Usually a private space where she can relax away from the glare of the public eye, the Queen has offered the public a rare look inside her private apartments at Windsor Castle over the last year. The Queen, 94, has conducted a number of high profile video calls from the comfortable, countrified sitting room during … Read more
Boris Johnson’s education catch up tsar today suggested the school day could be extended to help pupils recover from the coronavirus crisis. The Government has announced that secondary schools will be given funding to run summer schools for the pupils who need extra classes the most. Ministers considered a wide variety of options as part … Read more
Being the owner of a holiday letting business or guest house in Britain has been a financially depressing state of affairs during the past year. Repeated lockdowns mean that bookings have had to be postponed or cancelled while people stay at home, barring a surge when the economy was opened up last summer. But has … Read more
A police chief has demanded an extra 500 police officers to cope with the millions of staycationers who will descend on Devon and Cornwall in the summer after lockdown ends. Families across the country are already planning staycations and days out after Boris Johnson announced Britain’s roadmap out of lockdown. From April 12, Britons can stay … Read more
Being the owner of a holiday lets business in Britain has been a financially depressing state of affairs during the past year. Repeated lockdowns mean that bookings have had to be postponed or cancelled while people stay at home, barring a surge when the economy was opened up last summer. But has Boris Johnson’s plans … Read more
Reading Festival may not go ahead this summer despite tickets selling out hours after Boris Johnson revealed his road map out of lockdown, with local councillors warning ‘nothing is agreed’. Organisers declared the three-day music event, which is due to be headlined by Liam Gallagher and Stormzy, would take place after the Prime Minister’s statement … Read more
Schools can reopen ‘safely’ from next week with the package of measures set out to mitigate risks from Covid-19, a SAGE scientist said today. Calum Semple, professor of outbreak medicine and child health at the University of Liverpool, said that increased ventilation, tests and mask wearing will all contribute to safe reopening of schools next … Read more
The UK is ‘ready to roar back’: Predictions of fastest growth for FIFTY years and a black hole in nation’s finances that is MUCH smaller than feared £40bn – as Boris Johnson says ‘pessimists got it wrong’ Rishi Sunak is set to predict the fastest economic growth for half a century The prospect of a … Read more
The parents of Britain’s biggest family have revealed the eye-watering cost of their yearly school uniform bill in a new Channel 5 documentary. Bakery owner Noel Radford, 50, and his wife Sue, 45, have 22 children, with 19 still living at home in Morecambe, Lancashire. Nine of their children are of school age with Noel … Read more
The first of many! Delighted daughter hugs her 90-year-old mother indoors for first time in three months as Covid restrictions ease Mary Cook, 90, and daughter Fiona Scott hugged for first time in three months Care home residents in Scotland now allowed two designated visitors a week Ms Scott visited her mother at Queen’s House in … Read more