GCSE and A-level pupils face having grades decided by their teachers again this summer after new lockdown
But Government dodged an outright ban on BTECs saying schools/colleges can choose to offer exams
Children due to sit them from as early as today - some told MailOnline their exams even brought FORWARD
Gavin Williamson will face the Commons today after losing his battle with teachers to keep schools open
Has your child been left in BTEC limbo or had their GCSEs or A-levels cancelled? Email martin.robinson@mailonline.co.uk
This is the last straw : Students threaten to strike after being told to pay as much as £3,000 in rent - despite not being allowed to return in lockdown
Fees of as much as £3,000 are due in the coming weeks - but students have been told not to return to accommodation
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This year, London has seen over 100 fatal homicides, marking the sixth consecutive year that this doleful milestone has been reached. So an immediate question which springs to the mind is what are the causes for such towering crime rates in London when the rest of the UK has seen homicides fall for the first time in five years? Many youths are enclosed in a toxic living environment throughout their years as a child with five London boroughs having a child poverty rate above 40% in 2018. Coronavirus has caused the government to limit expenditure in all areas meaning that children are not receiving the support and advice they need to live a healthy life. Austerity has been a massive cause to such hard living environments as schools, neighbourhoods and even homes can become noxious environments for children.
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As 2020 comes to an end, the coronavirus pandemic has dominated almost every aspect of normal life around the world since the beginning of the year.
Since the very first cases reported in Britain in January, there have been lockdowns, changing restrictions and tens of thousands of infections and deaths in the UK alone. Globally, 82.1 million Covid-19 cases have been recorded, with 1.79 million deaths.
The first official reports of cases of the novel coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, in China’s Hubei province, in December 2019.
We look back on some of the biggest moments in the coronavirus pandemic this past year.