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Teachers not given time off by schools to get Covid vaccine is ‘widespread’
“I wish it was only a one-off but the number of times that’s come across my desk I cannot begin to tell you. It has been pretty widespread.”
Arrests made in Dubai after naked women seen posing on balcony
A police statement described the behaviour as ‘unacceptable’.
‘No respite from the storm’ as teachers have been treated with ‘contempt’ by Government
"Teachers and school and college leaders must never be made the scapegoats for the failures of Governments."
‘Kill the Bill’ protest: Police mocked for defending Winston Churchill statue
"This will never not be completely insane."
Watch – Further night of disorder in Northern Ireland condemned as numerous police officers injured
Loyalists and unionists are angry about post-Brexit trading arrangements which they claim have created barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
PM urged to sack Tory peer who appeared to deny Covid pandemic exists
Angela Rayner, Labour’s deputy leader, said: “The prime minister must finally wake up to the threat of disinformation and conspiracy theories in his party’s ranks."
Haven’t we heard this before? Reactions as PM says ‘brighter days ahead’
"Time to stock up on tinned water, batteries and ammo."
Watch – ‘If we don’t protest, things don’t change’ Corbyn tells ‘Kill the Bill’ protesters
Jeremy Corbyn said: “I want to live in a world of peace and justice, I want to live in a world of human rights and democracy, and I’m prepared to make people feel uncomfortable in the process.”
Government’s record on child poverty has been ‘shameful’ and pandemic exposed ‘gross inequalities’
Schools alone cannot compensate for the “deeply damaging harm” done to pupils by the “cruel” effect of poverty.