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How to Home School your children during the lockdown period An introduction to How to Home School By WTX News and Mr Shahid Hussain. With the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the government has ordered the closure of schools from Monday. Parents across the country now face educating their children at home for months. Without preparation, it might seem like a daunting task, but here’s a guide on how to Home School 2020. Now that the schools are closed we have put together a guide for parents and students to get through this time as productively as possible. It’s not…

BRIEF – ME! – ENTERTAINMENT NEWS BRIEFING Entertainment Briefing, Catch up with this week’s top stories from the world of art, music, film and TV. In music, Glastonbury has been cancelled in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Singer Duffy returns with a new song after almost a decade away from the industry.  Film and TV, Netflix is set to cut the streaming quality for Europe for 30 days to ease the strain on internet providers. Find out what Hollywood film studios are planning to do with their postponed film releases.  Celebrity and other news, we take a look at…

Harrods will shut its doors at 7 PM (GMT) tonight. The luxury store in Knightsbridge, London, which stayed open throughout the bombing of the capital during World War II, announced today that it was closing its doors. However, it will keep its Food Halls and pharmacy open to the public, but the rest of the Knightsbridge based iconic department store in will be closed. [WPSM_AC id=33488] Harrods will shut it doors “The welfare of our community of colleagues, customers and partners has been our absolute priority throughout this time of uncertainty,” managing director Michael Ward said in a statement. “With…

Netflix cuts streaming quality in Europe Netflix will reduce its video quality in Europe for the next 30 days, to reduce the strain on internet service providers.  Since large parts of Europe has been asked to self-isolate, Netflix has seen the demand for streaming increase.  They will lower the picture quality which will reduce Netflix data consumption by 25%. But they said viewers will still have good picture quality. The change appears to include the UK, although it has not yet been confirmed.  https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1240757233702576128 Video quality Netflix will cut its streaming bitrates, which influence how clear and smooth videos look when…

Train services to be cut amid falling demand On Monday trains operating across Britain will start to reduce its services due to a falling demand sparked by the coronavirus crisis.  The government has agreed on the plan with the rail industry and said vital services will continue running. The core services will run to ensure key workers can get to their jobs and the flow of goods continues.  Prime Minister Boris Johnson has advised people to avoid “non-essential” travel. Train operators had begun to cancel services due to staff being off sick, self-isolation and a collapse in demand.  Up to 40 Underground…

BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are – UK, thousands of retired NHS staff are being asked to return to the NHS to help tackle the coronavirus.  US, the California governor has issued a statewide stay at home order for all residents, claiming 56% of the state could get coronavirus within eight weeks. France, the county’s 14-day lockdown may be extended to try to stop the spreading of the pandemic. The country’s interior minister blasted the “idiots” who have ignored the stay at home order. India, four men have been executed for the 2012 gang…

Italy’s death Toll passes China, On Thursday it surpassed China for the most number of deaths related to COVID-19. The number of deaths in Italy reached 3,405. The total number of cases in the country rose to 41,035 on Thursday, which includes 5,322 new cases, the Italian Civil Protection Agency said in a press conference. As China’s current number of deaths is 3,242, according to the World Health Organization, Italy has become the deadliest centre of the COVID-19 outbreak. Italy is still in a Nationwide lockdown UN and Italian health authorities have cited a variety of reasons for Italy’s high…

All elite English football will be suspended until at least 30 April because of the continued threat of coronavirus. All of the Premier League games, EFL, Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship, and all fixtures in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, are currently postponed. The Football Association has also agreed that the current season can be “extended indefinitely” beyond the original end date of 1 June. So Liverpool will still have to play at least 2 more games to win the Premier League. https://twitter.com/FA/status/1240624133400117251 The UK government has attempted to play down the prospect of an imminent lockdown in London,…

The US could see a massive rise of 20% in unemployment in a ‘worst-case scenario’ due to the coronavirus pandemic according to information provided by President Trump and his taskforce.  However, Donald Trump pushed back against his treasury chief’s estimate that 20% of people could become unemployed due to the pandemic, saying that was only “an absolute, total worst-case scenario”. Two weeks ago he believed the virus would disappear American President Donald Trump and his coronavirus taskforce have been delivering another update on the state of the country amid the coronavirus crisis.  And so far this is what we heard…

The world is facing a public health crisis that may be the worst for over a century. All other news stories have been pushed to the sidelines, as the world scrambles to contain the coronavirus outbreak. But how will global affairs change in the wake of this health crisis? Will the pandemic offer US-Iran relations a glimmer of hope?  Iran and the United States The US and Iran have had a troubled relationship since 1953. As they both struggle to confront this emergency, will the pandemic offer a glimmer of hope for US-Iran to have a better relationship in the…