Education union chiefs have today demanded an overhaul of next year's GCSE and A-Level exams over fears coronavirus could cut school contact time and called for an emphasis shift away from end-of-year exams - because students find them 'too stressful'. Bosses at the National Education Union (NEU), the UK's largest …...Read More
NEU demands reduced content for A-levels and GCSEs in 2021 as students find tests 'too stressful'
China's 'folding girl', 23, can finally walk upright thanks to life-changing surgery
A young Chinese woman dubbed the 'folding girl' can finally walk upright after undergoing four operations in three months to fix her hunched back. The 23-year-old, known by a pseudonym Xiao Yu, had to walk with her chest pressed against her thighs for more than 10 years due to a …...Read More
10,000 NHS workers sign up to take part in study into Covid reinfection
Ten thousand healthcare workers have signed up to take part in a Government study which aims to solve the mystery of whether people can get reinfected with Covid-19. Public Health England researchers will follow volunteers for at least a year, regularly swabbing them for the virus and taking blood samples …...Read More
Universities need £3BILLION: IFS warns of soaring costs of giving cash to top institutions
Top universities have called on the Government for additional funds to take on more students and for the cap on the number of pupils studying medicine to be lifted amid fears ministers face a £3billion bailout. Thousands of students are scrambling to get places at their first choice university after …...Read More
Songbirds sing loudest at dawn 'to warm their voices up' for day
Songbirds sing most vociferously at dawn and in the budding light of a new day, but the reason for this has never been fully understood. A new study may have finally provided an answer to the conundrum and suggests the animals use the early morning to warm up their voices …...Read More
White Tube racist knocked unconscious hands self in to police
Today his mother Toni Steele said her son had handed himself in to the police Billy Steele, 31, was filmed launching tirade at three black passengers on Tube The white man knocked unconscious after a shocking racist rant on the tube in which he referred to a group of black …...Read More
VisitEngland Awards: England's best places to eat, sleep and go
Advertisement England's best places to stay, its most mouthwatering eateries and its most enthralling visitor attractions have been named in the 2020 VisitEngland Awards for Excellence. The winners were selected from hundreds of tourism businesses across England including hotels, self-catering accommodation, B&Bs, glamping operators, attractions, restaurants, pubs, museums and conference …...Read More
Man claiming to be 'racist attack' victim 'floored man with punch'
New footage shows a British Asian man who claimed he was the victim of a 'racist attack' by a police officer appearing to punch a man moments before his arrest. Ahmad Hassan, 27, claimed he was told by a police officer to 'chill out or I'll choke you' during an …...Read More
Death on the Nile: Kenneth Branagh
Advertisement Kenneth Branagh is back as the legendary mustached detective Hercule Poirot to suss out an all-new killer from a crop of famous faces traveling down the Nile. Gal Gadot, Leticia Wright and Armie Hammer co-star in first trailer for Death on the Nile, the star-studded upcoming adaptation of an …...Read More
How children have become a 'status symbol' for gay men: Filmmaker claims there's a 'pressure'
A filmmaker has claimed that children have become a 'status symbol' for gay men amid a rise in same-sex couples welcoming babies. Israeli director Yuval Hudadi, whose latest feature explores the breakdown of an affluent gay couple's relationship when one partner decides he wants to become a father, told Air …...Read More
