Meghan Markle shares unseen video of her visit to Dagenham school to mark International Women’s Day

Meghan Markle has shared a behind-the-scenes video from her visit to a school in East London to mark International Women’s Day – and urged Sussex Royal Instagram followers to ‘uplift one another’. The Duchess of Sussex, 38, made the surprise engagement at the Robert Clack Upper School in Dagenham on Friday and urged schoolboys to … Read more

Meghan Markle meets school pupils in Dagenham, East London

Meghan Markle visited a comprehensive school in east London this afternoon on her second day back in the UK. The Duchess of Sussex was filmed getting out of a car and greeting teachers outside Robert Clack Upper School in Dagenham. The visit comes a day after she made a secret trip to the National Theatre in … Read more

Autistic boy, 12, is left in tears after ‘getting bullied at school every day for three months’

A 12-year-old boy living with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome was pulled from school by his mother after he was beaten and bullied for three months.  Leanne Fernandez, 34, claims her son Harrison was picked on by his peers within hours of starting at Colchester Academy last September. Mocked for ‘walking, talking, and looking gay’, verbal abuse … Read more

Derbyshire school closes after ‘confirmed coronavirus’ case

A Derbyshire town went into lockdown today as a GP surgery shut, a primary school closed and residents were left too afraid to visit the shops because of a confirmed coronavirus case in a parent who is thought to have travelled to a hotel in Tenerife which has been paralysed by the killer infection. The … Read more

Meghan Markle meets pupils at east London school on second day back in UK

Meghan Markle has is visiting a comprehensive school in east London this afternoon on her second day back in the UK. The Duchess of Sussex was filmed getting out of a car and greeting teachers outside Robert Clack Upper School in Dagenham. The visit comes a day after she made a secret trip to the National … Read more

Family at heart of UK coronavirus outbreak are couple whose son attends £5,000-a-term Surrey school

The family at the heart of the epicentre of the Coronavirus in the UK are a husband and wife whose son attends a £5,000 a term prep school in Surrey, Mail Online can reveal. The couple have been confirmed as having the Covid-19 infection and have led to other parents being placed in self isolation … Read more

Coronavirus shutdown could see Britons told to ‘avoid contact outside work and school’

Lives may have to be put on hold for up to three months to fight the deadly coronavirus, Boris Johnson said yesterday. Setting out a ‘battle plan’ for tackling a potential epidemic, he warned the nation of the scale of the challenge posed by an illness that may afflict millions. The sobering strategy said Britons … Read more

Teenagers may have to sit exams in school holidays if coronavirus forces two-month shutdown

Teenagers could be forced to sit exams during the summer holidays if coronavirus temporarily shuts schools, education sources warned last night. But their grades could be inflated to compensate for missed lesson time, according to one teacher trying to answer parents’ creeping concerns over the fate of their children’s learning.     As the health crisis escalates, … Read more

More pupils face missing out on their first choice of secondary school because of teacher shortage

More children than ever will miss out on their first choice of secondary school TODAY – because of teacher shortages and ‘bulge’ in pupil numbers One year ago nearly 115,500 missed out on their first choice secondary school  A lack of teachers could exacerbate the problem of over-subscribed schools Education Policy Institute think-tank report warns … Read more

Teenage son of Saturday Kitchen star Rachel Allen jailed for having cannabis at cookery school 

The son of celebrity TV chef Rachel Allen has been handed a 15 month jail sentence for having nearly £19,000 worth of cannabis at the world-renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School. Joshua Allen, 19, was handed the sentence on Friday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to the possession for sale or supply of the drug … Read more