The Ayrshire airport's owners said there were 37, 800 fewer passengers during the crucial first month of the school summer holidays.

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The school summer holidays coincide with the peak hatching time of green turtles in the stretches of creamy sand that border the park.

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Officials have also raised concerns about the number of cases in Powys, and warned that the number of people diagnosed with measles could "easily double", with the epidemic possibly lasting until the school summer holidays.

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Not all children have the same access to out of school activities during the summer holidays and kids from more advantaged backgrounds are the ones who are most likely to get to go to these activities.

BBC: Long school holidays 'should end'

It was very scary to come back to school after the summer holidays.

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Some teachers at the school are spending some of their summer holidays helping, along with support staff.

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Walking home from school, after breaking up for the summer holidays, she comes across a fat tabby cat called Arnold, who, much to her surprise, introduces himself.

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An analysis of searches beginning with "why" shows that most queries are related to school projects and fall sharply during the summer and Christmas holidays.

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His father was a British consul in Moscow in 1935-38, and Norman's summer holidays from school were spent there at the height of Stalin's purges.

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The report calls for a minimum income, entitlement to food benefits during the summer holidays for families on income support, and a duty on education authorities to ensure families get school uniform grants.

BBC: Poor parents' holiday 'distress'