GCSE confusion as pupils get ‘centre assessment grades’ on Thursday but ‘official results’ next week

GCSE confusion as Government says pupils will get grades based on predicted marks on Thursday but  ‘official results’ will not be released until next week DfE says pupils will get  their ‘centre assessment grades’ on Thursday But department also said ‘official results will be released to students next week Created confusion about what teenagers will receive … Read more

GCSE students WILL get teacher-estimated grades on Thursday

GCSE students will be awarded with their teacher’s predicted grades despite calls to have their results delayed in the wake of the A-level results fiasco. Pupils will be able to take the higher of either their adjusted grade or their estimate mark after the regulator Ofqual confirmed England would follow steps already taken by Scotland, … Read more

GCSE students WILL get their teacher-estimated grades on Thursday

GCSE students will be awarded with their teacher’s predicted grades despite calls to have their results delayed in the wake of the A-level results fiasco. Pupils will be able to take the higher of either their adjusted grade or their estimate mark after the regulator Ofqual confirmed England would follow steps already taken by Scotland, … Read more

Coronavirus: UK deaths and cases on Thursday

Another 13 people have died of Covid-19 in England’s hospitals but no-one else has died of the illness in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, officials revealed today. Scotland today marked four full weeks without a single death from coronavirus north of the border, according to its official government statistics. A full round-up of the total … Read more

Coronavirus: UK confirms Thursday death toll

British officials have confirmed another 45 coronavirus deaths today in the preliminary toll, taking the nation’s official number of victims to 43,951.  The count, which only includes a fraction of the fatalities in England, was announced by adding up the updates by NHS England, Public Health Wales and the Scottish and Northern Irish governments.  A full … Read more

Donald Trump calls death of George Floyd ‘a very sad event’ and will be briefed on it on Thursday 

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had ordered an ‘expedited’ FBI investigation into the ‘tragic’ death of George Floyd, the black Minnesota man who died in custody when a white police officer kneeled on his neck He appeared to suggest he had personally ordered the probe, which was announced by the FBI a day earlier, and … Read more

Boris Johnson vows to have a test and trace system ready on Thursday

Boris will DROP drop the ‘track’ in ‘test, track and trace’ system that is designed to get Britain out lockdown and it will not be fully ready in time for deadline Ministers told to drop the ‘track’ after negative reaction from focus groups Boris Johnson suggested a test and trace system would be in place … Read more

Britain is set to enjoy the hottest April for 361 years with temperatures soaring to 75F by Thursday

Britain is set to enjoy the hottest April for 361 years with temperatures soaring to 75F by Thursday making the UK hotter than Ibiza The UK is set to enjoy the hottest April in 361 years with temperatures soaring to 75F (23C) later on this week A 2,000 mile-wide ‘high-pressure bubble’ will see temperatures climb … Read more