The National Education Union (NEU) is including pay rises in “key demands” and bosses have said that any reduction in class sizes should be “long term” not just for social distancing. Union leaders have congratulated their members for closing down schools, claiming that it was their threats to not turn up to class, as opposed to the scientific data, which led to Boris Johnson ordering that children should stay at home last month. NEU bosses described the pandemic as a “turning point” in the power of teachers over the Government, but MPs say the union is “playing politics” and “hijacking the pandemic”.

Unfortunately, few opportunities for this have occurred since GRBs are very short lived (lasting for just seconds) and most have happened in distant galaxies. But thanks to the efforts using a suite of telescopes, astronomers were able to spot a GRB (designated GRB 190114C) back in January of 2019. Some of the radiation from this GRB was the highest energy ever observed, making this a milestone in the history of astronomy.

Companies in France and elsewhere have come under pressure from unions and governments to forego shareholder payouts to save up cash to weather the crisis, particularly when they are considering taking some form of state aid. [nL8N2BK23PEssilorLuxottica last week scrapped its financial guidance and warned of a hit to second quarter profit due to the outbreak, adding it was putting some investments on hold as it halted production at selected sites.The eyewear company, formed in 2018 as a merger between French lens manufacturer Essilor and Italian spectacles maker Luxottica, also said on Monday that Laurent Vacherot, Chief Executive of Essilor, was retiring.Article content Essilor and Luxottica’s merger was plagued from the start by rows over who should run the business. These culminated last year when Luxottica’s founder and largest shareholder of the new entity, Leonardo Del Vecchio, began an arbitration process.This was soon abandoned, with the parties pledging to find a new chief executive by the end of 2020 at the latest.Du Saillant will be given the same as mission as Vacherot had to pursue the integration of the two companies alongside Francesco Milleri, CEO of Luxottica, within the structure headed up by Del Vecchio, executive chairman, and Hubert Sagnieres, executive vice chairman.EssilorLuxottica, which also owns brands like Oliver Peoples and Oakley, said its annual meeting would take place without any public on June 25 instead of May 15, mirroring other companies in putting off AGMs amid a broad coronavirus lockdown.Earlier this month, the company had said the board would propose a dividend of 2.23 euros ($2.46) per share.”The board decided to re evaluate its previous decision on dividend distribution at a later date.