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Education in England is in danger of being reduced to a “barebones, boilerplate model”, headteachers have said, after an embarrassing £370m government bungle forced them to plan for further cuts.

Halloween is the spookiest time of year. But for children with additional needs, the season can come with challenges that could cause quite a fright if unprepared.

Delivered jointly by the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Levelling Up, housing and Communities (DLUHC), eligible disabled people of all ages will be able to apply to their local authority for a grant to adapt their home to better meet their needs. Fifty million pounds has been allocated to local authorities to help older people and those with disabilities live safely and independently in their own homes.

Weight management is a sensitive topic. Nevertheless, the measurement is often used as a marker to inform medical decisions or for someone’s personal interest. But for many wheelchair users, accessing scales has proved near impossible.

An NHS trust has apologised to a blind woman after a security guard tried to prevent her entering a hospital with her sick daughter because she was with her guide dog. Amy Kavanagh was seeking urgent care for daughter at West Middlesex University hospital when incident occurred.