Donald Trump says he is looking at BANNING TikTok

President Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. is considering banning the social media app TikTok amid fears that it could be used by China to spy on Americans. 'We're looking at TikTok, we're thinking about making a decision,' he told reporters in the South Lawn before departing the White House …...Read More

Barclays and Santander say 67k borrowers took payment holidays

Hundreds of thousands of customers of Barclays and Santander have taken payment holidays on credit cards, personal loans and mortgages, the banks revealed in results today. At the same time, official figures from the Bank of England show households have cleared billions of pounds of debt over the last few …...Read More

Hands-off approach to parenting lowers stress and makes parents more competent

Parents who sit back and let their children learn for themselves a lot of the time are less stressed than when using a more direct approach, a study finds. Researchers from Australia studied 15 parents enrolled in parenting classes and studied how effective a hands-off method was. This so-called Respectful …...Read More

School Closures in the Spring Saved Lives, Study Asserts

But other experts noted that the impact of preventive measures taken by states — including stay-at-home orders, closures of restaurants and nonessential businesses and limits on large social gatherings — simultaneously or shortly after school closings, made it hard to determine the specific role of schools in such analyses. “I …...Read More

The New College Drop-Off

They are laser-focused on the latest updates from other schools, Mr. Dunbar, 57, said, “because it seems like when one rolls out a new policy, others follow it.” Other parents may have their offspring around the house a bit longer. Mr. Lorence, the management consultant from Needham, Mass., expected to …...Read More

Georgia inmates save life of prison guard having heart attack

Three Georgia inmates have been credited with saving the life of their guard who suffered a heart attack outside their cell doors. Mitchell Smalls, Terry Loveless and Walter Whitehead all rushed to Deputy Warren Hobbs' aid when he fell unconscious at his desk in Gwinnett County Jail. Smalls first alerted …...Read More

Officers save a girl, 3, who was found floating face first in her grandparent's Florida pool

Florida police arrived at a home in June just in the knick of time to save a three-year-old girl who was found floating face down in a swimming pool. The Pensacola Police Department responded to the residence on the north side of Pensacola on June 13, finding the child unresponsive …...Read More

Woman shaves hair after glue attack causes second degree burns

A mother-of-one has been forced to shave off her hair after a 'jealous woman' got an attacker to force a hat filled with glue on to her head, which caused second degree burns. Colombian national Marcela Tascon, 31, was attacked on the doorstep of her home in the municipality Benaguasil …...Read More

Prince William says homeschooling George and Charlotte has made him realise his 'patience is short'

Prince William has revealed his patience has been tested while homeschooling his children in lockdown, and that he's been struggling to teach Year 2 maths. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, both 38, are spending lockdown at their Norfolk home Amner Hall with their children Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, …...Read More

The UK cities making millions from bus lane fines

City councils are pocketing millions of pounds a year from fining motorists for misuse of bus lanes, with new figures revealing which locations are genere the biggest revenues. While London is the city where most motorists receive a penalty charge notice for incorrectly driving in a bus lane, an investigation …...Read More