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6 shares WASHINGTON — A coalition of 11 Republican senators announces it will challenge the outcome of the presidential election by voting to reject electors from some states when Congress meets next week to certify the Electoral College results that confirmed President-elect Joe Biden won. US President Donald Trump’s extraordinary refusal to accept his election defeat and the effort to subvert the will of the voters has become a defining moment for Republicans and is tearing the part...

Williamson under growing pressure to keep all schools in England closed as union launches legal action Ashley Cowburn Replay Video UP NEXT Gavin Williamson is coming under intensifying pressure to delay the reopening of all schools in England, as one of the country’s largest education unions hit out at what it described as the government’s “reckless” strategy. On Saturday, a series of high-profile unions issued statements calling for an immediate switch to remote learni...

0 shares Police arrest two teenagers on suspicion of throwing rocks at protesters demonstrating against Prime Minister Netanyahu in the northern community of Yavne’el. The 14- and 15-year-old were arrested after police received a report that rocks were thrown toward protesters, injuring one of them. A police statement says officers gathered evidence from the scene and arrested the two after launching an investigation. Im proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the tr...

When do schools in Scotland go back? Closures still on cards after sharp rise in Covid-19 infections Nicola Sturgeon has said the situation remains under review as school pupils prepare for blended learning from January 11. The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you ...

Coronavirus vaccine live updates as Oxford-AstraZeneca jab rollout begins All the latest coronavirus lockdown tier reviews updates from East Yorkshire and across the UK The latest lockdown coronavirus updates from around the UK (Image: Hull Live/PA) Batches of the newly approved coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca have started arriving at hospitals ahead of the jabs rollout. Some 530,000 doses of the vaccine will be available for rollout across the UK from Monday, with vu...

Teachers union warns it could take action if schools are allowed to re-open It is the second union to call for a decision to be taken on a national level Updated A number of local authorities have already pushed back face-to-face learning to January 11 (Image: WalesOnline/ Rob browne) There are always big stories on WalesOnline - dont miss any with our daily emailInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide ...

Schools should stay closed with classes delivered remotely, say teaching unions Move has deepened the crisis facing Gavin Williamson, the Education Secretary, following a series of U-turns All schools in England should remain closed and education be delivered remotely for the start of the spring term, three major teaching unions have said. The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) joined the National Education...

BBC News By Hannah Richardson Published image copyrightPA Media Secondary schools across most of England are to remain closed for an extra two weeks for most pupils, to help regain control of coronavirus. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson told the Commons that exam-year pupils would return a week earlier than their schoolmates in the week of 11 January. In the meantime, schools will have more time to set up mass testing plans. In a few areas with the highest infection rates, primaries would ...

Diana Hilditch (above) said she didnt get the chance to see her son, Paul, 55, in hospital to say goodbye before he died of coronavirus  The heartbroken mother of a secondary school teacher who died from Covid-19 just two days after Christmas said she didnt get the chance to see him in hospital to say goodbye. Teesside teacher and divorced father-of-three Paul Hilditch, 55, had no known underlying health conditions and it is not yet clear how he caught the virus.  His mother, Diana, told Mai...

Schools reopening: Pupils in Covid hotspots may not return to school by 18 January despite pledge of no delays The i 31/12/2020 Will Hazell © Provided by The i Gavin Williamson has been forced to delay the return of students to school because of spiralling Covid rates (Photo: PRU/AFP/Getty) Hundreds of thousands of pupils in England may not return to the classroom by mid-January despite the Education Secretary insisting he was “absolutely confident” there would be no ...