PAUL THOMAS on… Parents waiting for their children to go back to school after lockdown By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 01:17 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 01:25 BST, 16 May 2020 Advertisement ‘The thought of me not going back to school on June 1st tipped her over the edge’. To order a … Read more
My teenage daughters are in Years 9 and 11. In normal circumstances, the younger of the two would be laying the foundations for her GCSE exams – the backbone of any pupil’s plans for the future. My eldest, meanwhile, would be about to sit them. Yet neither of my daughters has stepped past the school … Read more
King Philippe of Belgium wore a face mask as he dropped his youngest daughter Princess Eleonore off at school today, as the country reopened its classrooms following coronavirus lockdown. But Princess Eleonore, 12, was not wearing a face mask or gloves as King Philippe accompanied her to the school’s doors in Brussels. The Belgian Royal Palace … Read more
Two coronavirus cases are confirmed at a primary school attended by vulnerable pupils as the site is closed for a deep clean Springfield Primary School in Spolton, Derby, has now closed for deep cleaning Everyone who came into contact with the two cases will have to self-isolate The news comes amid the government’s plans to … Read more
Osama Rahman admitted children could become dangerous super spreaders because they suffer mild or no symptoms The chief scientific adviser for the Department of Education has today admitted the government’s plan to reopen schools in June could risk spreading the coronavirus. Osama Rahman said a growing body of evidence had suggested children were much more … Read more
She’s busy promoting the second season of her Netflix dramedy Dead To Me. And on Tuesday, Christina Applegate did an interview with Ellen DeGeneres on her Ellen At Home show. During the chat, done by remote video, the actress, 48, revealed that while she’s currently having to homeschool her daughter, she misses not being able … Read more
A private school which collapsed into administration in the coronavirus crisis has demanded parents pay for summer term – or forfeit their children’s GCSE results. HawleyHurst school in Hampshire gave parents and staff two hours notice when it closed at the end of March. Owned by the millionaire founder of The Eden Project, Sir Tim … Read more
Headteachers have asked the government to clarify whether they will have to fine parents who refuse to return their children to school after the coronavirus lockdown is eased. More than 1.7 million pupils who are vulnerable, or whose parents are key workers, may be asked to return to school as early as next week, while … Read more
Boris Johnson will this week reveal his ‘whack-a-mole’ strategy to ease the coronavirus lockdown and put the UK economy back into gear. The Prime Minister is expected to reveal his roadmap of proposals to very carefully and slowly lift the restriction in place since late March, but come down hard on any secondary hotspots that … Read more
Padma Lakshmi ‘chugs tequila from the bottle’ after she learns daughter Krishna, 10, will be home from school until September By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 18:49 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 18:49 BST, 2 May 2020 Padma Lakshmi pretended to chug about half a bottle of Patron in a jokey Instagram video she … Read more