Teaching unions today blasted Boris Johnson s decision to start reopening schools in March as they warned that coming out of the third lockdown too early could ultimately lead to a fourth national squeeze.
The PM told the Commons this afternoon that schools will not reopen until at least March 8, in a devastating blow for millions of children and parents struggling with balancing work and home-schooling.
Though Mr Johnson also ruled out a phased reopening of schools after the February half-term, unions are calling for an even longer closure as they claim March 8 could be too soon for getting children back into classrooms without causing a spike in Covid cases.
Priti Patel confirms there will be Australian-style quarantine scheme involving red list of around 30 nations
Arrivals from South America, Portugal and many countries in southern Africa will be the be first to face rules
Foreign citizens already banned from coming to the UK from those place so only Brits will see rules change
Travellers from those regions to be told to isolate for 10 days in hotels near airports under new plans
Dubai expats claim influencers are taking the p and risk spreading the virus by jetting in for work
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Stalag Heathrow: The bleak airport hotels that are set to become home for Brits returning from quarantine for a week at the cost of £1,500 - but staff say it could be THREE WEEKS before they re ready
Hotels near Heathrow will take at least three weeks to be ready to host UK arrivals who have to quarantine
Holiday Inn on the M14 near Heathrow warned: I ve heard it s about a three-week turnaround to convert
The Premier Inn is currently shut while the Renaissance Hotel is open to flight crews and key workers
Boris Johnson is set to sign off tough quarantine regime that will cost £1,500 for 10 days self-isolation
County settles down runway uproar
The Apalachicola Times
It was about as close as you can get to a kumbaya moment when it comes to the Apalachicola Regional Airport.
At last week’s Jan. 5 meeting, county commissioners unanimously agreed to not abandon a third runway that the state is no longer interested in funding, and to reconstitute an airport advisory board.
Commissioner Smokey Parrish, in whose district the airport lies, did not comment on the push by Commissioner Bert Boldt to encourage the reviving of the citizen advisory board. In the past Parrish has pushed back on the board, or been noncommittal about having one at all, for what he sees as overreach by aviation enthusiasts without regard for concerns found in the neighborhood that abuts the airport.