good thing that everybody is back. what i would see as everybody is working really hard to keep children safe and to be very alert for any rises and active if there are. i have been in schools right through summer and through covid. i was in schools myself as a head teacher until march and ceo. everyone is working really hard to make this return say. in working really hard to make this return say- working really hard to make this return sa . ., ., ., , , return say. in scotland covid cases and under 15 return say. in scotland covid cases and under 15 have return say. in scotland covid cases and under 15 have trebled - return say. in scotland covid cases and under 15 have trebled since - return say. in scotland covid cases i and under 15 have trebled since gold returned a couple of weeks ago, so it would be wishful thinking to suggest that anything different might happen in the rest of the uk. yeah, and of course the more you test the more you find and i think we are moving into a
we re just excited to get everybody back into school and to get back to something like a normal curriculum, do assemblies again, get that lovely social feeling that schools have been missing out on so much of, and just get back to being school as normal. testing started in some of england s secondary schools last week. it s the main precaution in place this term. the top government doctors across the uk have another decision. should they offer the vaccine to all 12 to is year olds? experts say the benefits aren t great enough. it s a milder illness in teenagers. schools will be trying to return to their usual routines and to reassure pupils. school leaders need the choice to be able to adapt the contingency framework and actually make it relevant to the local need rather than the national need. so if we need to make adjustments
hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. pupils will be starting their first full week of school this morning in england, wales and northern ireland, as the chief medical officers in the uk consider whether to vaccinate more children. the current advice is that only 12 to 15 year olds with health vulnerabilities should be offered the covid jab. pupils will return with new approaches to stopping the spread of the disease in classrooms. martine croxall is at a school in stockton on tees. all day today. how are they feeling there? ~ , , . there? well, they seem quite excited to be back, there? well, they seem quite excited to be back. but there? well, they seem quite excited to be back, but we there? well, they seem quite excited to be back, but we will there? well, they seem quite excited to be back, but we will find there? well, they seem quite excited to be back, but we will find out - to be back, but we will find out whether that is really the case in a moment. this is the
what a final day we have to look forward to in the fourth test between england and india. the tourists looked to have taken charge of the match after some big hitting saw them post a target of 368 but england dug in and ended the day on 77 without loss. the series is level at one all ahead of the final test which starts at old trafford on friday. britain s emma raducanu faces home favourite shelby rogers in the last 16 at the us open tonight. the 18 year old, who is playing in her first overseas grand slam, is yet to drop a set. but disappointment for dan evans. he lost his fourth round match in straight sets to russian second seed daniil medvedev. there is one positive to take, though, as evans is set to reach a career high ranking inside the world s top 25. red bull s max verstappen has regained the lead in the formula one drivers championship. the 17th win of his career came in front ofjubilant home support, finishing ahead of world champion lewis hamilton who he now leads by three
of afghanistan who want to be in the uk. irate of afghanistan who want to be in the uk. ~ , . of afghanistan who want to be in the uk. . , . ~ , of afghanistan who want to be in the uk. ~ , . ~ , ., uk. we expect the prime minister to do a statement uk. we expect the prime minister to do a statement to uk. we expect the prime minister to do a statement to parliament - uk. we expect the prime minister to do a statement to parliament today, j do a statement to parliament today, may be at around 3:30pm. it will be a chance for him to update mps on what has happened on the ground since parliament was recalled to discuss the situation a couple weeks ago and quite a lot has happened. i think mps want to hear the latest numbers on people who have been brought out of afghanistan under the various different schemes. remember, that covers british nationals and dual nationals who have the right to come to the uk who are being looked after by the foreign office. then you have afghan staff who