The 15-child limit on class sizes is to be more than doubled under plans to get all pupils back to school in September, with school buildings exempt from social distancing rules. Proposals being finalised by the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson will continue the ‘bubble’ system that has allowed some primary classes to start up again already. … Read more
Dr. Ashish Jha, Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, is pictured during a television interview with MSNBC on 17 March. Jha estimates another 100,000 people will die from coronavirus by September One hundred thousand more Americans will die from coronavirus by September, doubling the country’s current death toll, a Harvard expert has predicted. Dr. … Read more
Dominic Raab was unaware of Harry Dunn’s death until after prime suspect Anne Sacoolas had fled the UK, the teenager’s family have been told. Mr Dunn, 19, was driving his motorcycle on 27 August last year when he collided with a car in the opposite direction. Ms Sacoolas, 42, is the main suspect involved and was charged … Read more
Ministers are facing fury today after it emerged millions of children might not be able to go back to school full-time in September – despite zoos and drive-in cinemas opening from Monday. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson admitted yesterday that the ‘ambition’ of getting all primary age children back in class for a month before the … Read more
The Health Secretary last night conceded that secondary schools in England may not fully reopen in September – with ministers also expected to row back on their pledge to give primary children a month in classes before summer break. Matt Hancock said at the Downing Street briefing yesterday that it was still ‘our current working … Read more
Banks and regulators in talks over extending credit card payment holidays for hard-up borrowers for another three months The FCA extended mortgage holidays last week Bankers are now in talks with it over doing the same thing for unsecured debts There are concerns due to the cost of rolling over more expensive debt Taking a … Read more
Coronavirus medal could be rolled out as early as September ‘under Boris Johnson’s plans to honour “unsung hero” frontline NHS and care workers’ Government is believed to be working on plans to create new coronavirus medal Medal likely to be awarded to ‘unsung heroes’ who have put their lives at risk Medal has widespread political … Read more
NHS test-and-trace regime to slow the spread of coronavirus ‘will not be up to speed until September’ Contact tracing system chief Tony Prestedge said the programme will be ‘clunky’ He spoke in a video to staff on May 27 the day before Matt Hancock launched it Anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 is expected to … Read more
EastEnders could reportedly be off the air until September. The cast and crew at set to return at the end of the month to resume filming, but producers are apparently planning to build up a ‘block’ of episodes before it returns. The much-loved soap will be off the air for between six to eight weeks … Read more
The world’s largest single-aperture radio telescope in China will begin scanning the universe for signs of extra terrestrial life and habitable planets in September The five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope in China set to begin its search for alien life and potentially habitable exoplanets in September The telescope initially went online in January but there was … Read more