GCSE and A-level pupils face having grades decided by their teachers again this summer after new lockdown
But Government dodged an outright ban on BTECs saying schools/colleges can choose to offer exams
Children due to sit them from as early as today - some told MailOnline their exams even brought FORWARD
Gavin Williamson will face the Commons today after losing his battle with teachers to keep schools open
Has your child been left in BTEC limbo or had their GCSEs or A-levels cancelled? Email martin.robinson@mailonline.co.uk
GCSE and A-level pupils face having grades decided by their teachers again this summer after new lockdown
But Government dodged an outright ban on BTECs saying schools/colleges can choose to offer exams
Children due to sit them from as early as today - some told MailOnline their exams even brought FORWARD
Gavin Williamson will face the Commons today after losing his battle with teachers to keep schools open
Has your child been left in BTEC limbo or had their GCSEs or A-levels cancelled? Email martin.robinson@mailonline.co.uk
The media front pages all read the same headlines after Boris Johnsons latest coronavirus briefing: “Christmas = cancelled”. The sense of betrayal divided the nation, many people outraged claiming it was inhumane, morally wrong and begging the Prime minister to consider mental health not just infection rates. There was a united feeling that Christmas 2020 was cancelled, the mouldy cherry that adorned the awful year we have already trudged through, but to what extent was Christmas really cancelled, and to what extent can we blame the government? What are the values of Christmas? Simply, they vairy from person to person, but there tends to be a general consensus that this time is about family, loved ones and friends. Which made the outburst following the Prime ministers new tier 4 restriction levels rather controversial. Despite what covid conspiracy theorists may have us believe, these lockdown measures are in place to try to protect the vulnerable from dying of t
Latest figures show coronavirus cases are showing signs of slowing. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire
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Boris Johnsons has said one in three people who test positive for coronavirus will experience no symptoms.
The prime minister said transmission of Covid-19 from people who are asymptomatic is one of its most striking features.
He said: We must remember one of the most striking features of this virus is that it spreads invisibly from people who don t even have symptoms which is, in fact, around one in three of everyone infected.
He said the message was: A smaller Christmas is going to be a safer Christmas and a shorter Christmas is a safer Christmas.