Rapist Met police officer David Carrick is being investigated over an alleged sex attack when he was 13 and another five women have come forward since he was jailed - as his mother says she has no plans to visit him in prison.

Carrick, 48, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 30 years in February after carrying out a string of 'violent and brutal' sex attacks against at least a dozen women over more than two decades as a police officer.

(AP) - The parents of a ninth grade South Carolina student who said she was accosted by a teacher for quietly walking to class instead of stopping and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance are suing the teacher, principal, school district and state education officials.

During today's engagement, the couple met with representatives from the centre who, through bucket collections and other donations after prayers, have raised over £25,000 for the Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal.

Barnwell's parents are suing the River Bluff High School teacher, the principal, Lexington School District 1, and the South Carolina Education Department in federal court, saying they violated the girl's civil rights and her First Amendment rights to both free speech or not to speak at all.

The Prince and Princess also joined two pupils from Waldegrave School; Dila Kaya, 14, Lina Alkutubi, 15, and their teacher Natasha Rustam to help make an origami crane, a symbol of hope and healing during challenging times.

"Of course we are determined to secure a deal and that's why our negotiators under Lord (David) Frost are working hard with (EU chief negotiator) Michel Barnier to close the remaining gaps in the negotiations," Gove told parliament.

Freeland told a Vancouver business group by video conference that the government hopes the supports it has put in place will get businesses and Canadians through to the end of the pandemic, but did not discount additional aid if needed.

LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Britain is determined to secure a trade deal with the European Union and is working hard to close the gaps in negotiating positions, Michael Gove, the minister in charge of implementing the divorce deal, said on Thursday.

Today, the couple heard harrowing stories with aid workers who have recently returned from the crisis zone in Turkey and described desperate scenes of rescuers trying to free trapped people with just hammers.

OTTAWA, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The economic impact of the second wave of COVID-19 in Canada has been deeper than expected and the government must be agile to ensure it can respond to gaps in supports should any emerge, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday.

The principal promised to look at the video of the encounter and sent her back to class, pssa prep but Barnwell said he never let her know that the teacher was wrong and she was right. Barnwell was then sent to the principal's office, which she said was humiliating because she feared she was in trouble.

"I am hopeful that we now have the social safety net ... to get through to the end of COVID. "If we find that there are some gaps, obviously we will be agile and look to fill those gaps." But I believe you have to be flexible," she said.