'No algorithms whatsoever' in A-level and GCSE exam grades this summer, Education Secretary says

Eoghan McDermott’s former colleagues have yet to share any farewell messages for the host since his permanent departure from 2FM was confirmed.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhen the 2021 Grammy Award nominations were announced in November, thousands of people were stunned to see that the Weeknd — one of the most commercially and critically successful artists of the past year, whose single “Blinding Lights” just became the first song ever to spend a full year in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 — was not nominated for any awards.The inexplicable and/or suspicious snub, the biggest in Grammy history, could only be explained as the

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLong-running Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer have parted company with their U.S. label, Interscope, as well as Modest Management, a rep for the label confirmed to Variety.

RTÉ has confirmed that Eoghan McDermott will not return to 2FM. The announcement comes over a fortnight after his abrupt absence from the station’s breakfast show began.

Joe Biden plans to hold a full press conference by the end of the month, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in response to questions of why he hasn’t held such an event yet.

Janet Dickinson is having her say on some of the biggest supermodels and influencers of 2021.

As Eoghan McDermott’s absence from 2FM’s breakfast show stretched out, Carl Mullan joined Doireann Garrihy on the airwaves.

The Berlin International Film Festival has crowned winners from its youth-focused Generation and Shorts programs. In Generation Kplus, the Grand Prix for Best Film went to Han Shuai’s Summer Blur, with a special mention for Betania Cappato’s A School in Cerro Hueso.

As Eoghan McDermott’s departure from his coveted weekday breakfast slot has been reported names who may replce him are beginning to swirl.

Radio presenter Eoghan McDermott is due to bid farewell to RTÉ’s 2fm after serving the station for over six years.

Lady Gaga is speaking out following the dog kidnapping of her two French bulldogs, Koji and Gustav, and the shooting of her dog walker, Ryan Fischer.The singer took to Instagram and Twitter on Friday to address the tragic news, writing, «My beloved dogs Koji and Gustav were taken in Hollywood two nights ago. My heart is sick and I am praying my family will be whole again with an act of kindness.»"I will pay $500,000 for their safe return.

Lady Gaga's dog walker and trainer, Ryan Fischer — who was shot and hospitalized on Wednesday evening when two of her dogs, Gustavo and Koji, were kidnapped — is completely devastated at the horrific crime.

Gigi Hadid has been a busy bee recently as she tackles getting back to work-life while taking care of her first child with Zayn Malik, a baby girl named Khai. For the unversed, the young lovebirds welcomed their daughter in September of last year and the 25-year-old supermodel was on a maternity break for a few months.Moreover, Gigi has been making sure to keep her 64.2 million (and counting) followers on Instagram updated on how she's been doing and what she's been up to.

direct to your inboxThe government and Ofqual have unveiled how students in England will receive their grades this summer.Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has said 'trust will be put in teachers' after GCSE and A-level exams had been cancelled for the second successive year amid the pandemic.Mr Williamson will set out exactly how the grades of hundreds of thousands of students will be awarded in the Commons later today, in a bid to avoid a repeat of last year’s exams fiasco.This is what we

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For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter hereWigan MP Lisa Nandy has urged the prime minister to set out a 'real plan' for schools as they prepare to reopen to pupils.The shadow foreign secretary accused education secretary Gavin Williamson of 'going missing' as the government finalises its plans for easing lockdown, which could see schools reopen in just over two weeks time.She told Sky News that schools needed to be the " absolute overriding priority" and

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBig Hit Entertainment, the South Korean company that brought BTS to the world, and Universal Music Group today announced an expanded strategic partnership that will see the two companies working together to “increase opportunities for artists through innovation and technology, whilst expanding the global reach of K-pop music and culture around the world,” according the announcement.