24 Oct Covid-19: Schools may need to close to some year groups, former adviser warns
Sending some children home may be the only way to control infection rates, a former adviser warns....
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24 Oct School meals: Marcus Rashford ‘proud’ of community response
The England striker says he is "overwhelmed" by the support from councils and businesses....
23 Oct Covid cases in half of N. Ireland schools
image copyrightReutersThere have been confirmed Covid-19 cases in half of Northern Ireland's schools since the start of term.That is according to new figures published by the Public Health Agency (PHA).The PHA has been informed of 2,030 positive Covid cases in schools since teaching returned at...
23 Oct Free school meals: Authors urge government action to stop child hunger
More than 200 children's writers have urged the government to ensure no child goes hungry this winter as the row over free school meals continues.Children's laureate Cressida Cowell, David Baddiel and Frank Cottrell Boyce are among those to have signed a letter calling for "official"...
23 Oct Manchester United's Marcus Rashford and his mum help out at foodbank
Manchester United's Marcus Rashford has visited FareShare Greater Manchester, which is naming a new warehouse in honour of his mother Melanie. He has vowed to keep campaigning to extend free school meals, despite politicians voting against widening the scheme earlier this week....
23 Oct Textbook makes autistic people 'sound like toddlers'
A publisher has said it will conduct an "immediate review" into an A Level textbook accused of being "deeply offensive to autistic people".Pearson's A Level Psychology Revision Guide says children who have "tantrums" due to routine changes may be autistic.The National Autistic Society called it...
22 Oct LGBT students attacked in university Zoom meeting
image copyrightGetty ImagesStudents have been left feeling "threatened" and unsafe after a LGBT university association Zoom meeting was "hijacked" by more than 15 people shouting "homophobic slurs".The online meeting at Durham University was disrupted with loud music, shouted abuse and "sexually explicit videos", say LGBT...
22 Oct Lockdown made life worse for two in five children, NHS report says
image copyrightGetty ImagesTwo in five children aged 11 to 16 feel the coronavirus lockdown has made their lives worse, an NHS report on mental health suggests.They said their biggest anxieties were about missing school and family and friends contracting Covid-19.Mental disorders have risen in boys...
22 Oct Conservative MP quits government job over free school meals
A Tory MP has quit her government job after voting for a Labour motion to offer free school meals during holidays until Easter 2021.Caroline Ansell said vouchers were not a long-term solution - but they helped families struggling with the pandemic.Footballer Marcus Rashford, who is...
22 Oct Covid-19: Services for special needs children 'went to zero overnight'
image copyrightPA MediaEssential services for many young people with disabilities "went to zero overnight" due to lockdown, a Stormont committee has heard.MLAs were told that as a result, some children had harmed themselves and injured their parents.Donna Jennings, from the Evangelical Alliance, said the need...