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Education Secretary ‘mixes up Marcus Rashford with black rugby player Maro Itoje’
The education secretary allegedly thought he was meeting with Rashford…
Education minister Gavin Williamson reportedly claimed to have held a meeting over Zoom with Man United footballer Marcus Rashford – but actually met with a different black sports star, Maro Itoje.
Williamson made the slip up in an interview with the Evening Standard, where he discussed the future of his role as education minister. There, he weighed in on Rashford’s famed campaign for free school meals for all UK children, saying he had even partaken in a Zoom interview with the footballer.
He told the interviewer: “We met over Zoom and he seemed incredibly engaged, compassionate and charming but then he had to shoot off. I didn’t want to be the one that was holding him back from his training.”
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Rather embarrassingly, however, Williamson’s team later clarified that he had met with rugby player Maro Itoje, who campaigned to bridge the ‘digital divide’ by providing pupils with equipment to access online learning from home in the pandemic.
A spokesman for Rashford quickly confirmed he had never had direct communication with Williamson, with Rashford himself taking to Twitter to mock the blunder.
“Accent could have been a giveaway,” the striker wrote, alongside a laughing emoji.
Shadow justice secretary David Lammy also took to Twitter to address the blunder, slamming it as ‘appalling.’
He wrote: “This is appalling. @GavinWilliamson what was it about @maroitoje that made you mistake him for @MarcusRashford?
“You must be the most ignorant, clueless and incapable Education Secretary in the UK’s history.”
Both Gavin Williamson and 10 Downing Street are yet to address the alleged mix up.
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Dad accidentally buys 60 pairs of reading glasses
‘He thought the packaging was a little excessive’
A dad accidentally bought 60 pairs of reading glasses after misreading an order.
The dad has gone viral on Twitter for his massive order of reading spectacles. He was left baffled as to why the parcel was so full when it arrived at his address on Sunday March 26th, leaving his son in stitches.
Tom Arnold, 61, from Perranporth in Cornwall, thought he’d only ordered one pack to share with his wife — not a whole shop’s worth. Radio and podcast host, Chris Arnold could not stop laughing as he witnessed his dad open the parcel with a bewildered look on his face.
The viral tweet read: “My Dad has accidentally bought 60 pairs of reading glasses off the internet after misreading the quantity of his order.”
Speaking about the mishap, Chris said: “I just found it hilarious, he said he thought the packaging was excessive, then he opened it up and the box was full.
“He seemed confused as to what had happened. We looked at the order and he had ordered 12 packs instead of one, as they were for him and my mum, plus spares. The order came to over £100 but he’s managed to get a refund!”
He described the incident as ‘very funny indeed’, saying it ‘cheered up’ him and his family. As the tweet went viral and accumulated thousands of likes, Specsavers jumped in on the banter as they tweeted: “Do we even need to say it?”
Chris joked in reply: “At this point guys, I don’t think you do. P.S. Are you interested in buying 59 pairs of reading glasses off my dad?”
They hilariously replied: “If you can’t shift them you might want to consider adding an extra 118 eyes to your dad’s face.”
Specsavers tweeted an update on the situation: “The glasses have been safely returned, but Chris’ dad deserves a bit of good luck. How about a free eye test and a brand-new pair of glasses for good measure?
“You really should’ve gone to Specsavers.”
Aldi is now selling wearable sleeping bags for ultimate comfort — they even have arm and leg sections.
If you love to go to budget supermarket Aldi and have a wander over to the middle aisle, you’ll know you can find all sorts of handy and unusual things to buy.
Aldi shopper and TikTok user Paris de Jager sharedwith her followers how she picked up a wearable sleeping bag ‘onesie’, that even has leg and arm sections.
The social media user upload a video to her TikTok account @parisdejager showing her modelling the bright pink seasonal must have.
She wrote in a caption: “The sleeping bag one-z you never knew you needed until now.”
She ‘catwalked’ in her home as she showed off her incredible new bag suit by Adventuridge, looking ‘snug as a bug’.
Her video has racked up over 137k likes and many people were amazed at her incredible Aldi find.
Her followers flocked to comment and rave about the hot pink cosy number.
One said: “might just have to purchase for DofE.” Another added: “need for weekends.”
And a third joked: “Glastonbudget.” A fourth chimed in : “My reading outfit sorted.”
Aldi launched a similar wearable sleeping bag last year, and it weren’t long before the cosy suit sold out online.
You can purchase a wearable sleeping bag in time for festival season here.
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