Now parents, governors and retired teachers could be roped in to test pupils for Covid-19 despite massive revolt over Ministers’ eleventh-hour plans Volunteers may be used instead of teachers to carry out rapid testing next year Major education unions have threatened to scupper the New Year programme Unions announced schools will have their backing if … Read more
On Sunday night, Oprah Winfrey presented her fellow billionaire ‘brother’ Tyler Perry with one of the top honors at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards – the Governors Award. The 66-year-old OWN CEO – who’s a Grammy away from EGOT status – called the 51-year-old movie/TV mogul ‘a businessman who bet on himself, and by doing … Read more
New York City is set to develop a massive four-million-square-foot research center on Governors Island that will study the impact of climate change around the city’s 520 miles of coastline. The Trust for the island released its proposal to build a living laboratory, academic institution, living quarters and public areas for visitors to engage in … Read more
Donald Trump told governors during a video conference from the Situation Room on Monday that they are ‘weak’ and need to ‘dominate’ cities ravaged by riots or they will look like ‘jerks.’ ‘You have to dominate, if you don’t dominate you’re wasting your time. They’re going to run over you, you’re going to look like … Read more
Donald Trump is holding talks with his Attorney General, law enforcement officials and state leaders on Monday as violent protests continued to escalate in cities all over the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Attorney General Bill Barr will visit the White House for an Oval Office meeting with the president Monday morning, … Read more
President Donald Trump has bashed governors who he says have taken shutdown orders too far in the coronavirus pandemic, saying ‘some of them are being unreasonable’ as protests against the lockdowns spread across the nation. ‘There are a lot of protests out there, and I just think that some of the governors have gotten carried … Read more
The Democratic governors from Minnesota, Washington and New York are resisting Donald Trump’s calls to ‘liberate’ their states and slammed the president for his encouragement of protesters who have flouted social distancing rules and taken to the streets to demand lockdowns end. Minnesota’s Democratic Governor Walz clapped back at Trump’s call to ‘liberate’ the state … Read more
Americans have taken part in mass protests after President Donald Trump urged supporters to ‘liberate’ states from governors’ stringent coronavirus lockdowns. Demonstrators rallied in the streets waving huge USA flags and called for the country to reopen despite the pandemic ripping through the country. Thousands raced to the Florida coastline after Governor Ron DeSantis gave the … Read more
President Trump made himself the star of the ‘lockdown rebellion’ by tweeting ‘LIBERATE Minnesota’ and then adding Michigan and Virginia to the list of states that should be freed. The tweets came one day after the president’s coronavirus taskforce rolled out guidelines that would give governors broad power to decide when states’ economies would open … Read more
PROPOSED STATE OR REGIONAL ‘GATING’ CRITERIA These are the tests which have to be passed in a state or collection of states to allow them to move from lockdown to phase one SYMPTOMS Downward trajectory of influenza-like illnesses (ILI) reported within a 14-day period AND Downward trajectory of covid-like syndromic cases reported within a 14-day period … Read more