THE government is calling on schools to reduce the number of branded uniform items they ask parents to buy. It comes a whole year before the new rules capping these products come into effect. PABridget Phillipson has called on schools to reduce the number of branded uniform items they make parents buy[/caption] A school uniform […]
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A NEW batch of hopefuls are gearing up to put their best showstoppers forward when the Great British Bake Off returns. Channel 4 show GBBO will be back on our screens next month with hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding and judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. Bake Off is back – and so are […]
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LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JAMES HOCKENHULL Taken from Wikipedia THE Defence Secretary has caused a row at the top of the Armed Forces by dishing out a senior command job in secret. John Healey was forced to U-turn after Strategic Commander General Sir Jim Hockenhull found out Royal Marine General Rob Magowan was to get his job when […]
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SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL said: “Courage is rightly regarded as the foremost of the virtues, for upon it all the others depend.” The truth of those words is highlighted by the heroics of RAF Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank, who has died at the age 105. News Group Newspapers LtdRAF Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank has died at […]
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Getty HAVING a busy summer, with no time to whip up a tasty lunch? These quick, easy, affordable recipes for batch cooking will keep you fed all week. Store in freezer bags or old takeaway tubs for no-fuss dining. Here’s how to do it . . . PASTA POWER: This no-cook wonder is perfect for hot days. Simply […]
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Getty SOCIAL media slang words skibidi, tradwife and delulu have been added to the Cambridge Dictionary. They are among thousands of new expressions, which also include the working from home term “mouse jiggler” and toxic “forever chemicals”. Skibidi has different meanings, such as “cool” or “bad”, and can also be used with no real meaning, […]
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THOUSANDS were left without power after Hurricane Erin battered the Caribbean and hurtled towards the US – with the storm still expected to strengthen. The hurricane, which is now category 3, brought heavy rainfall and vicious winds to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Sunday, cutting power for some 100,000 locals. AFPA truck drives […]
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RUSSIA would suffer almost two million more casualties if it tries to take Ukraine’s four eastern regions by force, UK officials have claimed. Vladimir Putin has demanded Ukraine withdraws from Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson. APYesterday fighting continued, with Russian missiles raining down in Bilozerske in the Donetsk region, pictured Russian soldiers[/caption] The Russian tyrant […]
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BRITISH Airways killer Robert Brown is due to go before the parole board again in a desperate bid to win his freedom. Brown was caged after bludgeoning his estranged wife Joanna Simpson to death with a claw hammer and burying her in a pre-dug grave in Windsor Great Park. ITVBrown and Joanna were married in […]
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John Benson arrest picture A DRIVING school boss who made sexist, racist and homophobic remarks has lost a £2million court battle with 20 instructors. John Benson was ruled to have bullied Benson School of Motoring staff. The High Court heard he called one instructor a “wrinkled old bag” and a Chinese instructor a “p**sy chow […]
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