KentOnline Podcast: Police and crime commissioner Matthew Scott on how the force will deal with Lockdown 3
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Updated: 14:55, 07 January 2021
Kent s police and crime commissioner has been speaking to the KentOnline Podcast about how officers in the county will deal with the new lockdown.
Matthew Scott has recently criticised a counterpart in the West Midlands for saying officers should have more powers to force their way into the homes of suspected lockdown rule breakers.
He also talks about why he s calling for members of the force to be higher up the Covid vaccination priority list.
In today s episode you can also hear from the chair of the Kent Association of Headteachers who says schools desperately need more tech to help children learn from home.
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Updated: 13:20, 06 January 2021
Medway s Wisdom Hospice and a charity which supports blind and visually-impaired artists are to share a £10,000 cash boost.
The Rochester Riverside Community Project, which is overseeing the town s multi-million pound regeneration scheme, has announced the funding which forms part of its £30,000-a-year to help Medway organisations.
Friends of the Wisdom Hospice have shared some of the cash from the Rochester Riverside Community Board
The hospice at High Bank, Rochester - which serves adults across Medway and Swale - is to be handed £5,000 towards running costs and to provide extra equipment and facilities.
The Friends of Wisdom Hospice charity has already benefited from the developer s Countryside Communities Fund, which was set up in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, to the tune of £2,500.
Education secretary Gavin Williamson says secondary schools reopening to be delayed
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Updated: 18:49, 30 December 2020
Secondary schools in Kentwill not be reopening as planned next week, the Education Minister has announced.
Education secretary Gavin Williamson. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Williamson said that exam year groupsâ namely year 11 and 13 â will now be returning on January 11, with all other year groups coming in on January 18.
The delay is to ensure an ambitious mass testing programme is in place for the pupils on their return.
Mr Williamson said: We have already announced our intention for a staggered return for secondary-age pupils and those in colleges.
Chairman of the Kent Association of Headteachers says schools being asked to co-ordinate mass testing of pupils and a staggered start to next term represents an absolute nightmare
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Updated: 08:27, 21 December 2020
A senior Kent head teacher says asking schools to roll out mass testing of pupils is like asking a nurse to teach A-level Shakespeare .
The Government has announced that secondary school pupilsâ return to class in England will be staggered in the first week of January to help head teachers co-ordinate Covid-19 tests.
Fulston Manor executive head teacher Alan Brookes
Schools minister Nick Gibb said the tests would be administered by volunteers and agency staff, rather than teachers.
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