SIMON WALTERS: Proof that the poorest are bearing the brunt of this crisis

The devastating way that pupils’ attainment levels and ability to study have plummeted because of school closures is laid bare today. One in three parents say that their children’s sense of educational fulfilment has been damaged, with the poorest being worst affected. Approximately half say their ability to concentrate has suffered in lockdown while more … Read more

Emmerdale’s Dominic Brunt admits he lives in fear of being axed from the soap

‘Never did I think I’d have a job this good for so long:’ Emmerdale’s Dominic Brunt admits he lives in fear of being axed from the soap after 23 years playing Paddy Kirk By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 01:48 GMT, 22 December 2020 | Updated: 01:49 GMT, 22 December 2020 Emmerdale star Dominic Brunt … Read more

Passengers will bear the brunt of Government’s bailout of rail companies during pandemic

Train fares will be frozen until March… before soaring by 2.6%: Passengers will bear the brunt of Government’s bailout of rail companies during pandemic Fares usually rise in January and are linked to the retail prices index (RPI) The cost of an average annual season ticket will go up from £3,064 to £3,144 Fare rise … Read more

Susannah Constantine reveals alcohol hell and how husband bore brunt of passive aggressive behaviour

Susannah Constantine has revealed that she is a recovering alcoholic. The TV presenter and author, 58, said it was liberating to finally admit to having a drinking problem – and said her husband had had to bear the brunt of her ‘passive aggressive’ behaviour. Miss Constantine, whose mother was also an alcoholic, said she has … Read more

Young working women bearing the brunt of the UK’s second wave of coronavirus, according to SAGE

Young women are ‘bearing the brunt’ of coronavirus during the disease’s resurgence, government scientific advisers have warned. Analysis of hospital records shows there has been a significant rise in the number of females aged 20 to 40 being admitted for serious Covid-19 infection since August. SAGE suspects the rise is due to women in this … Read more

Care homes in England bore the brunt of UK coronavirus deaths, new figures show

Care homes in England may have seen the highest number of deaths from coronavirus in the UK. Stark figures show mortality rates rose to more than twice their normal level at the height of the pandemic. Over the first 16 weeks of the outbreak, there were 79 per cent more deaths in care homes than … Read more

Boris Johnson will promise that workers who bore brunt of austerity WON’T have pay to revamp economy

Boris Johnson vows that workers who bore brunt of austerity WON’T have pay to revamp economy after coronavirus as he vows to usher in ‘decade of investment’ PM will unveil ‘decade of investment’ in an infrastructure spending spree Expected to stand in contract to 2008 bank bailouts which saw workers suffer Rishi Sunak will expect shareholders … Read more

India’s Muslims bear the brunt of crisis after being blamed by government

Muslims in India are bearing the brunt of the country’s coronavirus crisis after the Hindu-nationalist government blamed an Islamic missionary for a surge in cases.  There has been a surge in reports of violence, business boycotts and hate speech towards the ethnic minority in the world’s second-most populous country. Experts have warned that the stigma … Read more