[ad_1] A record number of schoolchildren have submitted entries to a competition to design new Royal Mail stamps to recognise heroes of the pandemic. More than 600,000 designs were sent from almost 7,500 schools, with 120 regional finalists being chosen. A stamp designed by a schoolchild (Royal Mail/PA) The previous highest number of entries received…
[ad_1] Compared to their grandparents, the effects of Covid-19 on our children will be relatively small. But only in the short term. In the longer term, the effects of the pandemic – or more accurately its economic consequences – are likely to resemble those experienced by children who grew up in the Great Depression. Early…
[ad_1] Fifty six years since the Great Train Robbery, Rosa Silverman hears how one assailant’s son made a shocking discovery Danny Pembroke always knew his father was different. He didn’t look, talk or walk like other fathers. He had no social circle, did not belong to a darts team or a golf club. He was, says…