Education Secretary is told children will be the losers after she said 'speaking skills' will be as important as reading and writing in new plans for GCSEs

Daily Mail - Oct 15, 2026

Education Secretary Lucy Powell was told 'children will be the losers' after she announced 'speaking skills' will become just as important as reading and writing in GCSE assessments.

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Good Samaritan shot and killed teenage Oregon elementary school gunman who killed four including children, report says

Oct 15, 2026

Good Samaritan shot and killed teenage Oregon elementary school gunman who killed four including children, report says

A horrific shooting has seen children among the 'multiple victims' at an elementary school in Oregon, as the suspect was confirmed to have been shot and killed.

Former Homeland Security head Kristi Noem no longer serving as special envoy to Shield of the Americas

Oct 15, 2026

Former Homeland Security head Kristi Noem no longer serving as special envoy to Shield of the Americas

Kristi Noem has left her position as Donald Trump's special envoy to the Shield of the Americas but remains in an advisory role at the State Department.

Terrified parents rush to crisis center after Oregon elementary school shooting as devastated officials address 'senseless tragedy'

Oct 15, 2026

Terrified parents rush to crisis center after Oregon elementary school shooting as devastated officials address 'senseless tragedy'

The shooting happened at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, where reports of shots fired into a vehicle near the school came around 12.59pm.

DFA admonishes China envoy over ‘thinly veiled threat on use of force’

Oct 15, 2026

DFA admonishes China envoy over ‘thinly veiled threat on use of force’

Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan asserts that Beijing is no troublemaker while saying Manila should 'feel fortunate' that China does not use force, even though it could 'easily win' if it does

SHANE WATSON: Meghan's not playing it safe any more. She's back - in £3,300 of stealth wealth burgundy... without those pesky tights

Oct 15, 2026

SHANE WATSON: Meghan's not playing it safe any more. She's back - in £3,300 of stealth wealth burgundy... without those pesky tights

Today Meghan was wearing her hair in a tightly scraped back fashion ponytail and her outfit was a £3,386 textbook lesson in fashionable tonal dressing.

Rescue dog named Peggy-Sue who was the same weight as a baby HIPPO sheds the pounds and finds a new home

Oct 15, 2026

Rescue dog named Peggy-Sue who was the same weight as a baby HIPPO sheds the pounds and finds a new home

Bulldog Peggy-Sue weighed a mammoth 32.5kg - approximately the same as a ten-year-old child or a new born hippopotamus.

Lucy Powell famously dropped out of Oxford 'because it was too elitist'

Oct 15, 2026

Lucy Powell famously dropped out of Oxford 'because it was too elitist'

Born in Didsbury, the south Manchester suburb where she still lives, Lucy Powell attended Beaver Road primary and Parrs Wood High School.

Two men allegedly turn up to collect $17million cocaine haul at Sydney car park - only for it to go horribly wrong as the drugs had already been seized by police

Oct 15, 2026

Two men allegedly turn up to collect $17million cocaine haul at Sydney car park - only for it to go horribly wrong as the drugs had already been seized by police

Two men allegedly arrived at a Sydney car park to collect what they believed was a $17 million shipment of cocaine - but it went horribly wrong.

ANDY JEHRING: My night with elite Ukrainian special forces whose long-range drones are causing such devastation for Putin that Trump's being accused of sabotaging them

Oct 15, 2026

ANDY JEHRING: My night with elite Ukrainian special forces whose long-range drones are causing such devastation for Putin that Trump's being accused of sabotaging them

'Get down!' the Ukrainian commander bellows, as a high-speed drone armed with a 105kg warhead hurtles across the field.

CCTV captures woman's screams after man is shot dead outside his suburban home in Melbourne as cops probe suspected gangland hit

Oct 15, 2026

CCTV captures woman's screams after man is shot dead outside his suburban home in Melbourne as cops probe suspected gangland hit

Homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances of the death, including whether it was targeted.

Katie Price's ex-husband Kieran Hayler tells court he is 'attracted to older women' as he denies raping 13-year-old girl

Oct 15, 2026

Katie Price's ex-husband Kieran Hayler tells court he is 'attracted to older women' as he denies raping 13-year-old girl

The 39-year-old former stripper insisted that all his significant relationships had been with women older than himself as he gave evidence at Lewes Crown Court on Thursday.

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