By Kieonté Clarke, Education reporter Embed from Getty Images Courtesy of Getty Images Last week schools in England reopened their doors to high levels of pupils according to the First Attendance Figures. By the end of last week, 95% of Primary School pupils were back in…
Month: March 2021
Promises of a Green Brexit ‘have not been met’
By Grace Torrance, reporter. Embed from Getty Images Image from Getty Images Promises of a ‘Green Brexit’ have not been met, says Greener UK. Michael Grove’s claims of delivering a ‘Green Brexit’ have been challenged by several UK environmental organisations,…
Boris Johnson to provide £1 billion funding to support pupils who have missed school during Covid-19 lockdown
By Lucy Fifield, local reporter Picture: Max Fischer (Pexels) The government has set up a programme to help those children who have missed school during the lockdown. There have been concerns that catch up may not be reaching the most…
Urgent appeal: Missing 16-year-old girl Ealing
By Rhea Dehaney Police launched an urgent appeal to find a missing 16-year-old girl who could be in Ealing. Her whereabouts is also known in Bournemouth and Luton. Rianna (with no surname made public) was last seen on sunday,…
Derby County 2-2 Brentford
By Rhea Dehaney, sports reporter. Embed from Getty Images Courtesy of Gettyimages.es Derby County came from 2-0 down at half-time to earn a deserved draw with Championship high fliers Brentford. Brentford were coasting after dominating the first half to…
Six days since the disappearance of Sarah Everard
By Lusa Basilio, local community reporter.
It’s been six days since the disappearance of Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old woman living in Brixton. The investigation is still going on, and people remain hopeful that she might be alive. A Metropolitan police officer has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the disappearance of this young woman. The man was arrested at a house in Kent, on Tuesday the 3rd of March. Police said he had been off duty when she went missing, revealing that the fact he was a serving officer was “shocking and deeply disturbing”, adding that a woman has also been held on suspicion of assisting an offender.
NHS Test and Trace has had ‘no clear impact’, according to committee of MPs
By Ben Jamieson, ByteOnline Editor Embed from Getty Images Courtesy of Getty Images MPs have warned that despite the UK government assigning £37bn to the NHS Test and Trace program over the past two years, its impact is still unclear.…
Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary respond to EU over COVID-19 Vaccines
By Kieonte Clarke, News Reporter Embed from Getty Images Image courtesy of Getty Images A diplomatic row has broken out between the European Union and the UK after European Council President Charles Michel claimed the UK had imposed an outright…
Secondary schools to test returning pupils three times
By Gabriela Wyszynska, Education Reporter The British government wants all secondary school pupils to be tested for coronavirus three times at school, and then regularly at home with rapid lateral flow tests. Secondary schools will also be expected to retain…
Man, 36, guilty of raping woman and taking photo with her unconscious body in West London park
By Adele Paiardini, Civic Reporter (image: Metropolitan Police) Following a four day trial at Isleworth Crown Court, Thomas Mangar, 36, from Hillingdon, was found guilty on Monday, March 8th of raping a woman in her late 20’s in a Park in…