Kubo and the Two Strings: DVD Review

by Leslie Byron Pitt Despite critical acclaim Kubo and the Two Strings only just claimed back its relatively small $60 million budget with its box office gross. We shouldn’t always run to the bean counters to try and attain a film's sense of value, but it’s important to notice that ...

Exploding Student Debt Ripples Through UK’s Economy

Student debt in the United Kingdom was well on its way to reaching crisis proportions before the recent changes in student finance instituted by the government. With the changes, student debt and the accompanying economic and societal problems it is creating is expected to triple from its present level of ...

Thrifty mum feeds family of five and dogs for £38 a week

A thrifty mum-of-three has garnered a legion of online followers after wowing friends with her healthy budget meals. Feeding a family of five and her dogs for just £38 a week, Danielle Ross has clocked up 22,000 followers on Facebook. The self-described "budget queen" is now saving hundreds of pounds ...

Rosalind Brotherton.  An inspirational teacher has told how she went from dinner lady to school headteacher in the space of just a few years.  See NTI story NTIDINNER.  Rosalind Brotherton became headteacher at Flyford Flavell First School, near Worcester, after a meteoric rise to the top of her profession.  As a single mum she started working as a dinner lady to help make ends meet when her three sons were growing up.  She said: "My marriage broke down when I was 30 and I wanted to help provide for my children and to do something for myself.  "I started doing my degree at the Open University.  "I was juggling jobs working as a dinner lady and a learning assistant at a school, so I was working with children and that inspired me to become a teacher."  It took Mrs Brotherton five years to get a degree in history, graduating in 2005 and by the following year she was training to be a teacher at Swan Lane First School, in Evesham, with the University of Worcester.  After qualifying, she took a job at Thomas Jolysse School in Stratford, where she says her career took off and she rose through the ranks to assistant headteacher.  In 2013 she took her headteacher's qualification and, the following year, returned to Flyford Flavell to take charge – just nine years after qualifying as a teacher.

Single mum goes from dinner lady to headteacher in nine years

A single mum-of-three who worked as a dinner lady at a primary school to make ends meet is celebrating after being promoted - to headteacher. Rosalind Brotherton took a job serving food to youngsters following the break-down of her marriage - but just nine years later she was running a ...

Today the Prime Minister has “changed the landscape” for business

The Prime Minister has changed the landscape for business following today's defining Brexit speech, according to the Confederation of British Industry. Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI Director-General, said "ruling out membership of the Single Market has reduced options for maintaining a barrier-free trading relationship between the UK and the EU", but added ...

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House transactions in London down 40%

House prices are continuing to rise but sales have slumped by one fifth - with transactions in London down by a staggering 40 per cent, it was announced yesterday. The latest figures from the Land Registry revealed the average house in England and Wales cost £217,928 in November. This represents ...

Frozen dead horse found dumped in woodland

A teenage girl was horrified when she found a dead horse was found dumped on a lane - frozen solid. Emily Standen was walking home when she came across the black and white horse that was frozen to the lane - and has been trying to track down the owners ...

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