Toy business run by Kate Middleton’s parents records losses of more than £1million 

Toy business run by Kate Middleton’s parents records losses of more than £1million after company struggles amid the pandemic Kate Middleton’s parent’s company has recorded losses of £1million Directors said that the loses were ‘forecasted’ amid the coronavirus pandemic Middletons teamed up with new investors to develop their play and toy business By Andy Buckwell For … Read more

Extending school day to help pupils catch up with lost learning ‘won’t improve results much’

Extending the school day ‘won’t improve results much’ and is unlikely to narrow the gap for those who have missed out the most amid the coronavirus lockdown, a study has found. Cambridge University researchers found that substantial increases in classroom teaching time would likely only lead to ‘small improvements’ among pupils and would do ‘relatively … Read more

Pedestrian crossing signals will be left on green man at 18 sets of lights

Pedestrian crossing signals will be left on the ‘green man’ at 18 sets of lights in London unless traffic is approaching under Sadiq Khan’s plans to make the capital a ‘walkable city’. In a further example of what critics have called the Mayor’s ‘war on motorists’, the crossings will be altered with ‘green person authority’ technology which detects approaching … Read more