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Businessman blasts absurd decision to keep his daughter s school open in Covid hotspot while another stays shut 700 yards away - as London council tells head teachers to DEFY ministers and stay closed Primary schools in dozens of areas across London, Essex, Kent will not be allowed to reopen as planned Vulnerable children and children of key workers will be only pupils allowed to attend the schools in person Students in years 11 and 13 who are facing exams will physically return on January 11 as previously planned Children in the other year groups will now have to wait an extra week until January 18 to return to lessons ....
A teaching union has called for all schools across the country to be closed for the start of the new term after the government U-turned on its decision to keep some primaries in London open despite rising Covid cases. The government bowed to protests, legal pressure and scientific advice on New Year s Day after it initially omitted a number of the capital s boroughs from the forced closures. Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said the u-turn was needed but said it was perplexing it had got to this stage. She questioned why the same restrictions are not being rolled out across the rest of the country and said the way the devolved powers had dealt with the mutant virus in schools had led to less chaos. ....
By Simon Allin @SimonAllin3 Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey A CGI of the development at Colney Hatch Lane (Image: Assael Architecture) A plan to build 204 homes and a food store on the site of a former car showroom has been given the green light. Developer Montreaux has won permission to build two seven-storey blocks of flats at 231 Colney Hatch Lane, Friern Barnet. The scheme will provide 73 affordable homes and around 40 jobs, with discount retailer Lidl expected to occupy the commercial space. Barnet Council received 177 objections to the development, which was discussed at a meeting of the strategic planning committee on Wednesday. Many focused on its potential to worsen traffic congestion and air pollution while having a negative impact on neighbouring Coppetts Wood. ....