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Teachers have submitted ‘implausibly high’ predicted grades amid widespread upset over A-level results, the exams regulator has claimed. Nearly 40 per cent of results had been downgraded from teachers’ predictions, official data reveals, sparking complaints from pupils who say the system has let them down. But the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) now … Read more
Benching: Putting a potential relationship on hold for the sake of a more promising one. The person may revisit the ‘benched’ relationship if the other option falls through. Breadcrumbing: Leading a romantic interest on by giving small shows of attention here and there, often via direct message on Instagram, with radio silence in between. Cloaking: Dubbed the … Read more
The Life & Times Of Captain Sir Tom Rating: Mandy/Semi-Detached/Squeamish About… Rating: Captain Tom personifies a sort of ideal Britishness. As the historian and Daily Mail sage Dominic Sandbrook says: ‘He’s like the secular version of the Queen.’ On the evidence of The Life & Times Of Captain Sir Tom (ITV), the centenarian who raised … Read more
Brooklyn Beckham has sent fans wild with speculation he is already married to fiancée Nicola Peltz after he wore what many thought to be a wedding band. His mother Victoria uploaded a snap of her son alongside his younger brother Cruz, 15, with a gold ring visible on his hand. The snap fuelled rumours that … Read more
Liam Hemsworth and Gabriella Brooks have been dating for eight months. And on Thursday, the couple enjoyed a lunch date at Byron Bay’s Three Blue Ducks restaurant, co-owned by MasterChef Australia judge Andy Allen. Liam cut a casual figure in a black T-shirt, khaki shorts, white socks and sneakers. Out and about: Liam Hemsworth, 30, and … Read more
Albion (BBC4 on Sunday at 10.10pm and then on iPlayer) Rating: Verdict: Stage epic falters on the small screen The Comedy of Errors (Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, Chester) Rating: Verdict: Jolly slapstick in the sun Fanny and Stella (Garden Theatre at the Eagle, Vauxhall, London) Rating: Verdict: Lewd Carry On Cast your mind back, … Read more
There was no tog rating on the duvet and an electric blanket was definitely out of the question. But Stone Age mattresses were far comfier than the era’s name might suggest – and they were even designed to keep the bedbugs at bay. Archaeologists have uncovered traces in a cave of ancient bedding from 200,000 … Read more
Sheridan Smith has returned to the stage as she performed a tribute to Vera Lynn in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of VJ Day. The singer and actress, 39, joined a host of other famous faces at the event hosted by the Duke Of Cambridge at the Horse Guards Parade to mark the special occasion. … Read more
Warning over investment scams ‘endorsed by stars’: Fraudsters use fake recommendations from celebrities including Ed Sheeran and Holly Willoughby to lure in victims Con artists are using fake celebrity endorsements to promote investment scams Fraudsters are using fabricated quotes from Dragons’ Den stars to dupe victims Reports of investment scams soared by 45 per cent over … Read more
An off-duty conductor climbed out of the wreckage of a derailed ScotRail train and walked a mile to the nearest signal box to raise the alarm, it emerged last night. The unnamed staff member managed to escape a carriage and run to alert operators after the service derailed on Wednesday morning close to Carmont Railway station, … Read more