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As face coverings become fixtures in secondary schools, parents, pupils and teachers share their concerns 24 February 2021 • 5:00am Secondary schoolchildren in England have been told they must wear face masks in the classroom Credit: izusek/E+ Last summer, the idea of schoolchildren having to wear face masks in their classrooms still seemed fairly far-fetched. “That’s clearly nonsensical,” said Boris Johnson on Aug 26, a week before the start of the autumn term, when asked about the issue. “You can’t teach with face coverings and you can’t expect people to learn with face coveri...

'At home there is no moderation, except by partners' A good glass of wine is one of the few remaining pleasures yet to have evaporated in lockdown. But almost a year after restrictions were first imposed, our consumption has risen sharply: a new YouGov poll for Public Health England found that by last month, 5.7 per cent of adults were drinking more than 50 units of alcohol a week (equivalent to five bottles of wine), compared to an estimated 3.4 per cent the year prior.  The biggest jump was among those aged 55-64, which has left experts warning that for midlifers, at-home lockdown drinking...