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Have you been happy with the support from school during both lockdowns? Has your child been set work and/or received a call if they needed to isolate? Let us know your experiences in the comments here, or on our Manchester Family Facebook page.As part of the award process, inspectors spoke to students and parents about how they found the communication between themselves and the academy.Buile Hill provided evidence of its sustained approach to parental engagement, which saw a 50% increase in attendance at online parents evenings and carers providing outstanding feedback on their experiences.It also had to show excellence in pupil transition, participation, communication, guidance, induction and home-school links.David Clayton, CEO of

Moonlight director Barry Jenkins has remixed Wilco‘s ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ – listen below.The filmmaker reworked the 2001 album, now dubbed ‘Yankee Purple Foxtrot’, in collaboration with The Chopstars to tie in with Joe Biden’s projected election victory over Donald Trump at the weekend.Jenkins shared the remix on Twitter on Monday (November 9), writing: “NOBODY asked for this BUT… in a world where Jeff Tweedy and the boyz was from Houston, TX… @candlestickem, @OGRONC and me present YANKEE PURPLE FOXTROT.“Some Americana for the timeline given recent events.

Demi Moore and Bruce Willis loved hard and fast, marrying and falling pregnant within just four months of meeting at a film premiere in 1987.

And councillors have asked if there are any links to the recycling centres being closed by the Covid outbreak in March. Eirwen Hopwood, Neighbourhood Officer for the council gave the Broxburn, Uphall and Winchbugh Local Area Committee an update on fly-tipping over the lockdown.

KIMBERLEY Walsh has put up her Christmas decorations for her children after admitting that the UK's second lockdown is "more depresing". Taking to her Instagram page, the 38-year-old star shared a video of her home set up like a winter wonderland.

To drink: Five special cocktails have been created in collaboration with Johnnie Walker Black Label, including the Dalloway Spritz, with apricot and honey water, orange blossom and amaretto topped up with English sparkling wine, and the frankly outrageous Tiki Walker, featuring banana liqueur, caramel cream, cinnamon tincture and double cream. The bar also offers its standard wine and drinks list.To eat: The Dalloway Terrace’s dinner menu of crowd-pleasing classics ranges from steaks, burgers and fish and chips to superfood salad and vegetarian Thai green curry.

Ministers could change the tier system again once the current lockdown in England ends after December 2, according to reports.

Barefoot in the Park-era Robert Redford, they are rendered in alluringly soft yarns yet built to withstand a gust or two. No wonder they're this autumn's prize catch for the long march to the office (avoiding public transport).Dolce & Gabbana has heralded the generational shift to looser, shaggier knits by dropping its compression-tight offerings of recent seasons for something roomier and more rustic.

who was due to start Saturday’s 1-0 win over defending Lowland champions Kelty Hearts and pulled out just before kick-off with a strain, said: “We’re pushing for promotion this year, so there are good ambitions and a good bunch of lads too, so I’m really enjoying it.

A pub has installed a landline phone just yards from its outdoor bar in order to get around the latest coronavirus restrictions.

zebra born during lockdown and named Hope to raise spirits as the country battles against coronavirus has died - after it was spooked by fireworks on Bonfire Night.Keepers at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in Bristol attraction have been left "devastated" by the sudden death.Bosses at the zoo believe loud bangs from local displays frightened the seven-month-old, with a post-mortem later ruling that the sudden impact had caused her immediate death on November 4.Hope was born at the start of the first lockdown in March and was so-called because keepers said she symbolised "a ray of hope in a bleak time," BristolLive reports.The zoo says it is determined for something positive to come out of her death and wants to make members of the public aware of what

Troops in a regiment leading mass Covid-19 test trials allegedly broke lockdown at a drug party.

The Kardashian clan are known for their epic Christmas Eve parties.And while it could be reasonably assumed that the bash would be cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic still raging across the globe, Khloe Kardashian has other ideas.After a fan asked the KUWTK star on Monday whether it would be cancelled this year, Khloe replied optimistically that it will still be going ahead, with some changes. Downsizing: Khloe Kardashian has revealed the Kardashian-Jenners still plan to have a Christmas Eve bash this year despite the pandemic'OMG i just realized.....

claims he organised the anti-lockdown protests in Manchester city centre this weekend has been ordered by the council to shut his gym today - but he said it was already closed.

WILL Mellor has candidly opened up on his alcohol battle in "the hardest year" which saw his dad pass away from cancer - and him unable to say a final goodbye due to coronavirus restrictions. The Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps actor, 44, previously hailed his father Bill his "hero" after his tragic death in April.

The Antlers have shared the video for new single ‘It Is What It Is’, which sees the New York band enlisting the skills of world-renowned contemporary dancers Bobbi-Jene Smith and Or Schraiber.Describing the new offering, lead singer and songwriter Peter Silberman said: “‘It Is What It Is’ is a song about hindsight.“It considers what might have changed had you handled things differently back then, and the reluctant acceptance that it’s too late for all that now.

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Phoebe Bridgers has announced a new EP featuring re-workings of tracks from her latest album ‘Punisher’ – listen to a new version of ‘Kyoto’ below.Bridgers released her acclaimed second record, the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Stranger In The Alps’, back in June.The LA singer-songwriter is now set to release ‘Copycat Killer’ via Dead Oceans on November 20, which will present ‘Kyoto’, ‘Savior Complex’, ‘Chinese Satellite’ and the ‘Punisher’ title track as new string arrangments.The four tracks were re-recorded alongside Grammy-winning arranger Rob Moose, who’s previously recorded strings for the likes of Taylor Swift, The Killers, Haim and FKA Twigs.Vinyl copies of ‘Copycat Killer’ will be available exclusively through Rough Trade – pre-order the

This takes us back to New York of the very early 2000s!

Susanna Reid has asked Body Coach Joe Wicks for his best tips and tricks after putting on the "lockdown stone."