Mother brands teacher ‘out of order’ for punishing her son, eight, for saying ‘flipping heck’

A frustrated mother has told of her anger after her son came home from school and revealed he had been punished for saying ‘flipping heck.’ Taking to Mumsnet, the anonymous woman, from the UK, explained how her son, eight, is ‘incredibly shy’ and said the phrase out of annoyance when he missed a goal during a … Read more

Transport Secretary claims Covid would be a ‘heck of a lot worse’ without £22billion Test & Trace

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has claimed Britain’s Covid crisis would’ve been a ‘heck of a lot worse’ without the Government’s extortionate contact tracing scheme. Mr Shapps attempted to defend the £22billion Test and Trace programme after a damning cross-party report found it had ‘no measurable effect’ on the epidemic. The Commons Public Accounts Committee said there … Read more

Transport Secretary claims Covid would be a ‘heck of a lot worse’ without £22billion Test & Trace

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has claimed Britain’s Covid crisis would’ve been a ‘heck of a lot worse’ without the Government’s extortionate contact tracing scheme. Mr Shapps attempted to defend the £22billion Test and Trace programme after a damning cross-party report found it had ‘no measurable effect’ on the epidemic. The Commons Public Accounts Committee said there … Read more

Bloomin’ heck! Plants can see, hear and CHAT

Could your tomatoes be aware of their surroundings? Might the shrubs be gossiping with the pot plants? Can a tree lean in to eavesdrop? It sounds like a nightmare only Prince Charles would suffer. But plants are brighter than we think. Scientists are discovering more all the time about their ability to ‘hear’, ‘talk’, ‘count’, … Read more