Teachers accused of submitting ‘implausibly high' predicted grades

3 minutes ago | Metro | 3 articles

Nearly 40% of teachers' estimates for pupils were adjusted down by at least one grade England's exam regulator has accused teachers of submitting ‘implausibly high' A-Level...
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A Place In The Sun's Laura Hamilton thanks co-stars for keeping her ‘smiling' after granddad dies while filming in Greece

3 minutes ago | Metro

Laura Hamilton thanked her co-stars for keeping her smiling this week A Place In The Sun presenter Laura Hamilton has thanked her co-stars for keeping her ‘smiling' after she...
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‘I was speechless': Fife sign language star's shock as Dundee singer Be Charlotte turns up for gig in her living room

7 minutes ago | The Courier

A Fife schoolgirl who taught Lewis Capaldi to sign happy birthday received an unexpected birthday treat from another of her favourite singers.
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It feels like teachers are disposable now they're being forced back to schools during a pandemic

9 minutes ago | The Independent

When our secondary in the Scottish Highlands reopened this week, the only PPE we were given was blue paper roll and a squirty bottle of cleaner. But we'll need more than that...
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As schools reopen, millions of refugee children risk being left behind, campaigners warn

19 minutes ago | The Telegraph

Ofqual Blames Teachers For A-Level Results Day Chaos

21 minutes ago | Huffington Post | 3 articles

England's exam regulator said it was forced to downgrade thousands of A-level results owing to “implausibly high” predictions submitted by teachers. A-level results day...
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Magdalena by Wade Davis review - a journey down Colombia's river of dreams

51 minutes ago | The Guardian

Dancing, blue turtles and disreputable backstreets... a powerful writer journeys down Colombia's great river The Magdalena is the great arterial river of Colombia. Rising in...
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Cutting down of protected tree in Armagh given the green light

57 minutes ago | Belfast telegraph

Permission has been granted to fell a protected tree on Armagh's historic Mall.
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Pep Guardiola eyeing raid on Tottenham as Man City linked with £40m bid for ace

59 minutes ago | CaughtOffside

Man City are reportedly interested in Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks and could offer up to £40m to try and prise him away from their Premier League rivals. Winks, 24, made...
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Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 14 Aug 2020

1 hour ago | The Week

France, Malta and Netherlands added to quarantine list Hundreds of thousands more British tourists have had their holiday plans thrown into chaos after France, Malta and the...
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Miley Cyrus CONFIRMS split from Cody Simpson

The 27-year-old American pop star confirmed the reports are true, in an Instagram Story Live clip. Read more ...

England to play Australia in white-ball series in September

England's proposed limited-overs series against tourists Australia will go ahead as planned next month, the England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed. Read more ...

New on Netflix AU this weekend: Project Power, Dirty John: Season 2 and more

The Jamie Foxx-starring superhero film Project Power leads this weekend's Netflix releases. Read more ...

Coronavirus: UK secures early access to 90 million doses of two more...

The UK has secured early access to 90 million doses of two promising vaccine candidates. Read more ...

GMB's Sean Fletcher makes sly dig at Piers Morgan after 'stealing' his tie

Sean's Good Morning Britain co-host Charlotte Hawkins warned that he could be in "big trouble" after spotting he had taken something of Piers Read more ...

France and The Netherlands added to UK arrivals quarantine list

From Saturday August 15 travellers arriving from Monaco, Malta, Turks and Caicos Islands and Aruba will also need to self-isolate for 14 days Read more ...

Jacinda Ardern extends New Zealand's lockdown by 12 days after an explosion...

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has extended the country's lockdown by an additional 12 days after an explosion of coronavirus cases. Read more ...

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend announce baby news in his new music video

Congratulations to Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, who are expecting their third child... Read more ...

The Struggle Of Finding The Right Childcare As A Black Parent

This story is part of Black Ballad's takeover of HuffPost UK, a week-long series by Black women on parenting, family, and our post-Covid future. After having my first child, I... Read more ...

Coronavirus: France, Malta and Netherlands added to UK's travel quarantine list

France, Malta and the Netherlands are among new countries added to the UK's quarantine list. Read more ...