Britain’s testing fiasco has forced 740 schools to send children home, an academy chain boss revealed today amid warnings from teachers the situation is getting ‘out of control’. Steve Chalke, the head of Oasis Academies Trust, made the alarming claim as Boris Johnson faced mounting pressure to get a grip over widespread lack of access … Read more
Thousands of students are having their return to school curtailed because of coronavirus outbreaks in the classroom amid a fiasco over testing. Headteachers have warned that schools — which were closed for months because of the pandemic — will ‘grind to a halt’ if teachers and pupils can’t get tested quickly to avoid whole-school closure. At … Read more
The ‘Purple Wiggle’ Lachlan ‘Lachy’ Gillespie and his ballet dancer fiancée Dana Stephensen welcomed twin daughters on Friday. Fans were left in complete shock when The Wiggles performer unveiled the new arrivals on Friday evening on Instagram, as Dana’s pregnancy had never been revealed publicly. And following the joyous news, the couple have been inundated … Read more
Snapchat is DOWN! Thousands of users in the US and UK are unable to or send and receive snaps in the social media app Snapchat has gone down in the US and parts of Europe Friday The outage appeared around 11:30am ET and has hit thousands of users Many issue reports claim they are unable … Read more
Universities were yesterday told not to send students home in the event of a coronavirus outbreak. Boris Johnson said the guidance was necessary to avoid spreading the virus across the country. He urged undergraduates to protect their families by not socially gathering ‘in groups of more than six, now and when term starts’. However, institutions … Read more
Don’t abandon us: More than 100 Afghan translators who worked with British troops beg Boris Johnson to help them find sanctuary in UK More than 100 former Afghan translators for the British military fear the Taliban will hunt them down In a letter to be handed in to the British embassy in Kabul today, they … Read more
Teachers send girl, 16, home from school on her first day back because they thought her ‘naturally thick’ eyebrows were fake Megan Davies was sent home from Lord Derby Academy within 20 minutes Her mother from Huyton, near Liverpool insists eyebrows and tan are natural The student has allegedly proved teachers wrong by wiping her eyebrows … Read more
A couple say their travel company has threatened them with bailiffs unless they pay for a holiday they no longer feel safe going on. Months before the pandemic hit, in January, Leah Maybourne and Ben Johnson from Maidstone, Kent, had booked a week in Turkey through TUI. They were due to fly to Belek in … Read more
At least seven schools in England have sent pupils home to self-isolate due to students catching coronavirus within days of the start of term. Primary and secondary schools in Greater Manchester, Yorkshire, Leicestershire, Lancashire and Buckinghamshire have all been stricken by the virus – seven sending pupils home and another delaying the start of term. … Read more
A headteacher will next week begin handing down fines to cautious parents who refuse to send their children back to classrooms. Tina Wilkinson revealed that 25 pupils were absent from St Andrew’s Primary School in Lancashire yesterday, despite her repeated warnings of penalties. Mrs Wilkinson told MailOnline her school has a historic problem with attendance and … Read more