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With the second highest number of Coronavirus Infections in the world, india has begun testing its plans for a huge Vaccination Programme. A full scale rehearsal is now under way involving tens of thousands of Health Workers and volunteers. Our south asia editor, Anbarasan Ethirajan has more from delhi. Volunteers waiting for their turn in a massive rehearsal for the immunisation drive. It will be almost real, except that those standing here will not get the dose. The Indian Government wants to ensure a glitch free coronavirus Immunisation Programme. This mammoth exercise is essential as the c...

Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Im shaun ley. The uks largest Teaching Union is calling for all schools in england to close for two weeks, after the government ordered all primaries in london to remain shut when the new term begins. Pupils in some boroughs in the capital were due to return on monday. The government says the city wide closures were a last resort due to rising coronavirus infections. Heres our education correspondent, dan johnson. Keeping children in school has alw...

Good afternoon. Theres mounting pressure on the government to close all schools in england for face to face teaching for two weeks after the christmas holidays. Teaching unions say a move to Home Learning for most children is necessary to curb the spread of coronavirus. One union has described it as, the only sensible and credible option. It comes after the education secretary said all london primaries would remain shut on monday, rather than only those in some boroughs. Heres our education correspondent, dan johnson. In liverpool, teachers are already at the head of the queue for tests, but t...

With the champions liverpool questioning the criteria and pointing out that some children at the top of the premier league, cross boroughs to go to school. After beating aston last night the education secretary announced a change, which means all of londons primary villa last night. Schools will now stay closed. The absolute right place ready . Down and up for all children to be is in school, but we need to really focus he got millions of us up and about during lockdown in 2020, on making school safe and ensuring that we get a Clear Strategy but what has joe wicks in place to support our most ...

This is bbc news. The headlines at seven. In the uk, pressure grows to shut more schools. Unions are demanding an immediate two week closure of all primaries and secondaries in england as coronavirus cases surge. This isnt about head teachers wanting to close schools. This is about head teachers wanting to open schools but in order to do that we need to have risk assessments that ensure that there is safe practice across our schools. President trump and the election now 11 republican senators say theyll support him and object to the official results. India begins a nation wide mock drill to te...