School pupils 'could have to repeat their year' amid concerns lockdown will last months

Brett Bull Each January, the Motion Picture Producers Assn. of Japan holds a press conference to reveal the previous year’s box office data and its list of top-grossing films.One year ago — at what was then thought to be the height of the coronavirus pandemic — the event was a somber gathering: Receipts for 2020 were down a whopping 38% over the year before.On Jan.

Prince Frederic von Anhalt, Zsa Zsa Gabor’s ninth and final husband, was desperate for an heir – so he adopted an adult son and chronicled it on TV. The widower is one of many subjects featured on A&E’s "Adults Adopting Adults," which chronicles his quest to find someone in Beverly Hills who could inherit his estate and care for him. "I tried very hard to find somebody," the 78-year-old told Fox News Digital.

Naman Ramachandran Producer Shrihari Sathe of New York-based production company Dialectic is enjoying the best time of his life, with no less than three of his projects, each completely different in style, genre and tone, being selected at A-list festivals.The latest career high for Sathe began with Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s continent-hopping, multilingual identity tale “No Land’s Man” being selected at Busan in October 2021, followed by Francisca Alegria’s Spanish-language magical realist drama “The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future” premiering at this year’s Sundance. Now, “Stay Awake,” an expansion of Jamie Sisley’s 2015 short film of the same name that premiered at the Berlinale and won the Jury Prize at Slamdance, makes its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival’s Generation 14plus strand on Feb. 12.

Hannibal Mejbri admitted he found it 'difficult' to understand his Manchester United team-mates' Mancunian accents in 2019.

It's a quick turnaround for Manchester City as they prepare to continue their Premier League title defence against Norwich City on Saturday afternoon.

Chelsea and Newcastle United star Gavin Peacock still felt there was something missing.Perhaps it was the thrill of playing in front of a 100,000 strong Wembley crowd in the 1994 FA Cup final. Maybe it was the irreplaceable day-to-day dressing room culture all footballers fall in love with?Whatever it was, it was missing, and Peacock found himself “in need of a saviour”.A flight to Calgary, and many years off studying later, Peacock overhauled his life, left the BBC sofas for good, and embarked on a spiritually fulfilling quest as a pastor.

Playboy star Melissa Howe has revealed that the infamous mansion Grotto saw that much sex, the water became infected.The Berkshire born model, 31, lived at Hugh Hefner's famous Los Angeles mansion between 2013 and 2017, alongside her twin, Carla.During her time at the famous residence, Howe saw a string of A-list celebs walk through the doors and attended Hefner's mega parties at the California home, which had been surrounded by zoo animals.But there is one stand out memory for Melissa that she explains repulsed her after discovering the gruesome news following a string of raunchy, yet 'normal' events.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, she told me: "I knew things were going on because we had a grotto in the garden, there would be craziness going on in the grotto with random people hooking up."The water was infected because they shut the grotto off."She went on to add in further detail: "When we heard that we were like 'what the f**k?' because we would be going in there all the time."We'd be chilling in groups because it was like a sauna, boiling up but when we heard that we were like 'okay, we're not going in there', people were having sex in the grotto." Following the news that a poodle became addicted to cocaine at the mansion, Melissa added: "His animals would always be going around the mansion, so I'm not surprised.

Stacey Dooley joined Dan Walker and Sally Nugent on Monday's episode of BBC Breakfast.The Strictly Come Dancing winner opened up about her demanding schedule, from documentaries, a new book and the launch of her new BBC Three cooking show, Hungry For It.The 34-year-old was questioned about her culinary skills at home but admitted she is no "sous chef".Her admission comes after the BBC Breakfast presenters quizzed her about boyfriend Kevin Clifton, 39.The documentary filmmaker cheekily quipped about the pair's romance as neither of them is skilled in the kitchen.Stacey remarked: "It's so jokes because I'm useless in the kitchen. I'm rubbish."Dan interjected: "Kevin's rubbish at cooking as well right?""Kev's useless," she agreed, before adding: "It's a miracle we're still standing."Stacey added: "We just have toast."The presenter also opened up about her time working behind the scenes of her new series.Dan commented: "I'm disappointed you did a cooking show and didn't come out with a signature dish."Stacey replied: "No.

