Students mock government’s exam U-turn on social media

Delighted students take to social media to mock government’s ’embarrassing’ exam U-turn after Ofqual announces A levels AND GCSEs will now be based on teachers’ assessments One meme shows Homer Simpson disappearing into a hedge and a stuck car Another shows Leonardo DiCaprio saying: ‘We did it guys even an apology too’ Boris Johnson interrupted … Read more

Delighted students take to social media to mock government’s ’embarrassing’ exam U-turn

Delighted students take to social media to mock government’s ’embarrassing’ exam U-turn after Ofqual announces A levels AND GCSEs will now be based on teachers’ assessments One meme shows Homer Simpson disappearing into a hedge and a stuck car Another shows Leonardo DiCaprio saying: ‘We did it guys even an apology too’ Boris Johnson interrupted … Read more

Major U-turn as A levels AND GCSEs will now be based on teachers’ assessments

Ministers completed a humiliating exams U-turn today and agreed to allow A-level and GCSE results in England to be based on teachers’ assessments after a furious row over grades. Regulator Ofqual confirmed this afternoon that England would follow steps already taken by Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland after a controversial computer algorithm marked down thousands of … Read more

Couple among first set to be quarantined from Spain blast ‘ridiculous’ government u-turn over travel

‘Our Government has hung us out to dry’: Couple who will be among first to be quarantined from Spain blast ‘ridiculous’ ruling after u-turn over travel rule means they will be stuck at home for next two weeks Sophie Ingham, 23, and boyfriend Nick Baldwin spent the last week in Tenerife They will have to … Read more

Government announces major Huawei U-turn as it bans firm from UK’s 5G network

Government BANS Huawei in major U turn : Boris Johnson vows to strip out Chinese tech giant’s equipment from UK’s 5G network by 2027 in move which will delay roll out by two years – but its presence in 3G and 4G will not change Government today announced Huawei will be banned from the UK’s … Read more

Recreational cricket CAN return from next weekend as government performs U-turn, says Boris Johnson 

‘Having been stumped on the radio I sought scientific advice’: Recreational cricket CAN return from next weekend as government performs U-turn, says prime minister Boris Johnson By Spencer Morgan For Mailonline Published: 18:09 BST, 3 July 2020 | Updated: 18:15 BST, 3 July 2020 Prime minister Boris Johnson has announced that cricket can resume next … Read more

HARRY COLE: The day lobbying row tycoon Richard Desmond made a dizzying Boris Bike U-turn 

It seems controversial tycoon Richard Desmond has a track record for clumsy efforts to lobby the Tories, and Boris Johnson in particular. In 2009, the then owner of the Express newspaper group had a bee in his bonnet about the then Mayor of London’s cycle hire scheme because of plans for a rental station outside his … Read more

Schools U-turn as ministers say primary pupils from ALL years CAN return – if there is space

Boris Johnson is to make a last-gasp attempt to get as many primary children as possible back to school before the summer holidays amid rising fury at the social and economic cost of the lockdown. Under new plans expected to be unveiled this week schools will be given the green light to return as many … Read more

Doctors U-turn on support for teaching unions and say schools SHOULD reopen if they are safe

Doctors U-turn on support for teaching unions and say schools SHOULD reopen if they are safe – but doubts remain over June 1 date as scientists say track and trace must be in place first Chair of BMA’s Public Health Medicine Committee said there is ‘growing evidence that the risk to individual children from Covid-19 … Read more

Coronavirus: Michael Gove guarantees teacher safety before U-turn

Michael Gove today guaranteed teachers and pupils will be safe when schools are reopened before swiftly backtracking as he said ‘you can never eliminate risk’.  The Government is locked in a furious row with councils and teaching unions over its plans to begin the phased reopening of primary schools from June 1 as the coronavirus … Read more