Defiant civil servants union boss hits back at Boris Johnson’s call to return to the office

A defiant civil service union boss has hit back at Boris Johnson’s call to return to the office by accusing the Prime Minister of trying to shame government workers back to desks. Mr Johnson last night set a target of four in five workers to return to Whitehall each week by the end of the … Read more

Boris Johnson orders civil servants to return to desks as officials try to lead from front

Get back to work! Boris Johnson orders civil servants to return to their desks as officials (belatedly) try to lead from the front Prime Minister set target of four in five workers to return to Whitehall each week   At beginning of lockdown there were 423,000 civil servants employed full time  In a letter to … Read more

London Fashion Week to see return of LIVE catwalk shows this month

Return of the FROW! London Fashion Week will host live shows again this month for a slimmed-down audience- after the event went digital for the first time in June due to lockdown The British Fashion Council announced live catwalk shows will return to LFW Previous event went digital for the first time ever due to … Read more

Police return to car after serious assault to find note berating officers for blocking driveway

‘This is private property NOT a parking space’: Police return to their car after serious assault to find note berating officers for blocking driveway West Mercia Police were called to a major disturbance in Sutton Hill, Telford  When police returned to their car, they saw a note under the windscreen wiper The note berating officers … Read more

Call for Britons to return to desks is paused until next week

A public information campaign urging people in Britain to get back to work following the coronavirus lockdown has had its first air date pushed back. The series of adverts encouraging people to return to offices was originally due to begin tomorrow, but it will not now start until next week at the earliest. The UK … Read more

Is this the most miraculous creature on the planet? It can return from the dead and is a bestseller

Even by the astonishing standards of the natural world, Anguilla anguilla, the ­European eel, is an almost unbelievable creature.  It can live for a hundred years. It can wriggle across fields.  Eels that appear dead and dried out can come back to threshing life.  During its existence, the eel changes into four different versions of … Read more

Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry to make sensational return to snooker at 51

‘I’ve missed the buzz’: Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry to make sensational return to snooker at 51 – EIGHT years after he retired – having accepted offer to rejoin the pro ranks in wake of fine form in senior events Hendry is making a return to top-level snooker after eight years in retirement The Scot … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews the return of All Creatures Great and Small 

When I was a boy, the domineering Yorkshire vet Siegfried Farnon seemed a genial monster – irascible, brilliant but unpredictable, one of the explosive characters typical of my grandfathers’ prewar generation. And in the bestselling books that were the basis of Sunday night’s much-loved serial in the Seventies and Eighties, apprentice vet James Herriot was … Read more

Majority of schoolchildren in England and Wales return to classes for first time in six months today

Marcus Rashford is spearheading a task force on the issue of child food poverty and is warning of ‘devastating’ effects on the stability of the country if action is not taken quickly. The Manchester United and England striker was successful in campaigning for free school meal vouchers to be provided to pupils over the summer … Read more

Kerri-Anne Kennerley hints at TV return after Studio 10 sacking

Kerri-Anne Kennerley reveals how she REALLY feels about being sacked from Studio 10 and hints at a return to TV – after the network’s budget cut bloodbath left 25 stars out of work By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 16:39 BST, 31 August 2020 | Updated: 17:07 BST, 31 August 2020 Kerri-Anne Kennerley … Read more