the time is 1:15: our top story this lunchtime: the prime ministerfaces a backlash from his own mps over plans to raise national insurance to pay for social care reforms in england. and coming up. four years after restorations began, big ben gets its hands back! coming up in sport in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel: we ll have the latest from the oval, as england lose a wicket in pursuit of 368 runs to go one up in the test series against india. it s back to school for millions of pupils in england and wales this week, amid fears that the return could lead to a spike in covid cases. rules on class bubbles and on older pupils wearing face masks have been dropped, but scientists have warned of the possibility of a rapid rise in covid cases without such restrictions. last week, the vaccination authority ruled there was no clinical need for jabs for healthy 12 15 year olds, and teaching unions are keen that restrictions
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