Erasmus study abroad programme to be replaced by scheme named after Alan Turing

Britain is to replace Erasmus with a new exchange programme that will see students giving the chance to study at universities all over the world, Boris Johnson has announced. Students from the UK will not be able to use the EU Commission scheme from next year after the Prime Minister made a ‘tough decision’ to pull … Read more

Speeding up our Covid-19 jab programme is the only way to beat the mutated virus, experts warn 

The coronavirus vaccine programme must be speeded up, politicians and business leaders said on Wednesday night. Jeremy Hunt led calls to accelerate the roll-out as the pandemic tightened its grip with a fast-spreading new variant. ‘Time is against us with this new strain so we now need a great national effort to turbocharge the vaccination … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Military carry out dry run for Britain’s biggest-ever vaccination programme

The full list of hospitals where Pfizer jabs will be given to the first British recipients were revealed last night as the UK military carried out dry-run drills for the country’s biggest-ever mass vaccination. Fifty trusts are poised to roll out  Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine when the first of 40 million doses are administered from next week, … Read more

Graduate, 24, of Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen apprentice programme jailed for two years for drug dealing

Graduate, 24, of Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen apprentice programme is jailed for two years for drug dealing after falling in with county lines gang to feed heroin addiction Ben Taylor, 24, graduated from Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen scheme in London in 2015  He then became homeless and turned to drugs – eventually becoming a dealer  Involved in … Read more

GMB host Piers Morgan reveals the programme had its highest EVER ratings

Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan reveals the programme had its highest EVER ratings this week as he celebrates five years on the show By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 14:22 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 14:22 GMT, 25 November 2020 Piers Morgan has revealed Good Morning Britain achieved its highest ever viewer ratings … Read more

Listeners slam ‘woke’ BBC R4’s Today programme for replacing the word fishermen with ‘fisherpeople’

Listeners slam ‘woke’ BBC R4’s Today programme for replacing the word fishermen with ‘fisherpeople’ – despite women making up just 2.7% of trawler crews Europe editor Katya Adler used the gender neutral description on air yesterday  Critics argued that people working on trawlers are overwhelmingly men  Ashley Mullenger, who calls herself the ‘female fisherman’, joined … Read more

France 2 news programme mocked for putting New York City in Florida

Où est New York? French national broadcaster is mocked for marking the city in FLORIDA in map shown during US election coverage French TV channel France 2’s respected news broadcast was ridiculous online They placed New York City near Florida during their US election coverage  Viewers were shocked to see got show got location of … Read more

Sinead O’Connor cancels upcoming tour dates to go into an ‘addiction programme’

Singer Sinead O’Connor has announced that she has cancelled her upcoming tour dates to enter a ‘one-year programme for trauma and addiction’ starting next week. The Irish singer, 53, took to Twitter to reveal her news on Tuesday, after saying she had ‘lost someone beloved’ and had endured a ‘traumatic six years.’ Sinead admitted she … Read more

A shameful betrayal of the Panorama I cherished: TOM MANGOLD against bosses of flagship programme

When I heard on BBC radio that Martin Bashir had obtained the scoop of the century for my beloved programme, Panorama, I was on a slow train through Wales on assignment for the show. I got off the train and phoned from a call box to personally congratulate him on getting an interview with Princess … Read more

Prue Leith reveals she skips breakfast and lunch when judging the programme to keep in shape

Great British Bake Off’s Prue Leith reveals she skips breakfast and lunch when judging the programme to keep in shape By Dominique Hines For The Daily Mail Published: 01:58 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 01:58 GMT, 2 November 2020 Prue Leith skips breakfast and lunch when judging The Great British Bake Off – to … Read more