A senior Army officer accused of fraudulently claiming nearly £50,000 in private school fees today told a court martial he thought he was entitled to it as long as his wife was with him wherever he worked. Major General Nick Welch is on trial at Bulford Military Court accused of falsely claiming £48,000 to pay … Read more
A senior Army officer accused of fraudulently claiming nearly £50,000 in private school fees today told a court martial he thought he was entitled to it as long as his wife was with him wherever he worked. Major General Nick Welch is on trial at Bulford Military Court accused of falsely claiming £48,000 to pay … Read more
I have always been a saver. I remember, as a boy, crossing the road from our home/surgery – my father was a doctor – to buy savings stamps, endeavouring to fill a book. At age 16 I bought my first shares – £45 worth of ship owner Aviation & Shipping — a company which owned … Read more
The new children’s commissioner for England wants to extend free school meals over the summer as she warned the pandemic has had a ‘profound impact’ on children. Dame Rachel de Souza today said she wants to ‘rebuild childhood’ in the wake of the Covid crisis and likened the challenge to reconstructing the social security system after … Read more
Celebrities marked their children’s first day back to the classroom on Instagram as they returned to education on Monday in the first step of Britain’s road map out of the coronavirus lockdown after two months of home-learning. Rochelle Humes led the stars sharing their school runs on Monday, admitting her experience was ‘harder than I … Read more
Nikki Webster releases a children’s book about ‘a young girl who dreams big and overcomes challenges to reach her goals’ By Abi Moustafa For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:25 GMT, 3 March 2021 | Updated: 11:25 GMT, 3 March 2021 She’s best known for opening the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and now Nikki Webster has turned … Read more
The most senior Army officer to face a court martial in more than 200 years today stood trial accused of defrauding the taxpayer out of almost £50,000 to pay for his children’s private school fees. Major General Nick Welch, 57, allegedly abused Army allowances when he took on the top job at the Ministry of … Read more
The most senior Army officer to face a court martial in more than 200 years today stood trial accused of defrauding the taxpayer out of almost £50,000 to pay for his children’s private school fees. Major General Nick Welch, 57, allegedly abused Army allowances when he took on the top job at the Ministry of … Read more
Stephen Fry and Sir Lenny Henry are backing a campaign that argues watching television with subtitles on can ‘double’ a child’s chance of becoming a good reader. The group Turn on the Subtitles (Tots) is ‘so brilliantly simple and can help children’s literacy so much that we want to shout it from the rooftops!’ Sandi Toksvig, … Read more
Married At First Sight’s Davina Rankin distances herself from her ‘villain’ portrayal as her first children’s book sells out in just two weeks By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:29 GMT, 23 February 2021 | Updated: 00:40 GMT, 24 February 2021 Davina Rankin outraged viewers in 2018 when she ‘cheated’ on her husband … Read more