Campaigners have urged Ministers to send pupils back to school a fortnight early in the autumn to reduce the damage to their education. The idea is part of a five-point plan proposed by the influential education policy group, Parents and Teachers for Excellence (PTE), to get children back into the …...Read More

One or two readers have been less than enthusiastic about this big, fat Washington memoir. ‘Bolton’s book, which is getting terrible reviews, is a compilation of lies and made-up stories, all intended to make me look bad,’ wrote one early reviewer, Donald J. Trump. ‘Many of the ridiculous statements he …...Read More

The Luminaries Sunday & Monday, BBC1 Rating: Talking Heads Tuesday & Thursday, BBC1 Rating: The Luminaries is an adaptation of Eleanor Catton’s Man Booker prize-winning novel, set in New Zealand during the gold rush, and told here with so many time jumps, so frequently, that all your focus was on …...Read More

Boris Johnson today pledges to spend tens of billions of pounds to save the British economy from disaster in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic. In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, the Prime Minister promises a building blitz of hospitals, schools, housing developments and 'shovel-ready' road and …...Read More

SKY/NOW TV & DISNEY+ Frozen II Just when children – and, let’s face it, many adults – finally got the catchy tune Let It Go out of their heads, along came this sequel. Set three years after the original, Frozen II sees Elsa lured to the Enchanted Forest, where she …...Read More

Boris Johnson says parents will be forced by law to send their children back to school in September, amid a growing outcry over the damage being done to youngsters’ life chances by the prolonged absence from classrooms. The Prime Minister – stung by criticism of the slow and partial resumption …...Read More

A Starbucks barista in San Diego has more than $65,000 to fuel his dream of teaching dance after an online fund-raiser was created in response to a customer who was not wearing a mask complained on Facebook about the company’s policies and her interaction with him. The barista, Lenin Gutierrez, …...Read More

Two ticket-holders have shared Saturday's £15 million Lotto jackpot. Players are being urged to check their tickets to see if they can claim a £7.5 million prize. The winning numbers were 15, 02, 37, 43, 33, 19, and the bonus number was 12. Four ticketholders matched five balls plus the …...Read More

About eight million people have sought help with their debts during the coronavirus crisis, research by Virgin Money has found. The figures will raise fears of a growing debt bubble with Britain's consumer loans now standing at £220billion despite attempts by many families to pay down debts during the lockdown. …...Read More

Fashion giant Next is poised to bring forward its highly anticipated summer promotion – in an effort to manage demand at its shops. The Next summer sale, which normally offers price cuts of up to 70 per cent, is one of the biggest events in the high street calendar and …...Read More