The government for releasing new guidance for schools in england on how to respond to local lockdowns just days before pupils are due to return. Secondary School Students might have to be taught on a rota system if theres a significant increase in covid 19 cases in theirarea. The government has stressed that would though be an absolute last resort. Heres our education correspondent dan johnson. With more classrooms filling up next week, head teachers had called for more guidance on handling cases and responding to local outbreaks. That came last night. But there was some confusion about how many pupils could be sent home if a classmate tests positive. Weve been asking for months and months and months, what if schools need to close down because of lockdown . Thats been seen as a kind of act of heresy. And yet, here we are, the friday night before a bank holiday weekend, as schools are going to open it really isnt the governments finest hour. These pupils in leicestershire are already ba
The governments eat 0ut to help 0ut scheme, which encouraged more people to use restaurants and cafes after lockdown restrictions were eased, has ended on monday night. And its been very successful, with calls for it to continue. In the last month, 64 million discounted meals have been dished up, in 84,000 restau ra nts a nd cafes across the uk. Heres katy austin. Serving up one last day of government subsidised meals, diners in Central London today said the incentive had tempted them out more. Not gonna lie, ive been going out every week. I mean, when will we get this opportunity again . So, yeah, make the most of it, really. You see a lot of people everywhere, you know, brings back the source of human feeling thats been missing. Yeah, were going to go and get some lunch, i think, like with friends. We are going to google on the government website where has actually still got it. But were probably glad that some places extending it, to be honest. Down on the south coast in bournemouth
In california. Civil servants in england are being urged by the government to return to work in their offices. In a letter seen by the bbc, the government wants 80 of Civil Servants to be at their workplace at least once a week by the end of the month. Unions have described the governments attitude as outdated. Our Political Correspondent chris mason has more. Usually vibrant, bustling, dynamic, and yet for much of the last six months many of our city centres have looked like this. Its time for that to change, says the government. The head of the civil service, sir mark sedwill, says the Prime Minister believes. This is whitehall, home to loads of government departments. Its actually relatively busy here today but still pretty quiet on weekdays. The government wants four in five Civil Servants in england to be back at their desks for at least some of the week by the end of this month, with more and more people worrying that unless public and private Sector Workers return to the office,
Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Government departments in england are told to get Civil Servants back into offices as quickly as possible following the coronavirus lockdown but unions describe the governments attitude as outdated. Several more areas of england including leeds and middlesbrough have been added to the governments watchlist of places with high rates of coronavirus theyll be closely monitored, and restrictions may be re imposed. President trump declines to condemn russia over the poisoning of the Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny whos in a coma in a german hospital. Experts there say they have evidence he was attacked with a soviet era nerve agent. It is interesting that everybody is a lwa ys it is interesting that everybody is always mentioning russia. I think probably china at this point as a nation that you should be talking about more than russia. India confirms more than four million cases of coronavirus making it the third country in the world to surpass that
Likely. Back to work Government Departments are ordered to get more staff into the office by the end of this month. Its world record glory for mo farah as he runs further in one hour than anyone else before him, breaking a record that had stood for 13 years on his return to the track. And the gran who dressed up as a dinosaur we look at the lengths some people are going to for a hug. Good morning. Weekend brings us a mix of sunshine and showers. Most of the showers will be in the north and the showers will be in the north and the west today and they will drift south east woods tomorrow. I will bring you all of the details throughout the morning. Good morning. Its saturday 5th of september. Our top story several more areas of england, including leeds and middlesbrough, have been added to the governments watchlist of places with high rates of coronavirus. They will now be closely monitored, and restrictions may be re imposed if infections continue to rise. Meanwhile, in some other areas,