RUTH SUNDERLAND: Lessons learned from a plague year

RUTH SUNDERLAND: New Year is always a time for reflection but never more so than the strange, muted first days of 2021 – so what have we learned? Lives and businesses have changed in ways that would have been unimaginable at the start of 2020  In business, Covid-19 has delivered a coup de grace to … Read more

Investment lessons from 2020 to take with you into the New Year

It’s safe to say nobody could have prepared for what has happened over the past 12 months, in terms of managing their finances, but also their life in general. Thousands have lost their jobs, millions were furloughed, and sadly many have lost their lives due to the pandemic. Throw into the mix the instability caused … Read more

Inspirational burns survivor Turia Pitt on life lessons from pandemic

She’s the former athlete-turned-motivational speaker who has teamed up with Visa this festive season to support small businesses doing it tough this year. And inspirational burns survivor Turia Pitt told Daily Mail Australia this week the life lessons she will take away from the coronavirus pandemic. The 33-year-old, who shares sons Hakavai, three, and Rahiti, … Read more

Return to online lessons in January? Ministers ‘consider DELAYING reopening schools after Christmas’

Return to online lessons in January? Ministers ‘considering DELAYING reopening schools after Christmas’ – just days after Gavin Williamson threatened councils with legal action if they closed Education Secretary Gavin Williamson expected to make announcement later  January 4 and 5 return reportedly to be replaced with online lessons   English secondary pupilscurrently have highest covid rates … Read more

Hand-written maths lessons that Dambusters hero Barnes Wallis used to woo his wife, 17, up for sale

Hand-written maths lessons that Dambusters hero Barnes Wallis used to woo his teenage wife are set to fetch £2,000 at auction.   The man who went on to invent the ‘bouncing bomb’ fell for Molly Bloxham, a cousin half his age, in the 1920s. But her father felt it was inappropriate for her senior suitor, who … Read more

All schools in Greenwich to close from TOMORROW with lessons moving online

London borough closes ALL schools: Greenwich says lessons will move online TOMORROW after rising coronavirus cases sparked alarm – despite government threat to SUE to keep classes running Greenwich council leader warns London borough has highest rates since March The south-east London borough is facing ‘exponential growth’ of Covid-19 Schools will be closed from Monday … Read more

I’m A Celebrity 2020: Jordan North jokes he wants to do PANTO after Russell Watson’s singing lessons

They’ve been keeping each others spirits up during the last two weeks in the Welsh I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! camp. And Jordan North, 30, joked that he would be doing a pantomime show next year after enjoying Russell Watson’s singing lessons on Friday’s show. During the episode, the tenor, 54, impressed … Read more

Pupils who miss lessons due to Covid are set to receive ‘easier’ entry to universities

Pupils who have missed out on lessons due to coronavirus are set to receive ‘easier’ entry to universities under plans to make lower A-level offers to students hit hardest.  The Department for Education and Ofqual are reportedly looking at plans which would see universities being given data by schools on lost learning hours with the Government … Read more

Michelle Bridges reveals ‘letting go of baggage’ is one of biggest life lessons entering her 50s

Michelle Bridges reveals her biggest life lessons after turning 50 and why she’s ‘letting go of baggage’ following a ‘challenging year’ By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:37 GMT, 12 November 2020 | Updated: 00:47 GMT, 12 November 2020 Michelle Bridges turned 50 last month. And the Biggest Loser trainer has now revealed … Read more

DAVID BLUNKETT: The lessons Donald Trump can teach the Left 

Contrary to expectations, the Democrats have gained the White House by only the narrowest of margins. In fact, Donald Trump substantially increased his own popular vote despite his catastrophic handling of the coronavirus crisis. Support for him from black and Hispanic voters, groups which have traditionally favoured Democrats, grew. Talk of a tide which would sweep … Read more