A record 459,288 school holiday fines were issued in England last year, according to new figures from the Department for Education (DfE). The number of term-time holiday fines rose by 4% in 2024-25 when compared with the previous year, and accounted for 93% of all fines issued for unauthorised school absence. It is the first set of data issued which includes a change in the rules on holiday fines from 2024, which increased the value of each fine from 60 to 80 per parent, per child.
although it was encouraging that fewer people were drinking at a higher risk level, this should not distract from the scale of alcohol harm in England. Millions of people are still drinking at levels that significantly increase their risk of serious harm, from alcohol-related cancers to life-changing injuries and long-term illness, and we have seen record high alcohol deaths in recent years, Roberts said.
Residents in Minnesota spend $579 a month on average for groceries, according to the study. The data also reflects local wages and shows that residents of Minnesota pay the lowest percentage of their overall spending on groceries at 6.4%. The lowest grocery bills were in West Virginia, averaging $505 a month, however lower wages mean West Virginians spent 8.7% of their money on groceries overall.
In recent decades, the markers of adulthood have shifted for young American men: they are almost twice as likely to be single, less likely to go to college and more likely to be unemployed. Most significantly for their parents, they are also less likely to have fled the nest, with the term trad son springing into social media lexicon in recent months.
Average home prices in these metros fell from $1.04 million to $1.01 million, marking a sharper correction than in the overall national housing market, which remained essentially flat. Listings are also staying on the market longer. Average days on market rose to 73.2 days, up more than 20% compared with last year. Nearly 40% of homes underwent price reductions, signaling an increasingly selective buyer pool.
We were talking about her decision to home school or unschool, or home educate, depending on your tribal affiliation her two children, making her simultaneously part of a broader trend and also somewhat strange to herself. The cliche of home schooling still leans on the idea of a fringe choice made by fanatical parents who produce a poorly socialised child if you said of a child: They're home schooled, you'd trigger a knowing look that implied: Say no more. Well maybe all that is changing.