Jersey boat owners are being reminded of the importance of carrying safety equipment after a yacht lost power on a reef.

The vessel lost engine power on Monday morning and was found drifting south of Raudiere on a falling tide, said the Jersey Lifeboat Association.

It said it deployed the Sir Max Aitken III, an all weather lifeboat, at about 09:15 BST to assist.

The occupants' "preparedness and ability to contact the coastguard" meant they could be reached quickly and the boat towed safely back to St Helier, said the association.

"The casualty vessel was alongside on Albert Pier shortly before 09:50 BST," it said.

"Following a quick wash down and return to service checks, Sir Max Aitken III and her crew were ready for action before 10:30 BST."

The organisation said the rescue was "a timely reminder of how vital it is to carry essential safety equipment on board".

A university is bringing a new dimension to its English Literature course by trialling Virtual Reality (VR) technology.

The University of Wolverhampton's Prof Sebastian Groes is trialling the technology with the course's third-year students on the Literature in the Digital Age module.

The experiment sees students moving beyond traditional essay-writing to create their own VR builds – immersive 3D spaces in which they explore a chosen literary topic, author or text.

Prof Groes is working on the scheme with David Burden of Daden Limited, the editor of The Metaverse book series for Routledge.

Prof Groes said the aim was to "counter digital inequality".

"We are exploring how the structure of memory is affected differently when building and navigating a VR essay, and how this technology might offer new, inclusive learning and research opportunities," he said.

Students have been incorporating the likes of road maps, video clips, PowerPoint presentations, AI ChatBots, and PDFs in their VR builds, to deliver their arguments.

Their presentations are then shown in the university's Screen School VR studio.

Building on the pilot, which the university described as successful, Mr Burden will train arts and humanities colleagues during the Digital Humanities Research Group's first VR Training School, taking place on 21 and 22 May.

Teachers at a school in Hull have walked out for a second day over the "unfair treatment" of staff, their union says.

Some classes at St Andrew's CE VA Primary School, Grandale, Hull, were sent home due to strike action by National Education Union (NEU) members.

Paula Burgin from the Hull branch of NEU said staff were striking over "inconsistent application of policies around pay, sickness absence and discipline that has led to unfair treatment of staff".

A spokesperson from the school said the governing body was committed to work with the union to address the concerns that had been raised.

Ms Burgin said the dispute formally began in March when staff put forward a list of complaints to school governors.

A "plethora of issues" of raised included policies being changed without consultation and parents' complaints not being actioned, she said.

The departure of two assistant head teachers, who were made redundant in December, had left "a bit of a vacuum at the top for leadership" which led to "disorganisation through the whole school".

Head of religious education at the school Irene Treston-Waller said there were not enough staff to adequately supervise children during playtimes.

Ms Treston-Waller, who has worked at the school for more than 12 years, said: "We are doing our best but we would really like additional support for those children who need it most.

"Overall, we've got lots of issues that have been raised and I think they all need to be addressed… and in a timely fashion so that we can get on with our job, which is not being in here; it's being out there teaching our children."

A spokesperson for the school said: "We will ensure that all parents are kept fully informed about whether there will be any further strike action, however we hope to be able to avoid this by having constructive dialogue with trade union representatives."

The BBC put staff concerns to the school, but it did not address them directly.

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