The boss of John Lewis has announced the firm is having to give basic literacy and numeracy classes to young staff because they’ve been failed by the education system. In a stinging critique of the UK’s education set-up, Dame Sharon White said some of the 16-year-olds it hired didn’t have functional literacy and numeracy skills.Continue reading “John Lewis Boss Says The Firm Has To Give New Staff Basic Literacy And Numeracy Classes”
Author Archives: Angela Lloyd
Face Masks Forever!
A leaked document gave a glimpse of the UK’s possible new normal with face masks, working from home and travel quarantine rules set to stay beyond July 19. The Whitehall paper suggests that the government will stop short of urging workers to return to offices even after Freedom Day eventually arrives. There’s also a suggestionContinue reading “Face Masks Forever!”
NHS Worker Refuses To Apologise
An NHS worker who was spared prison after using a dead COVID patient’s bank card to purchase crisps, sweets and fizzy beverages from a hospital vending machine has refused to apologise. Healthcare assistant Ayesha Basharat, 23, used the 83-year-old woman’s card only 17 minutes after she died at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital on January 24. SheContinue reading “NHS Worker Refuses To Apologise”
A Pregnant Woman Who Throws Up Multiple Times A Day
A pregnant woman who throws up many times a day due to morning sickness has revealed how her neighbour threatened to report her loud puking to management, before asking her to run water or play music to neutralise the noise. Posting anonymously on Reddit, the woman, who lives in an apartment building thought to beContinue reading “A Pregnant Woman Who Throws Up Multiple Times A Day”
The Army Must Help Get Food To Shops
A driver deficit has triggered calls for the Army to be on standby to deliver food to convenience stores, pubs, eateries and care homes. The Federation of Wholesale Distributors (FWD) said that the situation had reached crisis point, leading to empty racks and a prospect of empty plates, and local convenience stores have now resortedContinue reading “The Army Must Help Get Food To Shops”
Banned Aid!
It raised £17 million for famine relief and kick-started a global charity machine that created tens, if not hundreds, of millions of pounds more, but the hit single ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ might not have been recorded today because of its colonist overtones, said one of the stars involved. Actor Nigel Planner was atContinue reading “Banned Aid!”
Boris Johnson Says Anybody Sensible Would Keep An Open Mind
Boris Johnson said anybody sensible would keep an open mind about the source of the coronavirus outbreak but the United Kingdom doesn’t currently believe the so-called laboratory leak theory. Boris Johnson told a press conference at the end of the G7 summit in Cornwall that at the moment, the advice they have had is thatContinue reading “Boris Johnson Says Anybody Sensible Would Keep An Open Mind”
Pregnant Nursery Worker Gets £40,000
A pregnant nursery worker has won almost £40,000 after her boss repeatedly declined to let her attend hospital appointments and fired her over a series of trumped-up allegations. Simone Cousins, 29, was accused of falsifying wages by Maria Noble at Dovecote Nursery, Northampton, without a shred of evidence in what a judge said was anContinue reading “Pregnant Nursery Worker Gets £40,000”
Lifetime’s Megxit Film Recreates Princess Diana’s Deadly Paris Car Crash
One of Prince Harry’s most disturbing memories is set to be dredged up and replayed in a new Lifetime movie about his and Meghan’s departure from the palace after the cast and crew were seen executing a recreation of the fatal Paris car crash that claimed the life of his mother Princess Diana. Photographs takenContinue reading “Lifetime’s Megxit Film Recreates Princess Diana’s Deadly Paris Car Crash”
Summer Freedom On Hold For Four Weeks
Boris Johnson has pushed Freedom Day to July 19 as a new poll revealed that the preponderance of Britons wanted ministers to delay the lifting of all lockdown rules amid a spike in Indian variant cases. A total of 53 per cent of UK voters wanted some lockdown rules to stay across the United KingdomContinue reading “Summer Freedom On Hold For Four Weeks”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 