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The Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan, has announced that schools across England should ban mobile phone use to improve behaviour. But Contact is urging schools to remember that mobiles phones must be allowed where they provide a “reasonable adjustment” under the Equality Act 2010.

Jack Carroll, now 24, will make his debut on the famous cobbles just after Christmas as Bobby – Carla Connor’s nephew. It’s not the first acting role for Bradford-born Jack, who has cerebral palsy.

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.