Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth marks what would have been her husbands 100th birthday. She planted The Duke Of Edinburgh Rose, which was bred specifically to mark Prince Philips centenary. Queen Elizabeth was given the rose as a gift from the Royal Horticultural Society. The… Read More »Queen Elizabeth marks Prince Phillip’s 100th birthday
The number of people needing treatment on a hospital waiting list has topped five million for the first time in England. Data from NHS England shows 5.12 million people waiting for hospital treatment at the end of April. However, it is not all bad news.… Read More »Hospital Waiting List tops 5 Million in England
Sexual harassment is quickly becoming normalised within schools, with 90% of girls being sent unwanted pictures and videos. It is not just girls, 50% of boys say that being sent explicit images happen ‘a lot’. Inspectors working for Ofsted visited 32 state and private schools,… Read More »Sexual harassment ‘normal’ in schools in shocking Ofsted report
Research from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) shows an increase in people using strong swearing in their everyday life. The body, which gives movies their age rating, says that around a third of people in the UK are more likely to swear compared… Read More »Swearing Increased in Everyday Life, but Parents want Children Protected
A solar eclipse will be visible for most of the Northern Hemisphere on Thursday 10 June 2021. This celestial event is an ‘annular eclipse’, and happens when the Moon is further away from the Earth, so looks smaller. This means as the Moon moves across… Read More »Solar Eclipse: How to see the ‘Ring of Fire’
Police officers in the UK say they feel a “deep sense of betrayal” that they were not higher up the list of priority for a Covid vaccination. Chairman of the Police Federation John Apter says he pressed home secretary Priti Patel to move officers up… Read More »Police feel Betrayed over Covid Vaccination Priority
Halogen lightbulb sales are banned in the UK from September, under government plans to tackle climate change. A ban on sales of fluorescent lights will follow at a later date. The move will cut carbon emissions by 1.26 million tonnes a year, and save consumers… Read More »Halogen Lightbulb Sales to be Banned in the UK
The high court rules that the Government giving the Covid contract to a friend of the Prime Ministers former Chief advisor Dominic Cummings was unlawful. The contract, which is worth £560,000, shows favouritism towards marketing agency Public First. The judge found a real “dangerous bias”… Read More »Government acted unlawfully over Covid contract
The government is making a difficult decision over the next few days on the lifting of all lockdown restrictions. There is a lot of people who can’t wait to return back to normal life promised by the final stage of the government’s roadmap out of… Read More »Lockdown Lifting: The Key Criteria to Look for
British Airways, along with Ryan Air, are under investigation for allegedly breaking consumer law by refusing refunds. Those amongst those refused are people unable to legally take the flights due to Covid 19. The airlines did offer alternative options, but fail to fully refund the… Read More »British Airways and Ryan Air break consumer law refusing refunds