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A video on P.N. Panicker, the man behind Kerala’s high literacy rate

It wasn't that long ago that the cause of film preservation and film history seemed to be on a roll. Multiple cable channels such as American Movie Classics, Bravo and Encore were devoted to classic films from the 1930s through the 1980s. When streaming supplanted scheduled cable programming, FilmStruck offered…

Davis school district, north of Salt Lake City, voted unanimously to accept recommendation by subcommittee to reinstate book

Campaigners say there should not be a return to the "trauma" of last year when they fought to keep three libraries open

The Bible will return to the shelves in a northern Utah school district that provoked an outcry after it banned them from middle and elementary schools last month

Libraries have been at the receiving end of book challenges, threats and new laws. Now, some worry a federal appeals court could chip away at long-standing protections.

RICHMOND, Va. — Although a new Virginia law requires schools to inform parents when sexually explicit materials are used in the classroom, some districts are using that law as the basis to go further and remove certain books from schools altogether.

Brook House flats in West Gorton fell victim to a city-wide programme of demolition, but is fondly remembered by those who lived there. Lee Grimsditch reports

Here is a list of everyone from our region who has been honoured for their services to the community, from areas including Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland