Five times more pupils are at school than in last year's lockdown

Jeff Brazier has opened up about his sons' futures after lockdown made them decide what they want to do with their lives.

Meera Syal and Adil Ray are among the famous faces backing a campaign to fight Covid vaccine conspiracy theories among Ethnic Minority communities.

The contactless shopping limit could be increased to £100 under measures being debated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Wayne Lineker 's stunning daughter Tia has wowed fans with her incredible physique and drop-dead gorgeous looks.

Denise Van Outen has revealed the heartwarming final message she received from Mick Norcross before his tragic death.

For Sabrina and Jason Watson home schooling would have been a challenge at the best of times.

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA woman has revealed how she managed to convince a vicious serial killer not to murder her, despite him raping her for 26 hours.Lisa McVey Noland was just 17-years-old when she was abducted by Bobby Joe Long on November 3, 1984.Long abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered at least 10 women in the Tampa Bay Area in Florida during an eight-month period that year.However, he released Nolan, who was one of his last victims, and she revealed how she managed to persuade him to do so.She bravely described how Long "brutally raped" her for 26 hours but said her survival instincts kicked in and she did everything Long asked her to do.Noland

Boris Johnson has told MPs that Home Secretary Priti Patel will set out tougher quarantine measures for “red list countries where we have particular concern about new variants”.Plans are expected to be unveiled on Wednesday, January 27, which could see UK arrivals forced to fork out for two weeks in a quarantine hotel to stop the spread of Covid.And the Prime Minister addressed MPs during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday to confirm tougher quarantine measures are due to be set out by Home Secretary Priti Patel.Mr Johnson told the Commons: "Throughout this pandemic, it has been the habit of the Opposition first to support one approach and then to attack it, to twist, to turn."It was only recently that the shadow transport secretary

Charlotte Dawson recently became a first-time mum as she welcomed her first child with her long term fiancé Matthew Sarsfield.The 28-year-old reality star, who is the daughter of comedy legend Les Dawson, was yet to reveal her son's name, but it seems her beau Matthew has exposed it online.Rugby player Matt shared a string of snaps of his newborn son on Instagram on Thursday.One snap revealed his name on the little one's outfit.The photograph showed the baby in an adorable blue babygrow embroidered with the word 'Prince'.This seems to allude to his baby's royal name.Matt captioned the snap: "The king is here".After sharing a series of images of his partner in labour, the rugby player wrote: "Baby and mum doing well! Thanks for the

CJ has dropped ‘BOP’, the follow-up to his break-out 2020 single ‘Whoopty’ – you can listen to the new track below.The New York drill rapper rose to fame last year after dropping ‘Whoopty’ in July, with the song – which has been streamed over 203 million times on Spotify – going on to peak at number three in the UK singles chart earlier this month.CJ, who is now signed to Warner Records, released his ‘Whoopty’ follow-up yesterday (January 26) in the form of ‘BOP’.Accompanied by a Alex and Tristan Demic-directed video which follows the rapper and his friends in Manhattan, you can hear CJ’s ‘BOP’ below.Speaking to NME recently, CJ said that he was confident that ‘BOP’ was set to “definitely [be] another New York drill anthem, it’s got that

THE Repair Shop's Jay Blades was overcome with emotion at the story of an orphan repairing her parents' beloved chair. Tonight's BBC One episode will see Blades brought to tears over Chantal Taylor's tragic story after losing both her parents within eight months of each other.

CELEBS Go Dating star Curtis Pritchard has taken a swipe at his brunette ex-girlfriend Maura Higgins by saying he'll only date blondes now. The professional dancer, 24, was reduced to tears reflecting on the pair's messy break-up while filming the new series of Celebs Go Dating.

Chloe Lewis has revealed that her son Beau has taken his first steps and has begun walking in an adorable video she shared on Instagram.The proud mum, who recently celebrated her 30th birthday, took to her Instagram stories to share her excitement and said: "Today my baby took his first steps... I couldn't believe my eyes." In the next clip, the mum-of-one posted the moment the one year old walked for the very first time.

APPOINTMENTSRCA Records in the US has announced new leadership for its promotions team, with Sam Selolwane and Keith Rothschild each being named Head Of Promotion. Selolwane will oversee hip hop, R&B and mixshow promotion, while Keith Rothschild will oversee the pop, rhythm and rock.

For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter hereAlmost all care homes staff and residents in Wigan have now been vaccinated.Forty-nine of the borough's 52 care homes have received coronavirus vaccines so far.Three care homes currently have cases of Covid so cannot be vaccinated yet.The local NHS body overseeing the community vaccination programme has said the remaining three care homes will be vaccinated as soon as possible.It comes as around 37,500 doses have now been administered across Wigan.Of those, 27,500 vaccine doses have been administered to people in priority groups and 10,000 health and social care staff have also been vaccinated.This includes those vaccinated at centres in Wigan, Leigh,

direct to your inboxTwo more teenagers have been arrested as part a murder probe into the death of a restaurant owner.Haji Mohammed Hedayatul Islam, 53, from Hyde, Tameside - known as Nowab Miah - died on January 10 following an incident in Stockport.

dealer busted with almost £1,000 worth of cannabis claimed he was supplying it to his ailing grandmother. Arran McCarron, 22, had previously admitted buying the Class-B drug in bulk along with his friends.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefBig Hit Entertainment, the management company behind K-pop sensation BTS, is to make its first significant acquisition since going public in mid-October. It will inject $63 million (KRW70 billion) into YG Entertainment, the agency that is behind Blackpink, Treasure and recently-renewed brother and sister folk music act AKMU.BHE and its media arm beNX will invest KRW30 billion and KRW40 billion respectively in YG Plus, giving them a combined 17.9% stake in the YG affiliate that focuses on music distribution and merchandising.YG Plus is expected to help BHE with distribution and merchandize activities, while beNX will open its Weverse social media platform and Weverse Shop to YG Plus acts.

has now passed 100,000 – but separate data published by statistics agencies places the toll at 115,000. It is almost a year since the first known coronavirus death occurred in the UK on January 30.The government has insisted that it took the right decisions at the right time in responding to the pandemic.Mr Jenrick said “we did everything that we could to protect people’s lives”, but admitted some things could have been done differently “with the benefit of hindsight”.

straight to your inbox every day for freeSheffield United goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale says Marcus Rashford's "humility shone through" during a post-match chat with the Manchester United striker.Rashford and United take on the Blades at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Wednesday evening (8.15pm).

dating horror story and revealed the text messages sent by her potential date, who she claimed to be an investment banker, on TikTok.Thousands of viewers agreed that her gut feeling helped her "dodge a bullet".In the video, Madz reacts to the screenshot of the abusive text messages, which started after she told him "I think you're intoxicated".The man hurled insults at her and called her "delusional".He then carried on, saying: "You're not that hot.