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By then. just push that front downlj by then. just push that front down. i will stand in front of eight and it will never come! thanks a lot. a lot of schools are breaking up for christmas today — but the start of the new term will be different depending on where you are in the uk. in england, the government announced yesterday that secondary pupils who are not taking exams in 2021, will spend the first week of term learning online from home. theyll resume face—to—face teaching on the 11th...

With pressure on the nhs mounting, difficult days lie ahead. aruna iyengar, bbc news. ministers in northern ireland have defended the introduction of that new six—week lockdown straight after christmas — warning that the health service would be "crushed" in january without it. our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast with more. chris. . .. morning to you. not so long since the last lockdown but if the warnings are that the hospitals and the medical service will be crushed, it needs...

And your colleagues to get some time to relax over christmas because everybody knows you have been under enormous pressure like a lot of other people. we will maybe keep in touch and see how you get on as term sta rts touch and see how you get on as term starts next term. thank you. thank you. we will talk to nick gibb, the schools minister, at half past seven. under normal circumstances you might be looking forward to your works christmas party this weekend. sadly, as we know too well, this is ...

Magnificent. absolutely glorious. marvellous. and this year? and this year is very different indeed. they are ditching the do all together. in its place, good deeds. instead of handing out golden tickets for a guest list, they are blowing their budget on books for children in need in their city. each of our guests who would normally come to one of our parties will be getting a book donated in their name. its such a nice idea! are you going to miss the party, though? well miss the party. well mak...

Going through the covid restrictions. every day working no matter what the weather. and one of the residents of silverstone village in northamptonshire has written in to thank their postie, alison, who is "one of the best" and has worked hard through everything to keep the deliveries running. my my postie has a really lovely smile. one of those smiles that light up your day. nice shorts? sometimes, yeah. they almost always wear shorts no matter what the weather. he always gives me a way. keep th...

Hgppy thank you. take care. thank you. happy christmas to all of you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, im sonja jessup. from midnight tonight, much of londons commuter belt will join the capital under tier 3 coronavirus restrictions. it affects bedfordshire, buckinghamshire, berkshire, parts of essex, hertfordshire and surrey, and means bars, pubs and restaurants will have to close, except for ta keways. and for more on what those restrictions mean for yo...

A pressure with playing alongside your child. if you ever tried to help your child to do homework, making something or driving lessons, there is a line between encouraging them with support and going too far and then the backlash. oh, yes! it has an adverse effect. it would be interesting to see how tiger woods coped with that playing with his son, who probably likes a bit of needle as well at the age of 11. it isa needle as well at the age of 11. it is a great thing though, isnt it? he wont be ...

Give you a flavour of that in the next hour. 0h, next hour. oh, you tease! you keep them hanging on. we will find out. with just a week to go until christmas, couriers across the uk are dealing with an unprecedented volume of parcels, thanks to the rise in online shopping. according to the online retail trade body, the imrg, sales for the first two weeks of decemberjumped by more than 50%, compared to the previous year. some royal mail customers have been experiencing delays, as our business cor...

To allow mass testing to be organised but the national education union said the late announcement showed "panic." earlier, the schools minister nick gibb said he understood the pressure being put on schools. we know we are putting a huge burden on schools. right from the beginning they had to make sure schools are covid secure, they stagger lunch breaks, there is hygiene. that pupils are obeying the rules in terms of one—way systems and wearing masks in corridors. there will be guidance, there...

Overwhelmingly the sense is of relief here that herefordshire will be this island of tier 1in the 1 in the heart of england. the situation in herefordshire where they are moving to tier 1. major change and people were very happy about how it will affect their lives. many people in the north of england have been living under the toughest restrictions for months, and plenty of them were hoping to be told they were leaving tier 3 yesterday. but they remain in tier 3. earlier this week, we spoke to ...