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Gavin Williamson said ministers were putting their trust in teachers to  mark pupils GCSEs and A-Levels today as he confirmed that no computer algorithms would be used to work our fair grades. The Education Secretary fronted a Government press conference tonight ahead of an announcement tomorrow on how grades will be awarded this summer. Last years exam results were marred by the use of a controversial computer  programme which downgraded students from deprived areas more than those from posh...

A Covid jab could become compulsory for NHS workers and care home staff, as Englands chief medical officer says they have a professional responsibility to get vaccinated. Speaking on Monday Professor Chris Whitty said he expects doctors and care workers to take the vaccine voluntarily, suggesting that they should want to do anything they can to reduce the risk Covid poses to their patients.  He told the government press briefing: My view is clearly for medical staff, where I am subject to the ...

England’s chief medical officer said people aged 50 and under do still get severely ill with Covid, suggesting the vaccination programme needed time.

Two households will be allowed to meet outdoors by Easter and pubs could be allowed to serve people outdoors from April under the government’s plans for easing coronavirus restrictions in England, it has been reported. Boris Johnson is set to announce his “cautious and prudent” roadmap to lifting lockdown rules across the country on Monday, and will meet ministers to hammer out the final details on Friday. Families from two different households...

Two-household gatherings and care home visits allowed under lockdown exit plan

play-icon Video report by ITV News Political Reporter Shehab Khan and Senior Producer Roohi Hasan ITV News has visited two of the worst Covid hit areas with large ethnic minority communities, Londons Tower Hamlets and Birmingham, to see first hand the issues and concerns facing the local vaccine effort. New figures seen exclusively by ITV News show that black people in Tower Hamlets are lagging far behind white counterparts in vaccination uptake, with 58% compared to 88%. In the bor...

In peculiar scenes, the PM spent almost a minute of his latest news conference trying – and failing – to say the word ‘Tocilizumab’

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Live as Boris Johnson makes Downing Street address on lockdown easing, schools and vaccine Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to give updates on lockdown easing, England schools and vaccine roll-out Boris Johnson will address the nation from Downing Street this afternoon after the Prime Minister pledged a “cautious but irreversible” approach to easing the Covid lockdown. Mr Johnson will be joined at the press conference by NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens and chief medica...

JEREMY HUNT was torn apart by a BBC host for the lack of funding the NHS received while he was Health Secretary making it ill-equipped to manage the coronavirus pandemic.