Teachers will decide school pupils’ GCSE, A-level and AS-level grades this summer after exams were scrapped due to Covid-related school closures, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson confirmed today. The exams that were due to be sat in May and June this year will be replaced by school-based assessments, he told the Commons in a statement this … Read more
Teachers will decide school pupils’ GCSE, A-level and AS-level grades this summer after exams were scrapped due to Covid-related school closures, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson confirmed today. The exams that were due to be sat in May and June this year will be replaced by school-based assessments, he told the Commons in a statement this … Read more
All eyes are turning to Georgia on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands head to the polls to cast their ballots in the two consequential runoff races that will decide Senate control – after a record-shattering 3 million voted early. Republican incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are vying to keep their Senate seats against Democratic … Read more
All eyes are turning to Georgia on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands head to the polls to cast their ballots in the two consequential runoff races that will decide Senate control – after a record-shattering 3 million voted early. Republican incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are vying to keep their Senate seats against Democratic … Read more
Boris Johnson will decide tomorrow whether to introduce stricter coronavirus restrictions as he faces calls from Labour to bring in a national lockdown. The Prime Minister has warned that curbs were ‘probably about to get tougher’ as Government sources said more areas of England could be plunged into Tier Four in days. Under the strict … Read more
Boris Johnson will decide tomorrow whether to introduce stricter coronavirus restrictions as he faces calls from Labour to bring in a national lockdown. The Prime Minister has warned that curbs were ‘probably about to get tougher’ as Government sources said more areas of England could be plunged into Tier Four in days. Under the strict … Read more
SAGE can’t decide on Christmas: No10’s scientists say mixing with relatives will spread Covid but closing schools and offices will bring cases DOWN (and admits it doesn’t know whether relaxing restrictions will cause outbreak to spiral) Coronavirus might spread to older people, leading to more hospital patients But total number of cases could fall as … Read more
SAGE can’t decide on Christmas: No10’s scientists say mixing with relatives will spread Covid but closing schools and offices will bring cases DOWN (and admits it doesn’t know whether relaxing restrictions will cause outbreak to spiral) Coronavirus might spread to older people, leading to more hospital patients But total number of cases could fall as … Read more
Liz Jones’s Diary: In which I decide to go wild swimming By Liz Jones Diary for The Mail on Sunday Published: 00:02 GMT, 6 December 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 6 December 2020 I’d forgotten a towel, but figured I could air dry, if I didn’t freeze first I’ve gone mad. I’ve just been wild … Read more
Will locals back statue for Margaret Thatcher? Referendum could be held to decide whether to erect monument to the Iron Lady in her home town Former mayor of Grantham Ian Selby proposed a poll to decide on 10ft statue £300,000 plinth in Grantham was funded by Public Memorials Appeal charity South Kesteven District Council has put … Read more