The Mail Force laptop campaign has smashed through the £1million barrier in just four days.
The phenomenal milestone has been reached thanks to reader generosity – and a stunning donation from Lloyds. The banking giant has offered 1,000 top-of-the-range laptops worth £500,000.
It is a sensational moment for the Computers for Kids drive to get urgently-needed devices to lockdown pupils. Our readers have now given the charity a staggering £445,000 – since only Saturday – helping children struggling to access online lessons.
Lloyds threw half a million pounds into the pot by donating 1,000 Surface Go 2 devices. Part laptop, part tablet, the cutting-edge machines have detachable screens.
By Rebecca Cooley
Thomas Shaw A 17-year-old boy from Orford was invited to an online celebration of some of the brightest young minds in the region thanks to his competition essay on the theories of quantum mechanics. Thomas Shaw, who studies A-Level Biology, Chemistry and Maths, entered his 2,000-word essay on the fundamental theory in physics in the Pembroke North Essay competition The competition is run by Pembroke College in Oxford, aiming to support and inspire the next generation of undergraduates as they consider their university choices. Thomas said: “I found the event interesting and I particularly enjoyed being able to ask questions to students about life on campus within the current COVID-19 restrictions.