Paul McCartney could become CHIEF of indigenous Canadian island after being nominated to be the new leader just weeks before election By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 14:40 BST, 11 August 2020 | Updated: 14:40 BST, 11 August 2020 Sir Paul McCartney could become the next chief of an indigenous Canadian island after he was … Read more
The Royal Navy should take charge of the migrant crisis in the Channel and deploy ships to patrol UK waters, says the former First Sea Lord. Admiral Lord West’s comments to the Daily Mail support the plan by Home Secretary Priti Patel for military resources to be used to stop people trafficking. The ex-head of the … Read more
A-levels and GCSEs have been marked in ‘the fairest way’ says exam chief as he defends system that could see 39% of pupils get lower-than-predicted grades Roger Taylor said teachers’ predictions alone would ruin qualification credibility Combining predictions with statistical model is the ‘fairest’ way to award grades Similar system in Scotland saw thousands receive poorer … Read more
Former Pizza Express boss David Page has built his career on the boom in people eating out – but now he says Britain has too many restaurants. Observing the ‘Armageddon’ in the hospitality sector, he says 30 per cent of the UK’s restaurants will never reopen after the coronavirus crisis – and applauds the idea … Read more
Thanks fur the memories: Foreign Office’s chief mouser Palmerston ‘retires’ after ‘enjoying working from home’ during lockdown Palmerston has been the chief mouser at the Foreign Office for past four years Announced on his own @DiploMog Twitter feed that he has decided to retire Letter said he had enjoyed living in the country during lockdown … Read more
Germany begins to see a second wave as fed up citizens flout social distancing rules, doctors’ union chief warns Number of daily confirmed coronavirus cases has ticked up steadily in Germany ‘We are already in a second, shallow upswing,’ Marburger Bund president said Pandemic fatigue beginning to take hold, according to a university survey By … Read more
Ocado chief Tim Steiner tops FTSE pay list: Men STILL earn more than women taking all of the top nine spots By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:37 BST, 4 August 2020 | Updated: 23:18 BST, 4 August 2020 Ocado boss Tim Steiner has been named the best-paid boss in the FTSE 100 … Read more
Unite chief Len McCluskey ramps up threat to cut Labour funding over Keir Starmer’s ‘reckless’ payout to anti-Semitism whistleblowers Len McCluskey has said it is ‘perfectly legitimate’ for Unite to look at donations Union baron voiced concerns about decision to settle case with whistleblowers Labour is paying damages to staffers who blew whistle over anti-Semitism … Read more
Migrant arrivals will hit crisis levels if UK and France fail to agree joint Channel patrols, warns former head of Border Force More than 200 migrants managed to cross to Britain on Thursday alone in surge Ex-Border Force chief Tony Smith urged Britain to agree new joint patrol treaty He claimed that the current approach … Read more
Exeter Chiefs rugby union club has ditched its Red Indian mascot to appease anti-racism campaigners, who complained it was offensive to Native Americans. That would, presumably, be all those members of the Navaho and Arapaho tribes living in Devon. Er, not exactly. The Big Chief Must Fall campaign is spearheaded by the usual bunch of … Read more