The White House is furiously fighting back against a politically explosive report that the president called U.S. military heroes killed in battle ‘losers’ and ‘suckers’ – and turned down a trip to visit U.S. war dead in France due to the rain. Fox News, the Washington Post and Associated Press were among the news outlets … Read more
Clare Crawley demands respect as she tells Juan Pablo off in empowering new Bachelorette teaser… but no sign of ‘replacement’ Tayshia Adams By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 23:10 BST, 31 August 2020 | Updated: 23:16 BST, 31 August 2020 She isn’t afraid of letting men have a piece of her mind. And Clare Crawley … Read more
Fury at ‘petty’ Nicola Sturgeon after she demands ‘Britain’ and ‘UK’ are dropped from branding of £120m national festival Planning under way for national festival in 2022 to celebrate ‘our precious union’ Scottish government has called for ‘UK’ and ‘Britain’ to be axed from branding The £120million festival was announced by then-PM Theresa May in … Read more
Boris Johnson must do more to get office workers back at their desks, a senior business leader says today. Carolyn Fairbairn warns commercial centres risk being permanent ‘ghost towns’. Writing in the Mail, the director-general of the CBI says getting staff back into offices and workplaces is as important as the return of pupils to … Read more
New Look aiming to cut its rent to zero on 68 stores in drastic plan to rescue ailing fashion chain and 11,200 jobs in wake of Covid-19 outbreak By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:13 BST, 26 August 2020 | Updated: 22:13 BST, 26 August 2020 New Look is aiming to cut its … Read more
Teaching unions have seized on 11th-hour demands for Boris Johnson to introduce face masks in schools after Nicola Sturgeon said she was preparing to make them compulsory, risking another row just days before schools are due to reopen. The First Minister announced yesterday she plans to require face coverings in corridors and shared areas at Scotland’s … Read more
The United States will demand Thursday that all United Nations sanctions be reimposed against Iran, President Donald Trump announced, a move that follows America’s embarrassing failure to extend an arms embargo against Tehran. The administration´s insistence on snapping back international sanctions against Iran sets the stage for a contentious dispute. It’s possible that the U.S. … Read more
Education union chiefs have today demanded an overhaul of next year’s GCSE and A-Level exams over fears coronavirus could cut school contact time and called for an emphasis shift away from end-of-year exams – because students find them ‘too stressful’. Bosses at the National Education Union (NEU), the UK’s largest teaching union, have written to … Read more
Ofqual blamed teachers for suggesting ‘implausibly high’ A-Level grades today as Keir Starmer joined the backlash by demanding standardisation is ditched. The government is facing a storm after nearly 40 per cent of results were downgraded by the computer model deployed when exams had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis. Boris Johnson and … Read more
Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin has demanded scientists publish evidence of coronavirus transmission in pubs after an expert said drinking indoors in bars raised the risk of transmission. Bacteria expert Professor Hugh Pennington said there has been a Covid-19 ‘outbreak associated with pubs’ and for ’90 per cent of cases, that was how they caught it.’ The Aberdeen … Read more