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here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. secondary schools in england have been told that children should wear face coverings in classrooms to help stop the omicron covid 19 variant from disrupting the new term. the move brings england in line with the rest of the uk. unions have welcomed the advice while also warning that staff shortages could once again lead to some children being taught at home. sanchia berg reports. in scotland, pupils have been wearing masks as they learn with the windows open for the last few months. the picture is similar now in northern ireland and wales. next week, english secondary school students will follow suit as the government tries to reduce the spread of covid 19 in schools. around half of children over 12 have been double jabbed not enough to keep the virus out. the face coverings is very much a short term measure, simply until the 26th of january when it will be reviewed because we recognise it is not something many ....
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andm we ll be hearing all about the appeal and we ll be hearing all about the appeal to recruit more bell ringers, in time for the king s coronation. good morning and welcome to bbc news. health secretary steve barclay will meet members of the royal college of nursing today after the union announced it would suspend a planned strike in england next week to enter talks on pay with the government. in a joint statement, both the college and the department of health and social care said they would begin intensive talks on pay, terms and conditions and producitivity enhancing reforms. government proposals for next year s public sector pay are also being drawn up. the rcn had originally asked for a pay rise of 5% above inflation. it has since said it would be willing to meet the government half way. next week s walk out in england, from the first to the third of march, was set to be the biggest strike so far of this winter s dispute, with half of front line services ....
that investment, that £6.6 billion of extra investment over the next two years into the front line, into patient services, to deal with those covid backlogs. now, within government, really the whole of government, the approach, of course, i have discussions with the treasury, as do other secretaries of state. these things need to be balanced, notjust with the needs of teachers, with the education secretary or train drivers with the transport secretary, but also with what s affordable for your viewers in terms of their own cost of living pressures. 1a people, including one child, were killed when a helicopter crashed near a children s nursey in ukraine. the country s interior minister is among the dead. the rate at which prices are rising has slowed for a second month, but the increase in the cost of living is still close to a ao year high. all police forces in england and wales have been told to check their officers against the national database, to identify anyone who may h ....