Professor John Edmunds has said until everyone - including children - is vaccinated resurgence is a real risk
Senior advisor said there is an argument for turning to children as fast we we can in the UK s vaccine rollout
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said studies were being done to determine the best way to vaccinate children
Schools will receive hundreds of millions to draft in private tutors and pay teachers to extend the working day
Details of catch-up to be announced by Prime Minister later today when he reveals roadmap out of lockdown
Schools are to be handed hundreds of millions in catch-up funding to draft in private tutors and pay teachers to extend their working day in a summer school plan drawn up by Sir Kevan Collins.
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An abbey marshal walks past the Nativity crib and Christmas trees inside Westminster Abbey, London (Victoria Jones/PA)
Christmas is not cancelled and people should take practical steps to avoid loneliness, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.
Justin Welby said that people should share memories of lost loved ones and make plans for times ahead where proper celebrations would be possible.
Speaking on The Andrew Marr show he said: “(Loss) is very hard and pretending otherwise is not helpful.
“We have to face our losses and unless in one way or another we make something of the memories, they attack us.
Nicola Mason, head of school at Chase Terrace Academy in Staffordshire said that her staff were literally broken by the plans
A headteacher was left close to tears on BBC radio today after slamming plans for schools to roll out Covid-19 testing of children and staff in the New Year.
Nicola Mason, head of school at Chase Terrace Academy in Burntwood, Staffordshire, said in despair that her staff were literally broken by the plans which intend to see secondary school pupils return to class in England staggered in the first week of January.
Her voice breaking, she said teachers were now facing spending their whole Christmas holidays planning for remote learning with the majority of pupils expected to start the term online.