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Children are being put under a “huge” pressure due to the narrative that pupils need to catch up with lost learning, educational psychologists have warned. Young people should be supported through socialisation and play if the Government decides to extend the amount of time that they spend in school, the British Psychological Society (BPS) has urged. The Prime Minister has appointed Sir Kevan Collins as the education recovery commissioner to oversee the Government’s catch-up programme for children whose learning has been disrupted by Covid-19. Educational psychologists are urging the Go...

UK's Covid outbreak continues to shrink with 15,144 more infections and 758 deaths as SAGE says R rate has dropped below 1 for first time since July - and even 'Professor Lockdown' believes this may be the final shutdown Department of Health bosses declared another 15,144 coronavirus infections in the UK — down 21% in a week It means 4million Britons have tested positive since the pandemic began — but true toll will be much higher Another 758 lab-confirmed fatalities were also added to the official toll — a drop of 25 per cent on last Friday And in more good news, data shows 14million B...

Primary education: pupils arriving at Manor Park School and Nursery in Knutsford, Cheshire Credit: Martin Rickett/PA A year ago, Cara* was a happy go lucky teenager.  Today, her mother tells me, she’s a different child.  She has severe and debilitating nervous tics - Tourette’s - a condition that her paediatrician confirms was brought on by the emotional strains of lockdown.  Cara will need help in managing this condition for the rest of her life. Cara’s case is extreme but it is not isolated.  Up and down the country children are being harmed by social isolation and school closures...

Ministers expected to review data on effectiveness of Covid vaccines and plan how and when country eases restrictions

Dancing On Ice's Rufus Hound 'falls out with pro partner Robin Johnstone amid backlash over historic tweets... as it's claimed Matt Richardson is being lined-up to REPLACE him' Earlier this week, old racist and homophobic tweets resurfaced in which he used the word 'r****d' in 2011  Dancing on Ice bosses faced calls to remove Hound from the show after he tweeted claims that Theresa May planned the Manchester Arena terror attack The latter tweets are reportedly said to have caused a 'falling out' between Hound and his pro skating partner Robin   It has now been claimed that Dancing On Ice ...