Never in my darkest nightmares last spring did I think we would be starting this year in virtual lockdown. Foolishly, I thought coronavirus would have long been overcome and that life would now be pretty much back to normal. How wrong I was. Although the vaccination programme offers a big injection of hope that an … Read more
Chinese teacher repeatedly slaps a student’s face in front of his classmate to punish him for arriving late WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT Footage shows the teacher savagely hitting her student at a school in Xinjiang The educator is seen grabbing the boy’s hair while smacking his face repeatedly She was punishing the 15-year-old after he arrived … Read more
Children are more willing to sacrifice their own happiness to punish others for bad behaviour if they know they will be ‘taught a lesson’, study finds Researchers played a video of a child tearing up ‘s art work to 251 children Kids then quizzed on if they should be punished by locking away their iPad … Read more
Police are told not to punish tourists for flouting quarantine as cracks in the new measures appear on their first day of operation All UK arrivals have to fill in ‘contact locator’ form saying where they will isolate However police will take ‘no immediate action’ if a false address has been given A border source … Read more
BBC4 history presenter Janina Ramirez says scrapping the channel will punish elderly viewers who rely on arts and culture shows BBC Four has fewer than a million viewers most nights with an average age in their 60s The channel is under threat of being closed or filled with repeats Dr Janina Ramirez said axing it would … Read more
Prosecutions for Blue Badge offences rise 18% as it’s revealed that a third of councils in England DON’T punish those who use permits fraudulently Some 2.29 million motorists in England have a Blue Badge – 4% of all drivers Latest figures show there were 1,432 prosecutions for misuse of the permits Massive 99% of these … Read more