Author: News Desk

‘Children are holding a mirror up to us’: why are Britain’s kids refusing to go to school? The Guardian says For many, lockdown was a relief. Some never went back at all. As a new academic year begins for most of the UK, more children than ever are worried about returning. What’s being done to get them into the classroom – and is that always the best idea? illie was seven years old when she started struggling with going to school. Her teachers weren’t too worried initially, her mother, Sarah, says: she was managing fine academically. But Millie, who is…

Members of the SAG-AFTRA union in the US have voted unanimously to expand their strike into the video games industry.

Verstappen won a record-breaking 10th consecutive race at the Italian Grand Prix.

They were part of the star-studded crowd at yesterday’s match.

Gavin Williamson ordered to apologise over bullying texts to Wendy Morton The Independent Expert Panel (IEP) has told former cabinet minister Gavin Williamson to apologise after a parliamentary inquiry found he had bullied a colleague in text messages. Sir Gavin quit as a minister last year after sending foul texts to former Tory chief whip Wendy Morton. In the texts, he accused Morton of excluding some MPs from the Queen’s funeral in September last year. Sir Gavin sent the messages in the lead-up to the funeral and Morton lodged a complaint with Parliament in November. In a report, published Monday,…

Schools won’t have to pay to fix crumbling concrete, minister says Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has told Sky News that schools affected by collapse-risk concrete will not have to pay for repairs out of their budgets. Keegan said there will be no new money to fix the problem, but the costs will be covered by the Department for Education (DfE). More than 100 schools in England have been told to close or partially close due to the risk of the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) and the collapsing of school buildings. There has been a row over who will pick…

Amber Gibson’s brother jailed for life for killing teenager Connor Gibson, 20, has been jailed for a minimum of 22 years after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting and murdering his 16-year-old sister in a park in Hamilton. Amber Gibson’s body was found in Cadzow Glen on 28 November 2021, two days after she was last seen. Connor Gibson strangled Amber then got rid of his clothes and called the children’s home Amber was staying at to pretend she was still alive. Another man, Stephen Corrigan – unknown to both Amber and Connor – has been found guilty of…

The 27-year-old had a falling out with head coach Rigobert Song last year.

The controversial filmmaker is currently at Venice Film Festival.

‘He told me “life’s tough, this is your job”.’