Facebook starts “punishing” repeat offender groups, members

If you’re still a heavy Facebook user, you probably managed to keep your sanity during this pandemic partly because of the various Facebook Groups you have joined. But as with a lot of things on the Internet lately, not all groups are good for our mental health. Groups have been used to spread misinformation and … Read more

Parents call for pupils to repeat whole year to prevent ‘lost generation’

Parents are calling for pupils to repeat a whole school year or cancel summer holidays as 75 per cent of teachers believe their students have fallen behind due to remote learning. Boris Johnson today admitted that it could take a year for children to catch up from the impact of Covid school closures, claiming online learning … Read more

Parents call for pupils to repeat whole year to prevent ‘lost generation’

Parents are calling for pupils to repeat a whole school year or cancel summer holidays as 75 per cent of teachers believe their students have fallen behind due to remote learning. Boris Johnson today admitted that it could take a year for children to catch up from the impact of Covid school closures, claiming online learning … Read more

Nigella Lawson reveals where she bought cookware for new show Cook, Eat, Repeat

Nigella Lawson has been sharing where she bought items currently being lusted after by home cooks after they watched the first episode of her new BBC series Cook, Eat, Repeat. The television chef, 60, has been inundated with questions about the cookware that she was seen using to make dishes including banana skin curry and … Read more

Wild animals could catch Covid-19 from humans and trigger repeat outbreaks

Covid-19 has killed more than one million people worldwide and experts warn that it could become a ‘multi-species’ pandemic unless humans are careful not to infect wild animals.   Researchers have again found that the strain of coronavirus which causes Covid-19, called SARS-CoV-2, can infect many animal species and not just humans. While the biggest threat … Read more

Doctors warn Madrid is walking ‘in slow motion’ towards a repeat of its ‘nuclear bomb’ Covid crisis

Doctors have warned that Madrid is walking ‘in slow motion’ towards a repeat of its ‘nuclear bomb’ Covid crisis in March. Spain has recorded an average of more than 10,000 new cases per day over the last week, the worst figures in Europe and the fifth highest infection rate in the world. Nearly a third of those falling … Read more

Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo magazine with a repeat of 2015 attack

Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo with another massacre after French magazine republished cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed Said & Cherif Kouachi killed 12 people at Charlie Hebdo’s offices in Paris in 2015 Slayings were a response to publishing of cartoons of the prophet Mohammed  Al-Qaeda today warned the magazine would be mistaken if they thought the  … Read more

Junior soldiers must repeat ‘mantras’ on diversity and inclusion in annual assessment forms 

Junior soldiers risk punishment if they don’t repeat ‘mantras’ on diversity and inclusion in annual assessment forms Soldiers have been told to pledge what their main objective is for the next year Told to say it will be to contribute towards an ‘inclusive culture’ within regiment Intended to help troops of different ethnic, religious or … Read more

£3,200 fines for shunning face masks: Payment of £100 will keep on doubling for repeat offenders

Repeatedly refusing to wear a face mask could lead to a fine of up to £3,200, Boris Johnson announced last night. At present those who do not cover their faces in shops or on public transport can be ordered to pay a penalty of £100 – or £50 if they pay within a fortnight. But … Read more

£3,200 fines for shunning face masks: Payment of £100 will keep on doubling for repeat offenders

Repeatedly refusing to wear a face mask could lead to a fine of up to £3,200, Boris Johnson announced last night. At present those who do not cover their faces in shops or on public transport can be ordered to pay a penalty of £100 – or £50 if they pay within a fortnight. But … Read more