Leading environmentalists have called on the government to introduce a natural history GCSE immediately, amid fears it could be postponed until 2030. The previous Conservative administration had supported creating the GCSE, which would teach pupils how to observe, identify and classify plants and animals. However, campaigners have claimed the plans had been shelved by Labour…
Portrait of singer Chesney Hawkes in 1991 and a recreation of the image in 2024. Chesney Hawkes in 1991 and 2024. Later photograph: Pål Hansen. Styling: Andie Redman. Grooming: Alice Theobald at Arlington Talent using Huda Beauty and Babyliss. Archive image: Mark Richards/ Daily Mail/ Shutterstock Born in Berkshire in 1971, Chesney Hawkes started his career…
Keir Starmer is under growing pressure to forge closer economic links with Europe five years on from Brexit, as a major new poll shows voters clearly favour prioritising more trade with the EU over the US. The MRP survey of almost 15,000 people by YouGov for the Best for Britain thinktank shows more people in…
“The beginning begins with the shoes. When a child I am never able to abide being barefoot and always beg for shoes, anybody’s shoes, even on the hottest days. My mother, a minha mãe, is angry at what she says are my prettify ways.” This is how readers are introduced to Florens, an enslaved girl…
Large numbers of troops from Rwanda have been pouring across the border into the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help rebels seize the regional capital of Goma before an emergency UN meeting about the crisis takes place on Monday, intelligence officials have warned. Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) soldiers are believed to have secretly crossed…
Josué, 33 It’s not cheating or replacing one another, it’s accepting that we both have urges Everyone is different when it comes to sex. I’m the type of person who needs a special occasion to get me in the mood, such as a date, rather than just being in bed and saying, “let’s have sex”….