interventions the government may introduce including a longer school day, something teaching unions look set to resist. the government s education recovery head so kevin collins said more would be needed but this is a test of the government s levelling up slogans. thank you, ben wright, our political correspondent. paramedics in england are to be offered body cameras after a rise in violent attacks on frontline ambulance staff. thousands of them are assaulted each year, and they ve even been attacked when responding to emergency calls during the pandemic. the nhs is hoping to issue the body cam equipment by the end of the month. here s our health correspondent, anna collinson. it s three years since gary watson was attacked by a patient he was trying to help. the paramedic s physical injuries have now healed, but the painful memories are with him for life. i had quite a bad rotator cuff injury, so torn ligaments down my right shoulder.