Lockdown Update

Boris Johnson has addressed the nation regarding the lockdown but devolved governments are following their own paths. Everything explained here. Statistics  Across the UK the current figures stand at 223,060 confirmed cases of Covid-19 which is an increase of 3,877 today. Sadly, there has been 210 people who have passed away in the past 24 hours due to the coronavirus therefore the current figure is 32,065

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How You Can Help Doctors in Crisis During COVID-19

Lucy is trying to help medical staff during these difficult times. Hi, my name is Lucy Maxwell and I’m a Fourth Year pupil.  Due to the cancellation of my National 5 exams and the closure of schools, I have found myself with lots of spare time even with completing school work.   I reached out to an organisation called Medic Mentor (this organisation helped establish our school’s

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Our Frontline Workers

Our Frontline Workers

Up and down the country, Britons everywhere have been getting involved in various different activities just to show the NHS and key workers just how much they mean to the nation.

Boris Johnson, Then and Now

Boris Johnson, Then and Now

Boris Johnson: Political Highs and Lows All Explained. Boris Johnson recently became the Prime Minister after Theresa May stepped down from her post from 3 years in office. Previously to being PM, Johnson was the Mayor of London for 8 years the longest he has remained public office’ The Mayor of London: 2008-2016 Johnson took over from Ken Livingstone back in 2016 as the Mayor of

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Social pressure to wear makeup

Makeup in today’s society The past 2-3 years makeup has widely become a very popular necessity for young people, this is either to make them feel much more confident rather than being self conscious without makeup on or as we see now on social medias such as youtube and instagram, a lot of these social media stars make a living out of the makeup industry and

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The Plane that ended Sala

Sala in talks with Cardiff City FC as he comes to England. On the way to sign for the club as his plane crashed in the English Channel. Conspiracies Before he got on his plane the club Cardiff City FC asked if he would rather get on a commercial flight which he rejected, as he got on to the plane at 19:45 pm he told his

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England’s Problem, Scotland’s News

England’s Problem, Scotland’s News

Is England’s knife crime problem really a national crisis?       England and Wales have seen a sharp rise in knife crime since 2010, with an average increase of 45.7%. Since the start of the year, 9 teenagers in London, Birmingham and Manchester have fallen victim of this new epidemic. The murders of Yousef Makki in Manchester and Jodie Chesney in London has prompted police

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PRET A MANGER SCANDAL

PRET A MANGER SCANDAL

Pret a Manger are suffering consequences after a court case regarding the death of a 15 year old girl on a British Airways flight to France. In 2016 Natasha Ednan-Laperouse suffered a serious allergic reaction after she ate an ‘artisan‘ baguette from Pret a Manger, which contained sesame seeds, in Heathrow airport – after the company failed to present the customers with the correct allergen information. The teenager had boarded a

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