James Martin is back on our screens this morning with the latest episode of his cooking show Saturday Morning. However, many fans are likely to want to know a little more about the television chef and his life off-screen as well.James has been in a relationship with his girlfriend Louise Davies for over 10 years.The pair tend to keep their personal life to themselves and are rarely seen in public together.However, James has opened up in the past about their relationship, as well as why they won’t have children.Speaking in an unearthed interview from 2018, Jame explained he doesn't want kids.He said: “I go round to my mate’s house, who has four kids, and realise that I don’t want them after about two minutes."Kids are great, but it’s just no, not for me.“You sacrifice so much in this work and the job and everything else.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are 'loving life' in California and have amassed celebrity pals like Katy Perry, an expert has claimed.Royal commentator Richard Mineads gave a positive latest assessment of the royal couple's experience in their Montecito mansion since baby Lilibet’s birth.Speaking the London Evening Standard, he revealed that Archie and Lilibet have been going on playdates with celebrity's children whilst the Sussexes mingle with the likes of Katy, Orlando Bloom, Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentIn the early days of what we used to call “coronavirus” in March 2020, before we all became budding epidemiologists, people flocked to Steven Soderbergh’s eerily prophetic 2011 drama “Contagion” on streaming services. Within a month or so, the movie was propelled from the 270th slot to the second most watched film in the Warner Bros.

Families face waiting at least a month before care home visits are relaxed, Downing Street has suggested, despite almost all residents getting the Covid vaccine.

Brits will hopefully be in the middle of a "happy and free summer" in six months' time, Matt Hancock claimed today.

coronavirus infection rates.

After repeated demands for clarity on schools reopening, Boris ­Johnson sparked further confusion over the relaxing of restrictions.

Winter pressures may slow England's exit from lockdown, a senior Government medic has suggested.

direct to your inboxMatt Hancock today set out why the 'facts on the ground' mean that the coronavirus lockdown will not be lifted anytime soon. The Health Secretary was asked to spell out how, and when, the strict lockdown measures will be eased at a Downing Street press conference on Monday.

coronavirus.The government hasn't confirmed whether he will be making any new announcements.During England's national lockdown, the government is aiming to hold around three press conferences a week - down from seven in the first lockdown last Spring.It comes after Boris Johnson appeared to suggest lockdown measures may be relaxed before the middle of next month.The Prime Minister added his government will be "looking at the potential of relaxing some measures" before mid-February.But he couldn't give a guarantee schools would be back before Easter.Johnson went on: "I do think now this massive achievement has been made of rolling out this vaccination programme, I think people want to see us making sure we don't throw that away by having a

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxLockdown laws have been quietly extended by the government with councils given increased powers to close pubs, restaurants, shops and open spaces until July 17 this year.The move comes after Matt Hancock said the government is a “long, long, long way” from relaxing Covid lockdown restrictions.Kate Nicholls, the chief executive of trade body UK Hospitality, called the extension “surprising”, as "the large proportion of the population will be vaccinated by then”.The legislation changes were made as part of a review of the third lockdown by Health Secretary Matt Hancock earlier this month.The law, originally introduced on July 18 last

coronavirus cases being low enough to ease restrictions. In an interview this morning with Sophy Ridge on Sunday on Sky News, he said: "There is early evidence that the lockdown is starting to bring cases down."But we are a long, long, long way from that being low enough because the case rate was incredibly high."You can see the pressure on the NHS you can see it every day.

Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.Scotland’s largest teaching union call for clarity on a phased return to West Lothian schools and warn social distancing is essential.The education secretary John Swinney said on January 20 that a government group is considering whether nurseries and pupils in primary 1-3 can come back to school first.It is unlikely that pupils will all return at once, like August 2020, and he said it is “much more likely” the Scottish Government would bring them back in different groups of pupils.However, the teacher’s union Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) told The Courier that schools should only open when it is “safe to do so” and that social