The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened investigations in five states regarding the prohibitions of universal indoor masking. Chief state school officers in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah received letters today from the OCR questioning the states’ decisions to not mandate masks in schools. The Education Department maintains that mask-mandate bans discriminate against students […]

Homeowning dream moves closer for thousands of couples as ministers get set to unveil £8bn plan to build 119,000 properties Ministers today set out their £8.6billion affordable homes plan As many as 119,000 properties will be built in the first stage of the programme Half will be sold, while tens of thousands will be rented out at discounted rates  Housing […]

SCHOOLS are facing another round of closures this winter if a new Covid wave hits. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said part closures or class quarantines could not be ruled out as he called for continued testing for pupils. His plea came amid frustration within No 10 that scientists were dragging their heels over giving the green light to vaccinating 12 to […]

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Taliban promises it will give a ‘safe passage’ to people trying to leave the country after Tuesday’s deadline – as 1,000 Afghans and 150 remain behind British troops have already left and US counterparts will be out by August 31 Fears for thousands of Afghans and some Brits who have not yet been processed Today Boris Johnson said Taliban had […]

THE teenage son of EuroMillions winners Adrian Bayford and ex-wife Gillian is fighting for life after a horror quad bike smash. Friends said the 13-year-old was hit by a car driven by his sister, aged 15, in the sprawling grounds of Adrian’s mansion. She raised the alarm after her brother was flung from his machine and through a fence. It […]

For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage, learn more here. Private VCE English tutor Sue Wilson is used to helping her students be in peak mental shape for their exams, but until this week that had never included trying to book them in for a vaccination. Ms Wilson has been scrambling to secure a booking for three of her students after […]

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea appears to have restarted the operation of its main nuclear reactor used to produce weapons fuels, the U.N. atomic agency said, as the North openly threatens to enlarge its nuclear arsenal amid long-dormant nuclear diplomacy with the United States. The annual report by the International Atomic Energy Agency refers to a 5-megawatt reactor at […]

A CRACK team of SAS fighters have volunteered to avenge the deaths of 13 US troops killed in a suicide bomb at Kabul aiport in Afghanistan.  The diehard squad reportedly has 40 members who have asked to stay in the country so they can take the fight to terrorist group IS-K. Sources have claimed that the Who Dares Wins regiment […]

NASCAR presented a trophy to the family of Wendell Scott on Saturday night in Daytona. Scott, the first Black man to win a race in NASCAR's Cup Series, never got the trophy from his win at Jacksonville in 1963. Scott wasn't even declared the winner immediately after the race.  Buck Baker was originally declared the winner of that race and […]