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Jeff Koons sculpture expected to raise millions for Ukraine humanitarian effort

An auctioned Jeff Koons sculpture is expected to fetch more than its estimate of £10 million, which will be donated to the humanitarian effort in Ukraine. Ukrainian businessman and philanthropist Victor Pinchuk and his wife Olena have donated Koons’ ...

07 Jun 2022 at 11:40

Katharine McPhee hits back at critics after David Foster bikini comment

Katharine McPhee has said she “let her body do its thing” after she gave birth as she hit back at critics after her husband David Foster shared a photo of her in a bikini less than a year after she welcomed her first child. The Smash actress, 37, ...

30 Dec 2021 at 10:55

Katharine Birbalsingh quits social mobility role citing ‘too much baggage’

A Government social mobility tsar has quit her role, citing the fact that she comes with “too much baggage” and was doing “more harm than good”. Katharine Birbalsingh, who was appointed chair of the Social Mobility Commission in 2021, said that ...

06 Jan 2023 at 15:44

Girls do like hard maths, says Children’s Commissioner

The Children’s Commissioner has said girls “do like hard maths” in an apparent criticism of another Government tsar’s previous comments about girls’ dislike of taking A-level physics. Speaking at the Confederation of School Trusts’ annual ...

17 Jun 2022 at 12:16

Social mobility must be at ‘the heart’ of levelling up, Government tsar says

The Government’s social mobility tsar has called on leaders to put social mobility “at the heart” of levelling up as a new index is unveiled to track where people start and where they end up in life. While unveiling the State of the ...

23 Jun 2022 at 12:00

Social mobility tsar urged to apologise for saying girls dislike ‘hard maths’

The Government’s social mobility tsar has been criticised for comments implying that girls do not study A-level science because they dislike “hard maths”. Katharine Birbalsingh told a meeting of the Science and Technology Committee ...

27 Apr 2022 at 17:55

Ignore Ofsted, says social mobility commissioner

Headteachers should ignore Ofsted and “put the blinkers on” about their advice, the chair of the Social Mobility Commission has said. Social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh told heads at the Association of School and College ...

12 Mar 2022 at 16:55

Tory parents should pull children out of ‘woke’ schools, says headmistress

Conservative parents should be willing to take their children out of schools if they are “too woke”, a prominent headteacher has said. Katharine Birbalsingh, head of Michaela Community School in Wembley, used a speech at a ...

15 May 2023 at 16:59

Holidaymakers warned over new travel scams exploiting passport delays

Holidaymakers have been warned to look out for fraudsters advertising bogus travel deals and exploiting passport delays. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) warned that scammers were using increasingly ...

12 Apr 2023 at 00:01

AI to be deployed more widely across the NHS as new funding announced

Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to be rolled out more widely across the NHS in a bid to diagnose diseases and treat patients faster. The Government has announced a £21 million funding pot that NHS trusts can ...

23 Jun 2023 at 00:01

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Katharine Hamnett bins CBE and says she is ‘disgusted to be British’ over Gaza

Fashion designer Katharine Hamnett has thrown her CBE in the bin as she said she is “disgusted to be British” over the war in Gaza and said Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer belong in there too. The British activist,...

22 Feb 2024 at 09:54

School prayer ban came amid backdrop of violence and intimidation – Headteacher

A school’s decision to introduce a “prayer ban” for its pupils came against a “backdrop of events including violence, intimidation and appalling racial harassment” of teachers, its founder has said. Michaela ...

17 Jan 2024 at 14:36

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