The row between teachers and unions over when and how to reopen our schools exploded last night. In an extraordinary intervention, former education secretary David Blunkett accused the unions of ‘working against the interests of children’ by continuing to frustrate teachers who are desperate to get back into the classroom. And current Education Secretary Gavin … Read more
Notorious football hardman Neil Ruddock threatened to beat up Paul Merson during a heated argument over the former Tottenham and Liverpool defender’s drinking. Merson delivered a stark warning to an infuriated Ruddock in a TV show, saying that the 52-year-old’s boozing is killing him. The pair clashed in the latest series of ‘Harry’s Heroes’ after … Read more
The government’s testing co-ordinator insisted people should not get ‘hung up on targets’ today as he argued the goal for 100,000 checks a day had been met. Prof John Newton brushed off a row over whether the numbers had been cooked, stressing the big picture was capacity had risen sharply and there would always be … Read more
Germany‘s number of coronavirus infections have risen for the fifth day in a row and the government are now nervously observing the effects of easing the nationwide lockdown. The German government’s approach to the outbreak, rolling out mass testing across the country, was widely praised by health organisations and gave it the appearance of succeeding … Read more
David Beckham returned to social media on Wednesday after a week-long absence from the platform as he gave his widely-followed Instagram account over to Age UK. The former footballer, 44, took to his platform to support the charity’s work for the elderly during the coronavirus lockdown, and revealed he and his wife Victoria, 46, have been … Read more
A furious row has broken out among Great Ormond Street paediatricians and the NHS after an alert was dispatched to GPs linking a deadly inflammatory disease to the coronavirus. It comes as a 13-year-old boy from Aberdeen has been fighting for his life after testing positive for coronavirus with unusual symptoms including bloodshot eyes and … Read more
Laurence Fox has revealed his mixed-race girlfriend dumped him over his controversial race rant on Question Time in January. The 41-year-old has kept the identity of the unnamed partner under wraps, but it is known that she is a fashion designer and photographer. He told The Sunday Times magazine that his comments ’caused a lot … Read more
Coronavirus home testing kits ran out again in just over an hour after being made available again on the new Government website for the fourth day in a row today. More than ten million essential workers and their households are now eligible for Covid-19 checks as officials race to hit their 100,000-a-day tests target by … Read more
Prince Harry has sparked fury by claiming the UK’s Covid-19 crisis is not as bad as the public are being told. In an interview with the Declassifed podcast, the 35-year-old said that things here are ‘better than we are led to believe through certain corners of the media’. But his comments were branded ‘outrageous’ by … Read more
Liz Jones’s Diary: In which I’m second row at the shows By Liz Jones Diary for The Mail on Sunday Published: 00:03 BST, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 00:03 BST, 22 March 2020 ‘It’s lovely being in Paris on my own. No man to pretend to listen to’ I’m in Paris for the fashion shows. This … Read more