A COUNCIL leader has told primary schools to prepare for a shutdown as coronavirus infection rates continue to soar. Phelim Mac Cafferty has written to the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to include schools in Brighton and Hove in contingency plans. The Brighton and Hove City Council leader has formally requested that children in the city are not sent back to their classrooms on Monday. His letter has been backed by the Green Party councillors in Brighton and Hove. Mr Williamson has faced increasing pressure over children returning to school for the start of the new term.
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson is under pressure to close schools as coronavirus cases soar
COUNCILLORS are being asked to praise The Argus for helping to find missing seafront lights as the company apologises for the incident. A Notice of Motion is being handed to councillors today to thank this paper for tracking down the architecture after it was discovered for sale on Facebook.
Brighton and Hove City Council’s officers had concluded the advert was a fake. However, reporters proved this incorrect, providing the council with details to pick them back up before being lost to another bidder.
READ MORE: Yesterday, it was announced the company had apologised in a letter to council leader Phelim Mac Cafferty.