All exams in Scotland have been cancelled because of the disproportionate impact of coronavirus on pupils, Education Secretary John Swinney has announced. Mr Swinney told the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday that Higher and Advanced Higher exams are being cancelled for the second year in a row after an earlier decision to scrap tests at National … Read more
Want to invest to reduce carbon emissions? iClima Earth launches world’s first ‘carbon avoidance’ ETF iClima Earth has revealed plans to launch its new ESG ETF later this month The exchange traded fund will invest in companies that directly enable CO2e avoidance solutions It will list on the London Stock Exchange with a total expense … Read more
Finally MPs, the business community, employees and the rest of the country are discovering a terrible truth. When it comes to the economic impact of the tier levels that will determine the future of enterprise up and down the country during the coming months, the Government is clearly flying blind. Yesterday’s ‘impact statement’ was designed … Read more
Boris Johnson faces major revolt from MPs after dossier on tier system’s economic impact is slammed for containing no new information Ministers had hoped a 48-page report would head off Tory mutiny over the plans Critics say dossier does not shed enough light on likely impact of tiered system Sources conceded dozens of Tory MPs … Read more
‘Our health emergency is not yet over,’ the Chancellor of the Exchequer said yesterday. ‘And our economic emergency has only just begun.’ Facing the steepest downturn since the Great Frost of 1709 – a slump in output of 11.3 per cent – Rishi Sunak said he was ready to spend, spend, spend to drag the … Read more
Golden Globe nominee Eva Longoria Bastón was ‘really honored’ to accept her CARE Impact Award for Exceptional Activism on Wednesday night with her son Santiago Enrique resting in her lap. The ‘Texican’ 45-year-old laughed as her two-year-old toddler exclaimed ‘Latino!’ while she was discussing how her eight-year-old foundation has helped the Latino community. Little Santi … Read more
Scientists have long theorized that dinosaurs were on the decline before the catastrophic asteroid impact wiped them out 66 million years ago –but new study suggests the prehistoric beasts may have been thriving. Previous works used fossil records to assess diversity of dinosaurs, but researchers in the latest study say how bones are preserved and … Read more
Police chiefs warn of ‘major operational impact’ on Britain’s security if they lose access to criminal databases under no-deal Brexit The UK could face a ‘security downgrade’ in January with a no-deal Brexit National Crime Agency and National Police Chiefs’ Council warned Government They said police expect to lose access to the SIS II criminal … Read more
‘Having to explain it to my kids is going to be very difficult’: An emotional Candice Warner talks about her toilet tryst on SAS Australia and admits it had a ‘huge impact’ on her family By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:28 GMT, 16 November 2020 | Updated: 09:28 GMT, 16 November 2020 … Read more
The impact of the new coronavirus vaccine will start in spring and really kick in next winter, one of its creators said yesterday. Professor Ugur Sahin, co-founder of BioNTech, warned this winter would still be hard because the vaccine has come too late to have a sizable impact on infection numbers. He said it was … Read more