Pupils face longer days at school: Ministers are working on a plan for children to spend more hours in the classroom after lockdown to catch up on the lessons they missed ‘Bolt-on’ sessions at either end of school day will help those who’ve fallen behind Two million pupils have done less than an hour a … Read more
Fears Rolls-Royce will cut up to 4,500 jobs in the East Midlands as it grapples with the fallout of Covid crisis By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 17 June 2020 Rolls-Royce could cut up to 4,500 jobs in the East Midlands as it grapples … Read more
Tyler Perry dreads having to talk to his five-year-old son about racism: ‘It will be a hard, heartbreaking conversation’ By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 22:14 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 22:14 BST, 17 June 2020 Tyler Perry dreads the day he will have to talk to his five-year-old son Aman about racism. In an essay … Read more
Cases of the novel coronavirus in American prisons and jails have doubled over the last month. There are more than 68,000 inmates confirmed to have contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, reported The New York Times. According to the newspaper, the five largest-known clusters across the country are in correctional institutions, prison complexes … Read more
The officer who shot dead Rayshard Brooks has been charged on 11 counts including felony murder, a charge that carries a possible sentence of life without parole or the death penalty. The charges were announced at a press conference held by Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard. Former cop Garret Rolfe, 27, has also been … Read more
A British farmer has revealed that the majority of applicants who volunteered to pick fruit and veg on his land have dropped out because of the demanding physical labour. Ed Grey, who runs Watts Farm in Kent, had more than 300 furloughed workers to help harvest crops growing on his land as part of the Pick … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Founder of ‘legal loan shark’ Amigo left friendless after failed attempt to unseat the board By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 17 June 2020 The founder of Amigo has thrown in the towel, promising to back away from the controversial lender after … Read more
NASA is preparing to send a unisex toilet to the International Space Station (ISS) that better accommodates female astronauts. A recurring problem with microgravity toilets is they’d been designed predominantly with men in mind, due to the historically higher proportion of male astronauts. The new toilet, called the ‘universal waste management system’ (UWMS), is designed to … Read more
Lisa Vanderpump marks the anniversary of her mother’s death with throwback mom-and-daughter photo: ‘What a sad year it has been’ By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 21:41 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 21:47 BST, 17 June 2020 Lisa Vanderpump marked one year since the death of her mother Jean Vanderpump on Wednesday. Jean was … Read more
More than 1,500 leading experts have demanded Boris Johnson publish a clear plan for getting children back to school before a generation of pupils are left ‘scarred for life’. In a scathing letter to the Prime Minister today, paediatricians warned the prolonged closure of schools could spark a wave of health, social and educational problems … Read more