Mrs Long's ministerial colleague Education Minister Paul Givan has offered to fund a pilot scheme in which magnetic pouches would be used to prevent pupils using their smartphones in school.

The news came as Education Minister Paul Givan announced guidance on restricting the use of phones by pupils throughout the school day, including at break and lunch times.

Schools are advised by the education minister to restrict pupils from using mobile phones during the day Paul Givan issued new guidance on Tuesday, which also applies to limiting use at break and ...

BBC's Talkback programme has started, press watch at the top of this page to hear from Education Minister Paul Givan. We're also expecting to hear from Cathal O'Doherty, the principal of St Clare ...

The use of mobile phones by pupils in schools in Northern Ireland should be restricted, education minister Paul Givan has said. In new guidance issued on Tuesday, the DUP minister said school ...

Here's a shocker: As we assemble our rankings of the quarterbacks in the NFC East, we don't dump the beleaguered New York Giants QB Daniel Jones down in the last-place basement. Not yet, anyway.

The Cleveland Browns’ defensive front, one of the NFL's most formidable units, will face a fresh challenge in the season opener against the Dallas Cowboys. The Browns' defense, which ranked ...

Education Minister Paul Givan has written to a group of 400 Muslim women to reassure them that there has been a review of safety precautions at schools following recent unrest. A number of ...

Education Minister Paul Givan has written to a group of 400 Muslim women after they raised concerns about the safety of their children. Education Minister Paul Givan has said risk assessments are ...

Northern Ireland is far from being a one-party state, yet Sinn Fein dwarfs its unionist and nationalist rivals. There is increasing talk of moves towards some form of unionist unity, at least in ...

Despite years of worry about lead contamination in tap water, the problem persists – including at schools in the United States. That’s the case in New York state, where schools showed alarming ...

Paul Givan said he wanted the "gap to close" between wages for school staff in Northern Ireland and their counterparts in Great Britain. He was speaking as he visited a Catholic grammar school in ...