Hotel sacks and evicts its staff over coronavirus before owner Britannia Hotels – voted worst chain in the country for seven years running with a boss worth £280million – claims admin error Coylumbridge Hotel, Aviemore, workers were sacked and immediately evicted Owned by Britannia Hotel, ranked as the worst UK hotel chain for seven years … Read more
Students will be awarded GCSE and A-level grades based on combination of predicted grades, mock exams, coursework and assessment – with exam sessions in autumn, a school leader claimed today. Leora Cruddas, chief executive of the Confederation of School Trusts, which represents academies, unveiled the plans in a leaked email to teachers last night after … Read more
Gavin Williamson today didn’t rule out keeping schools closed until September but there was scant detail about how children will be graded Gavin Williamson today didn’t rule out keeping schools closed until September because of coronavirus but gave no detail about how GCSE and A-Levels students will be graded without any exams. The Education Secretary has … Read more
Schools in Wales and Scotland will close by the end of this week while a decision on whether to do the same in England will be taken ‘imminently’ amid the worsening coronavirus outbreak. The Welsh government announced today that all schools will close for an early Easter break by Friday at the latest. Meanwhile, Nicola … Read more
Wales and Scotland to shut schools by the end of this week as Boris Johnson says decision on England will be taken ‘imminently’ amid coronavirus crisis All schools in Wales will close early for Easter by Friday this week at the latest Nicola Sturgeon announced schools and nurseries and Scotland will also close Boris Johnson … Read more
Former first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond has said he has never attacked a woman as he started giving evidence in his trial. Salmond took to the witness box at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday morning facing accusations of sexual assault and one of attempted rape. The 65-year-old has 13 charges of alleged offences against … Read more
Britain at its best: Drinks by the dram and crumbling cathedrals in Scotland’s whisky heartland The Daily Mail’s Hugo Brown visited Moray, an hour-and-a-half west of Aberdeen He stayed at Dalvey East Lodge, a cottage which sleeps six, in Forres Pubs here have menus of whisky longer than their wine lists, says Hugo By Hugo … Read more