Stricken A-Level students today face paying hundreds of pounds to appeal results for exams they were not even able to take. Thousands of teenagers up and down the country have been left in despair after missing out on university places after their exam results were marked down. Now, they face fees of up to £150 … Read more
Thousands of students are picking A-Level results today and while some will leave school ecstatic with what grades they get, others will be crestfallen. A number of pupils’ results have been downgraded after this year’s summer exams were cancelled because of Covid-19 despite record-high results. The proportion of A-level entries awarded an A grade or … Read more
Volkswagen’s appeal against a High Court ruling that it fitted unlawful ‘defeat devices’ in thousands of UK diesel cars has been rejected. The German car maker failed in its attempt to fight the decision via the Court of Appeal, which has been described as a ‘landmark’ ruling in what looks set to become the UK’s … Read more
Not allowing pupils the right to appeal GCSE or A-Level exam grades they think are unfair has been likened to imposing a ‘life sentence’. Students in England will receive their grades next week. They will be assessed using a statistical model after the pandemic halted the exam season. Ofqual, the exam regulator, is only allowing … Read more
Getting your or a loved one’s care fees fully funded can be a struggle, and many families feel their cases are wrongly rejected. How to apply for ‘NHS continuing healthcare’ to cover the often astronomical bills is explained here, and now we look at what to do if you are denied this help. James Urquhart-Burton, … Read more
Three brothers left empty-handed after their sister pocketed their dead mother’s £850,000 fortune have launched an appeal. Remo, Nino and David Rea have already lost one court fight with their sister Rita over their mother Anna’s decision to leave everything to her only daughter in her will. Anna Rea died, aged 86, in July 2016, … Read more
Manchester City have won their battle with UEFA and their European ban has been lifted. The Premier League club were banned from European football for two years in February after UEFA found they had committed ‘serious breaches’ of its Financial Fair Play regulations. But many of the alleged breaches were more than five years old while … Read more
The Daily Telegraph LOSES appeal against $2.9MILLION Geoffrey Rush defamation claim – the biggest payout to a single person in Australian history Nationwide News appealed the court’s finding it defamed Geoffrey Rush Journalist Jonathon Moran was found to have been reckless regarding the truth The Daily Telegraph reported Rush had been accused of inappropriate behaviour The … Read more
Apple will now let developers appeal App Store guidelines after public payment dispute with email app Hey Developers can now appeal alleged violations of App Store guidelines Apple says it will no longer withhold software updates as punishments The decision comes after a public dispute with email app, Hey By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: … Read more
Young girl who was found wandering the streets of northwest London is reunited with her parents after police issued urgent appeal Little girl was found wandering the street in Wembley, North West London Police looked after the girl after a stranger found her on Monday evening Officers announced she had been reunited with her family … Read more