MPs are to be given meditation classes costing £20k a year… and YOU pick up the tab MPs are set to start taking mindfulness classes which will be paid by taxpayers Eight-week course, costing £20,000, will battle stress and be taught online The Lords’ most senior official, expressed ‘strong reservations’ about the service By Martin … Read more
Pupils could be offered summer classes to catch up on lessons missed during Covid-19 lockdown Ministers looking at funding catch-up classes over the school summer holidays The classes would be aimed at those children who have fallen furthest behind Any move to make teachers work in the summer likely to meet union resistance By Jason Groves … Read more
Chaos over schools advice for parents: Matt Hancock is accused of mixed messaging after saying pupils should only be sent to classes as a last resort Confused messaging fuelling large numbers of children in school in lockdown A survey found attendance rates reached up to 60 per cent in some schools Department for Education guidance … Read more
State school heads are blocking teachers from hosting live online lessons, claiming that streaming classes from their homes is an invasion of privacy. As schools closed under new coronavirus restrictions, some teachers took to social media to complain it was ‘off-putting’ having parents observe them at work. Last night, anxious parents demanded state schools ramp … Read more
He was awarded an MBE in October after hosting live workouts online during the first lockdown and raising £580,000 for the NHS. But Joe Wicks has a new rival on the fitness scene as Mark ‘Bez’ Berry plans to launch his own fitness classes after eating and drinking too much during the Covid-19 crisis. The Happy Mondays … Read more
Teachers have warned the mass testing plan to get classes running again is in ‘chaos’ amid demands for all primary and secondary schools to be closed like in London. The National Education Union stated that their Executive was meeting today after calling for all schools across the country to be closed for the start of the … Read more
Calvin Robinson: Despite huge demographic changes in recent decades, our political system has not been scarred by extremism, nor has our society been gripped by racial discord Britain is a remarkably tolerant country with an impressive record on integration. Despite huge demographic changes in recent decades, our political system has not been scarred by extremism, nor … Read more
A personal trainer who was already happily married to a man has just got engaged to another woman after falling in love at a CrossFit class – and her husband doesn’t mind as long as she is happy. Saskia Michalski, 27, from Hamburg, Germany, married her husband Marcin, 31, in 2017 after having been together … Read more
Teaching unions push breaking schools up early for Christmas over fears of coronavirus Heads in England have already been granted the option of closing on Thursday However some have decided to close even earlier amid a rise in cases Unions are pressing for an immediate switch to online learning in virus hotspots By Josh White … Read more
Barry’s Bootcamp boss blasts ‘absurd’ Tier 3 Covid rules that BANS his fitness classes that are so loved by celebrities but allows gyms to open freely Sandy Macaskill said the Covid restrictions for Tier 3 areas ‘absolutely no sense’ He claimed authorities would let him have a free-for-all policy like normal gyms But the fitness … Read more