BBC News Because every school sets its own uniform policy, parents can still face very different expectations and costs. Lorraine, who lives in London, has two children in secondary schools and is frustrated that her school has not changed any of its uniform policy this year. She says several items are still compulsory, including the […]
BBC News Dr Alyssa Grocutt, who is herself heavily tattooed, explored perceptions of tattoos in the workplace for her PhD at the University of Calgary in Canada, and found many stereotypes around tattooed people still exist today, both positive and negative. Perhaps unsurprisingly, people with intimidating tattoos – in this study, a skull and a […]
BBC News Millions of people will learn of the level of winter energy prices later this month, when Ofgem announces the quarterly price cap for the three months from October. To help those who might struggle to pay, energy companies distribute the £150 Warm Home Discount to about six million households in the winter. Households […]
BBC News When Mathipa was assigned to the case a month later, he issued a subpoena to special forces to force them to hand over full details of this alleged training exercise and all the personnel involved. When access to these documents was finally promised, three months later, Mathipa had a premonition that he would […]
BBC News After years of speculation, Jose Mourinho has confirmed that he agreed to replace Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in 2013, before changing his mind and re-joining Chelsea instead. “When I left Real Madrid, I signed to go to Manchester United after Sir Alex,” the 63-year-old coach – now back at Real for […]
BBC News Consumers will benefit from an end to so-called subscription traps and a crackdown on “pretend prices”, Andy Burnham has said. The prime minister is bringing forward a package of changes announced under his predecessor, Sir Keir Starmer, to make it easier to cancel subscriptions. Burnham is also planning to outlaw shops using fake […]
BBC News After their Europa League qualifying loss in Poland, McInnes called on his side to “be far more stingy with our work, defend the goal with our lives, don’t give our opponent opportunities” and criticised the squad for showing the same worrying characteristics that were the club’s ruin last season. His side showed little […]
BBC News The Telegraph’s Dominic Cavendish wrote, external: “At almost four hours, it’s a long evening, sometimes too dense with detail, and it lacks the grit and gore (not to mention the nudity) of the TV series. “Still, it capably serves newbies and devotees, and speaks in a timely fashion to our age of unruly […]
BBC News Suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan appeared in court in Dublin on Sunday after being extradited from Dubai following his arrest there in April. Kinahan has been charged with directing the activities of a criminal organisation between October 2015 and April 2017. The 49-year-old was remanded in custody after appearing at the non-jury Special […]
