Channel 4’s Britain’s Most Expensive Houses followed millionaire house hunters searching for their dream home last night – but viewers slammed the programme for the ‘vulgar’ displays of wealth. The show, which aired last night, went inside exclusive estate agent Sotheby’s as they marketed historic houses, stately homes, millionaire mansions and penthouse pads to various … Read more
School leaders have slammed ‘frankly ludicrous’ government plans to roll-out rapid mass Covid testing across the country’s 32,000 schools in just days. The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) said government guidance on rapid tests ‘doesn’t take us much further forward because it ignores the fact that this plan and timescale are totally unrealistic’. Meanwhile … Read more
Shoppers and traders in the Sussex town of East Grinstead told today how people had been flocking in from nearby Tier Four areas to finish their Christmas shopping. It comes as police in York slammed drinkers who also travelled to the Tier 2 city’s pubs from neighbouring Tier 3 locations after officers handed out a ‘shocking’ number … Read more
Parents have warned others against visiting a drive-thru Santa’s grotto after ‘creepy’ actors ‘petrified’ children, with one telling a four-year-old that ‘Santa won’t be delivering any presents this year’. The Christmas event which opened in the grounds of Taverham Hall, near Norwich, on Friday, has been hit with a flurry of negative reviews claiming the … Read more
Inspectors have called for urgent action to prevent the unacceptable treatment of vulnerable children in a ‘bleak regime’ at a privately-run children’s prison. Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP), and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have issued a rare urgent notification (UN) to the Justice Secretary, Robert Buckland, over the ‘continued poor care and leadership’ … Read more
Critics slam ‘shocked and appalled’ boohoo billionaire as he pleads ignorance to sweatshop factory conditions By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:56 GMT, 16 December 2020 | Updated: 21:56 GMT, 16 December 2020 The billionaire founder of Boohoo faced a backlash after he claimed to be ‘shocked and appalled’ by the sweatshop conditions … Read more
Experts slam the use of infrared forehead-scanning thermometers to screen for Covid-19 as ‘unreliable, inaccurate and ineffective’ Experts from the US penned an editorial article for a scientific journal Revealed that the non-contact thermal imaging technology is ineffective Regularly fails to spot fever and other forms of screening should be used instead By Joe Pinkstone … Read more
Donald Trump says people are ‘angry’ after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated President-elect Joe Biden, and the sitting president’s most ardent loyalists vented their fury at the high-ranking Republican. ‘The Electoral College has spoken,’ McConnell said on Tuesday morning, before adding he wanted to ‘congratulate the President-elect Joe Biden’ and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Early on … Read more
West End restaurateurs have slammed the enforced closure brought on by Tier 3 as they throw out bags and boxes of unused food – as police officer and Covid-19 volunteers cleared away the last of London’s drinkers. Millions of pounds worth of food could go to waste as a result of the capital going into … Read more
Furious Vicar of Dibley fans switched off last night as they slammed the ‘lecturing’ BBC for using comedy to promote ‘political’ causes over a scene where Dawn French takes the knee for Black Lives Matter. Viewers criticised series writer Richard Curtis for using a comedy show to promote a ‘Woke’ agenda, with one tweeting: ‘I’m … Read more