Its half term for many schools in england and wales next week. With most pupils having been home schooled since christmas, its been a lonely and isolating time for many children. And hard work for many parents too. But one school has been trying to bring some end of term cheer, as Elaine Dunkley reports. Weve done our maths and our english. For many parents and pupils, its been a tough term. We did our phonics, didnt we . Here in wallasey, joanne has been home schooling faith and blake. Some days its like pulling teeth. Its like being a one on one teacher. You have to sit with him and read through everything. I am well and truly ready for half term. Its Notjust Lost Learning but broken friendships which has made life in lockdown hard. Shed created this bond and the fact that that was broken so quickly, she struggled. No, 0k. 0k. This is a really tough job and were really proud of your efforts with that. Forjoanne, a day of Online Learning followed by a virtual parents evening. You are doing what you are not paid to do. The head teacher at Egremont Primary has a surprise an end of term party to say thank you to parents. Get dressed up. Lets give yourselves a little clap. Were eating our food right now. And were having a party. And were dancing to music. The children of critical workers and those classed as vulnerable are in school. Party bags have been sent to childrens homes and its a chance for all families to celebrate. It would be amazing to have them all together, and only time will tell whether thats going to be the case. Were up to 170, when they come back from our 300 children that we have on roll, so we just need to carry on doing what were doing. We get to see all our friends and thats great cos we really miss them. It was lovely that, even though were all at home, sometimes people do just need that little pat on the back to say well done, youre doing all right. Oh, there we are, the whole family. The school holiday, for many parents, will feel like a much needed break from the demands of home learning. Many will be hoping that during the rest of term, their children will also return to classrooms. Elaine dunkley, bbc news, wallasey. Now, after months of violent protests in hong kong, beijing imposed a sweeping National Security law. Many activists now face an agonising choice, to stay or to go. At the age of 25, h is leaving home for the first time going overseas alone, fleeing hong kong. After months of increasingly violent protests, beijing imposed a sweeping National Security law injune 2020 vowing to bring back stability to hong kong. Under the law, the maximum punishment for offences like secession and subversion is life imprisonment. The next day, britain, the colonial ruler of hong kong for over 150 years, responded. If china continue down this path, we would introduce a new route for those with British National overseas status to enter the uk, granting them limited to leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the uk. A move met with anger from beijing. An estimated nearly 5. 5 million hong kongers, including h and ah ching, now have the right to move to the uk. The latest trigger in a long running battle over greater autonomy from Mainland China was a move to introduce an Extradition Bill that could see people accused of certain serious offences be tried on the mainland. It turned into a larger more confrontational movement it turned into a larger, more confrontational movement against chinas growing influence. H joined a group on the encrypted app telegram, created by a 30 year old man were calling ah ching. They call each other sau zuks, which can be loosely translated as comrades. When britain handed back hong kong to china in 1997, it was agreed that the city would continue to enjoy certain rights unavailable in the rest of china. Now, hong kong people are to run hong kong. That is the promise, and that is the unshakeable destiny. Archive it was then the skies | exploded with noise and colour. The last rites of imperialism finished with the departing power staged a carnival of light. The generation who will grow to adulthood as chinese citizens looked on in wonder. A lot of people were thinking about leaving hong kong and h was one of them, and i told him, mate, im here. If you come to the uk, i can help you settle down. I met h when we were in school wow, it must� ve been like ten years now. So, basically, like since like the first year weve met we have been like best friends. He is more like a sibling to me more than friend. I do feel a bit guilty for the fact that like i wasnt there for him last year, but im glad that he come to the uk. So, at least, like, he wont be in danger anymore. Shouting. The National Security law combined with the current coronavirus pandemic brought the protest to a halt. But in september 2020, on the date the government postponed the hong kong parliamentary elections, a rare demonstration took place, and ah ching took to the streets again. Chanting. Martin, another member of their group, went to look for him. Martin wasnt there when ah ching walked out, released on bail after being detained for more than 2a hours. Police didnt press charges against him. Hello. For most of us, this week is going to feel bitterly cold. Thats because well have very strong winds. Its going to be windy, pretty much both saturday and sunday. But by the end of the weekend, well start to see some milder air making inroads, particularly across more Western Parts. But we start this morning off on a settled and bright note across Eastern Areas. Windy and very cold, mind you. Further west, for northern ireland, some disruptive snow to move in through the morning period. Accumulations up to 5 10 cm and that snow will be blowing around and the strong winds drifting in places. The snow will then slowly move eastwards, affecting Western Parts of scotland, into wales and the southwest of england, but it wont reach central or Eastern Areas so, here, itll stay dry, but cloud cover will move in again in the afternoon, so it will turn a bit grey. A very windy, gusty day for all areas. Factor in those strong winds with these sorts of temperatures, then its going to feel bitterly cold wherever you are. These are the feel like temperatures. It could feel even like 10 celsius across some spots of the east, so a very cold day to come. As we move through saturday night, it stays windy and cold. There will be further rain, sleet and snow across northern and western areas. Signs of something a little less cold just pushing into the far west of the country, but central and Eastern Areas, another very cold night especially when you factor in the wind. As we head into sunday, weve got a fresh tangle of weather fronts, bringing more rain, and it will be of rain because here, the milder air will start to make inroads. Gradually, it will reach Eastern Areas but it will take its time. Sunday, a bit of an east west divide with temperatures very cold across the east, and any rain moving across northern and Eastern Areas falling on frozen services is likely to cause a significant risk of ice. Beware of that. Frozen surfaces. Through sunday, it looks like itll be rather cloudy for most of the day, outbreaks of rain pushing into northern and western areas. Well see gales developing around irish sea coasts through the North Channel and across western scotland, but a windy day wherever you are. Signs of something much milder pushing into the west, double figure values. Still quite cold across the east and southeast. As we head into the new week, mild air winds out. Double figures for all areas. It wont be completely settled. There will be some rain at times for some of us and the night will be much milder. Hello, welcome to bbc news. We start in washington and the Impeachment Trial of donald trump. His lawyers accuse the Democrat Party of waging a campaign of retribution against the former president. They finished their defence case in a matter of hours, denying that mr trump provoked the deadly assault on the capital last month. They also say his speech that day was protected under the us constitution. Jon sopel reports. Chanting fight for trump