we were very fortunate. we had less than ten children off with covid. we only had a couple of members of staff, and none of those were teachers. very, very different. we ve got more children cases than we had during the whole of the autumn term just in this last week, the same for staff. parents here do voluntary lateral flow tests with their children. i want to keep life as normal as it possibly can be, really. i don t want any more disruption, anyways. if he brings it home, i ve got an elderly mother in law, he s going to pass it on to her, so again, i test my kids every other day. the government has appealed to former teachers to return. details of how that s gone are expected tomorrow. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. two men have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a teenager who has been missing for
parents here do voluntary lateral flow tests with their children. i want to keep life normal as possibly it can be, really. i don t want any more disruption, anyways. if he brings it home i ve got an elderly i mother in law, he is going to pass l it on to her, so again, i test my. kids every other day. the government has appealed to former teachers to return. details of how that s gone are expected tomorrow. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. the latest government figures show almost 121,000 new infections in the latest 24 hour period. on average there were 157,666 new cases per day in the last week. the latest figures show almost 20,000 people in hospital with covid. there ve been another 379 deaths of people who died within 28 days of a positive test the number is higher than expected because of a technical issue in reporting deaths before christmas. on average in the past week,
machines for every class. last term, the autumn term, we were very fortunate. we had less than ten children off with covid. we only had a couple of members of staff, and none of those were teachers. very, very different. we ve got more children cases than we had during the whole of the autumn term just in this last week, and the same for staff. parents here do voluntary lateral flow tests with their children. i want to keep life normal as possibly it can be, really. i don t want any more disruption, anyways. if he brings it home i ve got an elderly mother in law, i he s going to pass it on to her. so again, i test my. kids every other day. the government has appealed to former teachers to return. details of how that s gone are expected tomorrow. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. fans will be able to return to scotland s sports stadiums next week, after the first minister announced that some covid restrictions are being lifted on large outdoor events from monday. since boxing day no more than