A leading education union is calling for a radical overhaul of school inspections in England, including the scrapping of ‘meaningless’ ratings such as good or requires improvement. The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) says the current system, which labels a school
Paula Vennells will hand back her CBE “immediately” after the huge fallout over the Horizon IT scandal which led to hundreds of subpostmasters being wrongly prosecuted. The former chief executive, who ran the Post Office while it routinely denied there was a
The last supervolcanic eruption to occur on planet Earth came 27,000 years ago when Stone Age humans were crafting flints and painting caves. Back then, Taupo, located at the centre of New Zealand’s north island, exploded in what was known as the
Gallant added: “Regarding other areas, we are preparing to defend Israeli citizens, to safeguard their security. We are doing this in the north, the center and everywhere.” Unlike previous raids into Gaza, Israeli troops did not immediately withdraw after the incursion. An
Nigel Adams, the MP for Selby, has become the latest Boris Johnson alluy to quit as an MP, throwing the Conservative P{arty into further chaos. The move which has been taken with immediate effect means that the Prime Minister is now facing
Vladimir Putin has demanded the UK and its allies remove sanctions on Russia “without any conditions”, as the economic restrictions placed on the embattled country start to bite. Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters today: “Britain and other countries that encroached on
The U.S. State Department on Monday ordered all U.S. citizens in Russia to leave immediately as the war in Ukraine ramps up and concerns over arbitrary detentions mount. “U.S. citizens residing or traveling in Russia should depart immediately,” the U.S. embassy in
After stepping down from the Royal Family, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle retained their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles despite losing their HRH status. However, some 97 percent of Express.co.uk readers now think the couple should renounce their titles, a new