Free school meal parcels slammed as 'woefully inadequate'...this is what's meant to feed kids for 10 days

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You can say a lot of things about Russell Crowe’s 2003 film, “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.” No, it wasn’t a box office success that would spawn a franchise devoted to the Patrick O’Brian novels. But you can’t deny that it’s well-made, after being nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Ellise Shafer administratorThe 2003 war drama “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” became a trending topic on Sunday after its star, Russell Crowe, responded to a tweet suggesting that the film is sleep-inducing.“Lots of folk complaining about lack of sleep during the Pandemic. May I recommend Master And Commander starring the usually captivating, attention-grabbing Russell Crowe,” a Twitter user wrote alongside a photo of Crowe in the film.

Russell Crowe fired back at a Twitter user who issued a harsh criticism of his film "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World." The 56-year-old actor was the subject of mockery on Twitter when a jokester shared a photo of him from the 2003 Oscar-winning film along with a snarky caption encouraging people who are having trouble sleeping amid the coronavirus pandemic to give it a watch.  "Lots of folk complaining about lack of sleep during the Pandemic," the Twitter user wrote.

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straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United star Marcus Rashford is continuing his campaign to help underprivileged children, joining forces with celebrity chefs and Hollywood royalty.Wythenshawe born Rashford is calling on the Government to review its policy on free school meals.He was joined by TV chefs Jamie Oliver, Tom Kerridge, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, as well as the actress Dame Emma Thompson, in writing a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.The letter, which calls on

confirmed that the scheme will return from next week, something that many schools and parents have been campaigning for. It means that schools or councils working with Edenred UK can get gift cards for supermarkets to allow parents to choose what to spend the money on.The move comes after a picture of one mum's food parcel caused uproar after she shared it on social media, with the 'meagre' contents slammed as 'woefully inadequate'.

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called out the parcels as 'woefully inadequate' and 'just not good enough'. It came after one mum shared a photo of what she received in her food box, with the contents including a loaf of bread, two carrots, two bananas, a single tomato, one can of beans and a small amount of pasta.

hereRoadside Mum Sarah has since welcomed the response from education food service provider Chartwells, telling the BBC: "It's a very positive step that they're going to look at where gaps have occurred, why they have occurred and seek to resolve them."In Prime Minister’s Questions today, Labour Leader Keir Starmer blasted the government’s handling of the food parcels provided to struggling families.“The Prime Minister says that the parcels are disgraceful but it shouldn’t have taken social

'woefully inadequate' packages received by parents in place of the free school lunches their children would usually receive.It came after Twitter user @RoadsideMum shared what she received in lieu of a fortnight's worth of supermarket vouchers, which she estimated to be worth around £5.Last night the company behind the parcels apologised, saying that 'in our efforts to provide thousands of food parcels a week at extremely short notice we are very sorry the quantity has fallen short in this