Parents across the UK and further have shared their clever hacks to keeping their children entertained amid the lockdown. Mothers Louise Graham, from Glasgow, and Tracey Juliano, from New York, both went viral when they shared their homemade peloton bikes for their children – created by simply propping their stabilisers onto a pair of shoes and … Read more
Parents have claimed supermarkets are preventing them from shopping with their children as part of a crackdown on social distancing rules. Many grocers have limited the number of people allowed inside a supermarket at once, with others asking customers to remain at least two metres apart amid the UK’s coronavirus outbreak. Supermarkets have seen a … Read more
Met Police Federation wants parents to be fined if teenage children breach coronavirus lockdown as forces seek wider powers to enforce government rules Head of Met Federation Ken Marsh wants to roll out fines for parents of teens He said London could become difficult to police in 3 or 4 days if virus surges The … Read more
Kelly Osbourne has visited her famous parents Ozzy and Sharon for the first time in three weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic. Due to precautionary messages, the family have been self-isolating away from one another, with Kelly explaining to fans that she finally got to see her parents, but wasn’t able to kiss or hug them … Read more
‘She was the light of our lives’: Heartbroken parents pay tribute to seven-year-old girl stabbed to death in park Emily Jones was stabbed in ‘random and unprovoked’ attack in Bolton on Sunday A 30-year-old woman, who was not known to the family, was arrested afterwards Police said the woman has since been sectioned under the Mental … Read more
Michael Gove forced to apologise after WRONGLY telling GMB viewers that children of separated parents cannot travel between their homes during coronavirus clampdown when the rules say they CAN By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent and Henry Martin For Mailonline Published: 08:25 GMT, 24 March 2020 | Updated: 08:41 GMT, 24 March 2020 Michael Gove was … Read more
‘Alexa, homeschool the children’: Parents joke about stresses and strains of turning their homes into classrooms after coronavirus lockdown Parents across Britain resorted to social media to share their frustrations over trying to homeschool children They took to Twitter to bemoan their unruly children amid the coronavirus lockdown which started today From asking Amazon’s Alexa … Read more
Parents have today been urged to keep their children at home unless ‘absolutely necessary’ as schools were threatened with litigation after rejecting applications and the row over Boris Johnson’s ‘vague’ key workers list rumbled on. Headteachers have been ‘overwhelmed’ with demand for emergency places with education experts estimating that two million pupils – a quarter of … Read more
Private schools may offer parents partial refunds and freeze fees for next year after being forced to close over coronavirus Private schools are considering returning a portion of fees for the summer term Neil Roskilly, chief executive of the Independent Schools Association, said some ‘will also freeze fees for next year’ Some parents not withholding … Read more
Teachers have been given the power to ask parents for ID and payslips to prove they are ‘key workers’ – amid fears that many will lie about their jobs so they can drop off their children. Schools across Britain shut to most pupils on Friday. But headmasters predict a meltdown after experts suggested two million … Read more