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Rangers and celtic in glasgow, one of scotlands worst peacetime tragedies. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The uks largest Teaching Union is calling for all schools in england to close for two weeks, after the government ordered all primaries in london to remain shut when the new term begins. Pupils in some boroughs in the capital were due to return on monday. The government says the city wide closures were a last resort due to rising coronavirus infections. Heres our education correspondent dan johnson. Keeping children in school has always been the priority, with closures and more Home Learning a last resort. The government was forced to make that move, announcing on wednesday that Primary Schools in most ....
Olympia, rebecca and heather were facing the toughestjobs market for a generation. Weve got no money coming in. I first met olympia and herfamily back in may. She was touring as part of a circus troupe when the first lockdown restrictions came in and they were stranded on morecambe seafront for months. Its fear. Fear that. That i might not ever be able to do what i love again, which is perform, in the circus, because we might not recover. Since then, things have got better. Olympias moved in with her mum in rotherham to save money, and wait until theyre allowed to perform again. Financially its been a big strain. Its been massive. Five months relying on the food bank to feed you guys, what was that experience like . It was really hard. Coming to terms with the fact that i had to rely on other people to eat and to live. In west yorkshire, rebecca was finding competition for jobs fierce. Shed worked in communications at a high street bank for a decade when she was made redundant in the s ....
Children and teachers were amongst those invited for tests at charltons Football Ground today. One way to help keep the virus out of schools, but will it be enough . Some think things are out of control and they want schools to stay closed. Teaching unions say staff are at risk. We know members of our union got sick. Some of them died over the christmas period. So there is the concern for our members. There is also concern for parents and grandparents and we dont think it is safe. We think there should be a period of closure to get cases down. Londons Primary School children will all stay off after a u turn ended the patchwork of partial closures. So harrison has a fortnight at home. We are not going back to school and we are going to have to do home learning. What do you think about that . Not very good because i want to see my friends. Mum and dad have the challenge of fin ....
Correspondent dan johnson. In liverpool, teachers are already at the head of the queue for tests, but there are more voices saying schools should not reopen on monday. It seems to me to be inexplicable the government is getting it so badly wrong. We said all schools should be close for the first two macro weeks and we regret to have to say that. But our fear is if we do not do something now they will have to be closed for a longer period later this month. Secondary schools will phase the return from the 11th of january with year groups facing exams this summer in first. The government said the majority of Primary Schools would take children back on monday accepting virus hotspots in the south east. Last night, it had to reverse the patchwork approach in london so all the capitals primaries will close. It is good they are safeguarding teachers but school is the best place for them to be. They need to be back. The government should ....