal. A robot demonstration at a Tesla showroom went haywire on Saturday, appearing to reveal that the bot was being remotely controlled by a human operator. Read the full story here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gq8xV6rk

At first glance, Tim and Felicity Gage’s home looks like a typical draughty, heat-leaking Victorian #property – with sash windows, high ceilings and an orangery extension. But thanks to more than 20 years of energy-efficient interventions – including solar panels, heat pumps and secondary glazing #investments totalling around £50,000 – their all-electric home is so energy efficient that the Gages pay nothing for heating, hot water, lighting and cooking. Tim Gage says, “In fact, we make a small #profit, exporting surplus energy back to Octopus, our energy supplier” Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/guHpVZ7M

❌ Labour MPs have been barred from dozens of pubs and restaurants across Britain as part of a brewing backlash against high taxes. Stickers reading “No Labour MPs” have been affixed to windows and doors by owners furious at a rise in business rates. The campaign was started on Friday by Andy Lennox, who runs the Old Thatch pub in Dorset. He said about 50 venues have pledged to ban Labour MPs. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/e4x6FeSE

💸 Rachel Reeves has presided over a £7bn post-election increase in UK borrowing costs as traders cast doubt over her ability to balance the books. Analysis by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank showed the cost of servicing UK debt had increased by more than other major economies over the past 18 months. The Left-leaning think tank said this reflected “uncertainty” about the Chancellor’s plans to bring down borrowing, cut spending and raise taxes after she struggled to pass welfare reforms earlier this year. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ez7qNfQX

🇫🇷 Britain will be allowed to push small boats carrying migrants back into French waters under immigration plans put forward by Jordan Bardella, the man tipped to become #France's next president. In an #interview with The Telegraph, Mr Bardella, the 30-year-old leader of the National Rally party, said he would rewrite French border policy to help the UK tackle the small boat crisis in the Channel. Mr Bardella backed joint Franco-British patrols and pledged to allow #UK Border Force to carry out “pushbacks” in the Channel – a tactic successive British governments have explored but been unable to deploy because France has refused to accept returned vessels. Read the full interview here 👇 https://lnkd.in/gCy38sta

Should the UK follow Australia’s lead with a social media ban for under 16s? 🤔 From today, millions of accounts across apps like TikTok, Instagram and X are going dark. Users must now pass age checks to avoid their profiles being locked, while tech giants have to prove they are implementing the ban to avoid fines of up to £25 million. The UK government did pass the Online Safety Act in July 2025, which effectively banned under-18s from seeming harmful material. But there are concerns this doesn’t go far enough - and polls show the majority of the public support a full ban, do you?📱🚫 https://lnkd.in/eiyfCu2Q

For almost two decades successive governments have limped from crisis to crisis, squandered opportunities to invest and presided over the immiseration of a nation with vague promises that “this time, we really have solved it”. Against such a backdrop, you might believe things can’t really get much worse. Alas… Labour has gambled the nation on an as-yet-unidentified miracle. If this fails to emerge, the artifice will come crumbling down in 2028. Despite Reeves’s claims that she is an adherent of fiscal responsibility and marks a break from previous governments’ unfunded spending commitments, the Budget was filled with question marks. Join me in the comments on The Telegraph from 10. https://lnkd.in/eNDFM7th