Schools may not return until after Easter as heads demand February half-term vaccines

‘Birds Aren’t Real’ conspiracy theory has revealed that it is a hoax, and claimed he aims to tackle misinformation.The ‘Birds Aren’t Real’ group sprang up in the wake of Donald Trump’s election in 2016, and is largely supported by young people online and claims that birds are fake, having been replaced by drones.An extensive FAQ section on the group’s websites lists a number of spoof claims, including that over 12 billion birds were destroyed in a genocide between 1959 and 2001, and states that the eggs we see are robotic replicas.But, now, speaking to The New York Times’ Daily podcast, the group’s founder has admitted that the scheme is a hoax, intended to highlight dangerous misinformation. In a recent episode, a former technology reporter for the New York Times, Taylor Lorenz, shared her interview with the group’s founder, where he revealed that the movement is all a big joke.

rugby league team, made 100 appearances for the rugby union team between 1997 and 2005.He has opened up on the moment of his sporting career in which he felt most embarrassed, and it came during his first few years on the international scene.While appearing on Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch on Wednesday (February 9) he told a stunned host how a bout of food poisoning left him in a perilous position.Thomas told his fellow guests and the studio audience: "I think the thing that makes it embarrassing is thinking that so many other people have seen it."I remember one of my first games for Wales, when there is probably about seven million people watching on television, pre-game there was some food poisoning going round camp."I had a really, really bad stomach and within the first first five minutes I got tackled and got hit in the stomach. I remember standing up and realising that I had a minor accident.

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K.J. Yossman Agnieszka Holland has signed on to direct a biopic of 20th century novelist Franz Kafka.Titled “Kafka,” the film will cover the writer’s life in a series of standalone vignettes, from his birth in 19th century Prague through to his death in Berlin just a few years after the close of World War I.Šárka Cimbalová, Sam Taylor and Mike Downey are set to produce the feature. “‘Kafka’ will be a dazzling kaleidoscopic mosaic of a film that dramatizes the famous writer’s life and imagination in a series of standalone vignettes that span Kafka’s life from his birth in pre-war Prague, up to his tragic death in Berlin in 1924 and into scenes from the future he envisioned,” the trio said in a statement.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorMoonbug Entertainment is expanding its kid-vid footprint by snapping up Little Angel, a big producer of YouTube videos and songs for preschoolers.Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. The acquisition is Moonbug’s first since it was bought in a $3 billion deal by Candle Media, the next-generation media roll-up venture headed by former Disney execs Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs and backed by private-equity firm Blackstone.

Coronation Street actress Victoria Ekanoye was diagnosed with breast cancer last October and has opened up about her emotional surgery. 40-year-old Victoria was breastfeeding her son when she noticed a lump on her breast in July last year, which prompted her to get checked out. Victoria said she immediately had suspicions as he has a family history of breast cancer and is the fifth member of her family to do so.

Jennifer Lopez is sharing where her and Ben Affleck steal some private time. The 52-year-old triple-threat star appears on Wednesday's episode of , and opens up about where she and her beau escape to have alone time away from the five children they have between them.«Bathroom, closet.

Olivia Munn is learning that «fed is best.» The 41-year-old new mom has been very candid about her low milk supply as she struggles to breastfeed her 2-month-old son, Malcolm, whom she shares with comedian John Mulaney. On Tuesday, Munn took to Instagram, sharing a video in which she detailed her breastfeeding journey, noting that she has tried «two lactation consultants, lactation soups, three breastfeeding pillows, liters of coconut water, lactation teas, gummies, vitamins, cookies, nipple ointments, skin to skin contact, heating pads to increase circulation, and three different breast pumps.»Placing a device around her neck, Munn also shared, «I even wore this device filled with formula around my neck with tubes taped to my nipples so I could stimulate milk production while giving my baby the nutrients he needs.»A post shared by o l i v i a (@oliviamunn)Eventually, Munn realized that her efforts were in vain. «None of it worked! I cried and cried. I felt like my body was failing,» she wrote.

One U.S. Navy SEAL candidate is dead and another has been hospitalized after the pair were part of a group that completed the first phase of Navy SEAL training, known popularly as “Hell Week.”

Jo Joyner is all over our TV screens at the moment – she’s come a long way since finding fame in nursing drama No Angels back in 2004. Now, millions watch her as nosy Luella in BBC One’s hit drama Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators. Returning for its fourth series, she stars alongside Mark Benton’s bumbling Frank Hathaway as the hilarious pair lurch from one case to the next.

Ambitious West of Scotland League club Rossvale are close to securing a landmark tie-in with Gibraltar top flight side Europa Point which they hope can take them onto the next level.

Police are appealing for help to trace a teenager who has been reported missing from his home in Stirling.

Perhaps the Best Picture race is truly over. When the 2022 Oscar nominations were announced Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” landed 12 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, four acting nominations, and Editing.

Tory ministers have promised an announcement on schools in the “next few days” amid mounting pressure to announce a plan to reopen.

Boris Johnson faces growing pressure from Conservative MPs to reopen schools in England.

Boris Johnson has been accused of lurching from one shambles to another over schools, as fears for the education of kids in lockdown grows.

Schools in England could stay shut until after the Easter holidays, due to the ongoing virus threat. With case levels still high, a government source has admitted it is becoming 'increasingly difficult' to see how schools could return to in-person teaching next month.

direct to your inboxEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson has indicated that he wants to see teachers and support staff to be prioritised to get a coronavirus jab once the most vulnerable have been vaccinated.Speaking to BBC Breakfast this morning (January 21st), he was quizzed on the priority list and where he believes teachers and support staff should feature.He said that those working in schools should be offered the vaccine at the ‘earliest moment’.“You raise the issue of vaccines and it’s absolutely right we are vaccinating those most likely to be hospitalised, those most likely and most at risk of dying as a result of coronavirus but it will be no surprise to you whatsoever I want to see all teachers all support staff vaccinated at the

direct to your inboxPiers Morgan blasted Gavin Williamson over 'catastrophic failings' during the coronavirus pandemic. The education secretary appeared on Good Morning Britain on Thursday morning and was quizzed by Piers and co-host Susanna Reid.

Parents will get two weeks notice before schools reopen, Gavin Williamson has said.

direct to your inboxTeachers endured a ‘constant rolling nightmare’ after the government made a series of U-turns on school closures and January exams, a Manchester councillor has said.Schools and colleges were told in the first week of January that the decision to hold BTEC and vocational exams was theirs to make while most students stayed home during lockdown.The Department of Education (DfE) was accused by Labour of placing thousands of learners and teaching staff in an ‘incredibly difficult situation’.Education secretary Gavin Williamson announced on January 13 that BTEC and vocational exams would now be cancelled in February and March.Speaking before the announcement, Councillor Suzannah Reeves said senior leaders were told the night