has done, whatever the outcome, considerable damage to his reputation —— brought them to balmoral. if it is dismissed, people may think he has emerged on a technicality. i think it would be difficult for him to find a route back to public life. we know, for example, that many of the military regiments and other organisations with which he is associated really do not want to have anything more to do not want to have anything more to do with him. that is the reality. nick, thank you very much indeed. with omicron cases continuing to surge in the us and parts of europe, millions of pupils across england and northern ireland have gone back to school today. in england, secondary school students will have to take tests on—site before they return to the classroom, and masks are being re—introduced. our correspondent jayne mccubbin reports. bell rings this is bethany. this is kian. and this is what the start of a new term in england looks like.