Tuesday, 1 June 2021

Covid-19: Tutoring sessions in £1.4bn catch-up school plan

The funding will help pupils disrupted by the pandemic - but heads call it a "damp squib".

from BBC News - Home https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-57320450

Bodycams for ambulance staff after rise in attacks

All 10 ambulance trusts in England will be offered the cameras.

from BBC News - Home https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57318424

Two children, a decade of war in Syria

BBC correspondent Caroline Hawley revisits two refugee children who symbolise the suffering inflicted by Syria's war.

from BBC News - Home https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-57288266

Emma Coronel Aispuro: The rise and fall of a drug kingpin’s wife

El Chapo's wife led a life of glamour in New York until her arrest on drug trafficking charges.

from BBC News - Home https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57285786

Why house prices are rising so fast in a pandemic

House prices are increasing at their fastest rate for more than a decade. These graphics explain why.

from BBC News - Home https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57260261

Monday, 31 May 2021

Lockdown album written by Bungay singer, 16, after cancer diagnosis

Pearll, who is now in remission, says she saw the spare time as an "opportunity" to record songs.

from BBC News - Home https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-57275893

Alfred Fagon: Why his 70s play about black British life still resonates today

Alfred Fagon's pioneering The Death of a Black Man still holds true as it receives a revival.

from BBC News - Home https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57176630