Almost one in three GCSE pupils could get top marks today following the exam U-turn fiasco. The proportion with a grade 7 or higher – the equivalent of an old A/A* – is set to rise by almost 30 per cent due to the switch to teacher assessments. This could mean 1.5million grade 7s, 8s … Read more
They spent months keeping their romance under wraps, but it seems Pip Edwards and Michael Clarke have nothing to hide these days. The P.E. Nation founder, 40, and retired Australian cricket captain, 39, flaunted their relationship while enjoying a lazy afternoon on Sydney Harbour on Saturday. The glamorous couple put on a romantic display as they whiled … Read more
For years, they were synonymous with accommodation that placed functionality and financial prudence firmly above style. But this week the humble prefab — a house manufactured offsite in kit form — is being touted as a solution to our current housing crisis. Treasury chief secretary Steve Barclay announced a ‘flat pack’ strategy as part of its … Read more
The Queen could be paying a ‘£1.5million holiday bill’ with plans to head off to Balmoral later this summer By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 3 July 2020 | Updated: 09:45 BST, 4 July 2020 The Queen is known for her frugality, whether storing corn flakes in Tupperware containers, turning on … Read more
Hunger crisis hits lockdown Britain as 1.5million say they go without eating all day due to poverty brought on by coronavirus pandemic Shocking figures come from YouGov poll commissioned by the Food Foundation More than one million have lost all their income since lockdown was announced Charity calls for food parcels to be delivered to … Read more
A 30-year-old Volvo HGV covered in Banksy graffiti is set to be sold at auction for £1.5MILLION next month The 1988 Volvo FL6 was painted by Banksy during a millennium party in 2000 It is understood to be the anonymous artist’s biggest piece of work ever, created before the height of his fame The HGV – … Read more
Army called in to help with food deliveries to homes as up to 1.5MILLION people at highest risk to coronavirus are sent letters telling them to stay in their homes for THREE MONTHS By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 08:58 GMT, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 09:02 GMT, 22 March 2020 The British … Read more
Three Tory donors who are expected to be rewarded with peerages by Boris Johnson together gave almost £1.5million to the party in the final three months of last year. Peter Cruddas, Michael Spencer and Jon Moynihan are thought to have been nominated by the Prime Minister for places on the red benches, which will be announced … Read more
A mother claims she had ‘no idea’ her husband stole £1.5million from the National Lottery and an online estate agent, despite him transferring most of it into two of her bank accounts, a court heard yesterday. Sofina Sarwar, 34, denies knowing anything about the ‘colossal amounts’ Haroon Cassim, 36, took from Camelot, which runs the … Read more