Updated: 30 Jan 2021, 18:12
A MUM was left in tears after her son s school sent staff to her home when she failed to submit his homework.
She felt belittled and like she s failing as a mother following the visit from Willows Primary School in Manchester.
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A mum was left in tears after staff from her son s school turned up at her home
The school warned the mum-of-two, 28, if she didn t respond by noon that a member of the safeguarding team would turn up.
The mum, who didn t want to be identified, told Manchester Evening News: I felt so belittled, they made me feel like I am failing as a mother, I am only trying my hardest.
The English musician s death was confirmed today by his wife, Germaine Valentine.
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The cause of the star s death isn t yet knownCredit: Times Newspapers Ltd
A tribute on record label Abkco s Twitter read: We, along with all of the music world, mourn the loss today of Hilton Valentine a founding member of The Animals. Valentine was a pioneering guitar player influencing the sound of rock and roll for decades to come.
The label said in a statement: We at Abkco have been privileged to serve as stewards of The Animals catalogue and his passing is felt in a truly profound way by the entire Abkco family.
Updated: 30 Jan 2021, 18:20
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A COUNTY in South Wales has a Covid death rate which is TWICE the national average - making it Britain s deadliest virus hotspot.
Rhondda Cynon Taf - the Welsh valleys county which is home to almost a quarter of a million people - has found itself at the centre of the Covid storm.
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Gail Evill made funeral arrangements for her husband John from her hospital bed - and she died just days laterCredit: Wales News Service
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Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales has found itself in the eye of the Covid stormCredit: Alamy
Known for its mining and manufacturing industries, the area is now facing a Covid crisis where everyone knows someone that s suffered with the virus.
30 Jan 2021
The European Union, which exploited the border between British Northern Ireland and the EU’s Republic of Ireland as an all-important bargaining chip in the Brexit talks, ditched the deal it demanded for the province and announced a hard border in an attempt to remedy its vaccine failures, before backing off.
Northern Ireland, despite being an integral part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as the name would suggest, has been virtually economically annexed by the EU, with even the British military required to fill in forms and alert NATO before moving assets there from the British mainland, because Brussels insisted this was the only way to avoid a “hard border” with the Republic of Ireland.
Updated: 30 Jan 2021, 15:49
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THIS is the moment an Asda shopper was reportedly handcuffed and pinned to the floor by cops in a row over his Covid mask.
Ryan Farrell, 27, says he was arrested for wearing his mask around his neck - rather than over his face - when he was shopping in Birkenhead.
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Video captures the moment an Asda shopper was handcuffed by cops after pulling down his mask to clear his glasses
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But the dad-of-one said he simply moved the mask down when his glasses steamed up.
He was asked to cover his face when he stopped to buy tobacco, and was then approached by police who asked for his details.