Exam boards warn students may try to cheat new grading system by submitting work that is not theirs

Exam boards have warned that students may try to cheat the new grading system by submitting work that is not their own.  Schools have been told to take measures to ensure that private tutors are not giving ‘inappropriate levels of support’ to students when they are completing their schoolwork, which could form the basis of … Read more

Middle classes face £21bn social care betrayal unless Boris Johnson fulfils promise to reform system

Middle classes face £21bn social care betrayal: Patients’ contributions towards their own old-age care could double in 20 years unless Boris Johnson fulfils his promise to reform the system, report warns Middle classes will have to double their contribution to old-age care in 20 years A quarter of over-65s had an unmet care need as … Read more

Middle classes face £21bn social care betrayal unless Boris Johnson fulfils promise to reform system

Middle classes face £21bn social care betrayal: Patients’ contributions towards their own old-age care could double in 20 years unless Boris Johnson fulfils his promise to reform the system, report warns Middle classes will have to double their contribution to old-age care in 20 years A quarter of over-65s had an unmet care need as … Read more

Kent locals say the migration system is not fit for purpose, writes SUE REID

On the pleasant promenade of Hythe, Kent, two young male migrants on bicycles weave their way through family groups, dog walkers, pensioner couples and mothers with prams, all trying to stay two metres apart from each other. The men are from a migrant camp, Napier Barracks, on a hillside not far from the town’s seafront. … Read more

Priti Patel unveils major overhaul of UK asylum system

No right to settle under Priti Priti’s asylum blitz Migrants who arrive in the UK illegally will no longer have the right to permanently settle here even if they have a strong asylum claim.  Anyone who arrives illegally having passed through a ‘safe country’ will be deemed ‘inadmissible’ to the UK asylum system.  The Government … Read more

Prince William ‘is not trapped’ in system of British Monarchy, sources close to royal family say

Prince William does not believe he is ‘trapped’ inside the system of the British monarchy and Prince Harry‘s suggestions that he is are ‘way off the mark’, a source close to the royal family has claimed. Instead, the Duke of Cambridge, who is second in line to the throne behind his father, has ‘accepted’ his … Read more

NASA to ignite $18.6BN Space Launch System ‘megarocket’ TODAY for eight minutes

NASA is set to ignite the engines of its $18.6 billion Space Launch System rocket later today in an eight minute test designed to confirm it is ready for launch. This would be the second hot fire test of the massive engines, and the final fire test before the second stage is moved to the launchpad … Read more

NASA will ignite its $18.6BILLION Space Launch System ‘megarocket’ TODAY

NASA is set to ignite the engines of its $18.6 billion Space Launch System rocket later today in an eight minute test designed to confirm it is ready for launch. This would be the second hot fire test of the massive engines, and the final fire test before the second stage is moved to the launchpad … Read more

4.6 BILLION-year-old meteorite discovered in the Sahara could shed light on the early solar system

Oldest meteorite ever found: 4.6 BILLION-year-old space rock discovered in the Sahara could shed light on the early solar system Experts analyzed a meteorite discovered last year in the Sahara desert The rock weighs 70 pounds and is tan in color with green spots throughout It consists mostly of volcanic rock, but also silicon dioxide that … Read more

NASA passes assembly milestone on the $18.6billion Space Launch System

The Space Launch System (SLS) ‘megarocket’ that will one day take astronauts to the moon and Mars has passed a major assembly milestone, according to NASA.  The US space agency said the ten segments that make up the two booster rockets were vertically stacked over several weeks at the Kennedy Space Center.  When launched, the … Read more