Author: BBC

China too saw its population fall for the second year in a row in 2023 and, like Japan, has introduced various incentives to boost birth rates. But an ageing population and the impact of a decades-long one child-policy, which ended in 2015, are creating demographic challenges in China too. Source link

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At their peak, the Muscle Shoals’ players were largely anonymous but music obsessives – the sort of people who pored over the liner notes of their vinyl albums – knew all about them: Keyboardist Barry Beckett, drummer Roger Hawkins, guitarist Jimmy Johnson, bassist David Hood and pianist Spooner Oldham. Source link

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A Department for Education spokesperson said: “Every child should have access to a high-quality education, including those with special educational needs, which is why we’re creating around 60,000 special and AP [alternative provision] school places, meeting the current demand for places across the country.”

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