A retired NHS worker who last month spent 16 hours waiting on a trolley in accident and emergency with pneumonia was among the thousands who turned out at Belfast City Hall to support teachers and health staff.
The Belfast Telegraph has collated the data from last year’s transfer tests, showing the grades needed to get into selective grammar schools in Northern Ireland, where demand for places remains oversubscribed.
Northern Ireland’s most over-subscribed post-primary school last year was Lagan College, with campaigners saying it highlights the demand for integrated education.
England of the 1850s saw the first chapter written in the long life of the ‘mobile library’. The horse-drawn ‘Perambulating Library’ brought with it the latest books, ushering in a new era of entertainment for the masses as the beauty of the written word was unearthed, with those words arriving on the doorsteps of families in towns and villages across the country.