Kent County Council has reached its capacity to care for asylum-seeking children arriving on its shores, its leader said today. While adult migrants and families landing on Kent’s shores are sent to other parts of the country, the council retains responsibility for unaccompanied children. It comes as the Home Office booked 4,000 hotel rooms for … Read more
Home Office books 4,000 hotel rooms for asylum seekers amid pressure from cross-Channel migration and coronavirus The Home Office has booked 4,000 hotel rooms to house asylum seekers Hotels in Hull, Birmingham, Nottingham, Southport and Glasgow have been used It comes amid pressure from a surge of migration and the coronavirus pandemic By Henry Martin … Read more
Since remote working has become a norm, Google’s Chat and Meet – the messaging and video chat applications – have become increasingly popular. Now in order to make the experience within Gmail more integrated so that users don’t have to venture out of the interface to interact with other apps in the G Suite – … Read more
When the UK froze in late March, parents across the country were suddenly called upon to home-school their children. The theory was simple – while Mum and Dad worked from home, little Janet and John would be following lessons online. Learning would take place around the kitchen table. The reality brought mixed results. Some parents … Read more
British tourists are having to sleep on beaches in Europe after paying for rooms in hotels abroad that are still closed due to coronavirus lockdown. Consumer watchdog Which? reported the findings and said that the travel agency Loveholidays has been the main offender, according to the Times newspaper. One tourist, who set off for … Read more
British tourists are having to sleep on beaches in Europe after paying for rooms in hotels abroad that are still closed due to coronavirus lockdown. Consumer watchdog Which? reported the findings and said that the travel agency Loveholidays has been the main offender, according to the Times newspaper. One tourist, who set off for … Read more
Channel Seven has given Big Brother Australia fans a glimpse of the show’s brand-new, purpose-built warehouse ahead of the series premiere on June 8. New photos of the Big Brother house at North Head in the Sydney suburb of Manly reveal neon-lit interiors, an outdoor swimming pool and a purpose-built games arena. Welcome to the … Read more
Step back in time, a century or so ago, and this green and pleasant land of ours was blessed with inns and hostelries to welcome weary travellers. But 50 years ago the domestic market paled and could not compete with the lure of a foreign tan and exotic sights. Now, though, home-grown hospitality has come … Read more
We’ve already seen a runner complete a marathon in his back garden and a man reach the lofty heights of Mount Everest in his own home. But now locked-down Britons are climbing the walls of their own home with boredom – quite literally. Climbing enthusiasts unable to reach their favourite spots or local leisure centres … Read more
The life-threatening coronavirus that has rapidly swept the world can linger in the air of crowded places, researchers today warned. Experts in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the pandemic began, analysed air samples from different parts of two hospitals. Results showed the virus, called SARS-CoV-2, was undetectable everywhere except two areas ‘prone to crowding’. Researchers … Read more