Pupils in England are beginning to return to school this morning after months of remote learning under the first step to ease COVID-19 restrictions. All children will be able to head back into the classroom, but secondary schools can stagger the return of students over the week to allow for mass testing. Secondary school pupils
Starling Bank will on Monday unveil the biggest fundraising in its seven-year history when it announces that it has secured more than £270m from investors including one of the world’s biggest sovereign wealth funds. Sky News has learnt that the digital challenger bank will confirm that its latest share sale will exceed expectations, bringing in
At least 20 people have been killed after a series of large explosions at a military base in the city of Bata in Equatorial Guinea. The cause of the blasts is not yet known but reports on the TVGE news channel suggested authorities had ruled out an attack. TVGE called on people to donate blood
After winning a Golden Globe, numerous critics circle accolades as well as SAG Award, Independent Spirit Award and Critics Choice nominations, Minari has taken its success overseas as the A24 American family drama has opened at number one in South Korea. Minari has banked an estimated $2.2 million in South Korea, earning more than double of
Meghan and Harry’s tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey has begun in the US, with millions of viewers watching to hear why they chose to step down as senior royals in the UK. American audiences are the first to see the two-hour long Oprah With Meghan And Harry: A Primetime Special, while UK viewers will be
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STEPHANE DE SAKUTINGetty Images Dior will debut its fall-winter 2021 collection live on March 8 at 8:30 a.m. EST. We’re all watching from home this year, so consider this your digital front row seat. This content is imported from Third party. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you
The trade report additionally says that Raya And The Last Dragon premiered in 24 other countries this past weekend, and that thus far the film has made $26.2 million globally. Given that Walt Disney Animation Studios releases typically have reported budgets north of $150 million, the box office numbers would suggest that the release has
Experts agree that lowering our carbon emissions is no longer enough. In a 2018 report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said that, if we are to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and avoid the worst effects of climate change, we need to actually remove between 100 to 1,000 gigatons of carbon dioxide from
The prime minister has defended a proposed 1% pay rise for NHS staff. “What we have done is try to give them as much as we can at the present time,” Boris Johnson said during a visit to a COVID-19 vaccination centre in north London. Live COVID-19 updates from the UK and around the world
Deliveroo customers will be offered up to £50m of shares in the company’s blockbuster floatation, with the offer branded “Great food with a side of shares”. The restaurant and grocery delivery app will list its shares in London on Monday with a potential value of £7.5bn, making it the biggest market debut in Britain for
A British woman detained in Iran has had her ankle tag removed but faces a further court date, her local MP says. Amid reports in Iran that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been “freed”, Tulip Siddiq MP said she had been in touch with the mother’s family. Ms Siddiq posted on Twitter: “Thankfully her ankle tag has
Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey is set to be the TV viewing appointment of the year – possibly the decade. Snippets released in the run-up to the highly-anticipated broadcast with the US chat show queen have shown the former royal couple have not held back in their criticism of “The Firm”. Here is
Abigail dragged Gabi into her plot for revenge, Anna stumbled upon Gwen tied up in the tunnels, Ciara continued to be locked in a box, and Xander got his kilt adjusted on Days of Our Lives. Our TV Fanatics, Jack and Christine, are joined by Meemz and Monica from MyHourglass, a Days of Our Lives
On the heels of Dr. Seuss being muzzled for racist depictions in a few books, another beloved childhood memory is also being called problematic … one Pepe Le Pew. The Looney Tunes character fell into the crosshairs of NYT columnist Charles M. Blow — who wrote an op-ed titled “Six Seuss Books Bore a Bias”
Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey gestures while interacting with students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi on November 12, 2018. Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty Images Jack Dorsey appears to be offering to sell the very first tweet as a non-fungible token, or NFT. The Twitter CEO shared a