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Teachers have 'legal right not to return to schools' on Monday, union says

A leading teaching union has advised primary school staff not to return to classrooms on Monday due to unsafe conditions. The National Education Union (NEU) said teachers have a legal right to defy Government orders that most primaries should reopen when the new term begins. It comes after an embarrassing Government U-turn which means all […]

Labour shadow cabinet minister Jo Stevens, 54, hospitalised with Covid

Labour MP Jo Stevens is being treated for coronavirus in hospital, her team has said. The shadow culture secretary who represents Cardiff Central, was said to have been ‘laying low’ due to symptoms of the virus since the end of December. On Saturday, her team tweeted: ‘Jo has asked us to let you know that […]

Hunt for 'reckless' host of illegal rave that left 500-year-old church trashed

Police are trying to identify the ‘reckless’ organiser of a New Year’s Eve rave during which hundreds of revellers trashed a 500-year-old church in Essex. Members of the conservation group that supports All Saints Church in East Horndon – a Grade II-listed building – said they are ‘devastated’ by the damage caused and estimate repairs […]

Hospitals scramble to protect critical care services as mutant Covid spreads

Hospitals across the country are scrambling to protect critical care services as the mutant strain of coronavirus continues to drive up infections. Emergency healthcare staff have already warned they are at ‘battle stations’ as they try to deal with the ongoing surge in Covid-19 patients. Adrian Boyle, vice president of the Royal College of Emergency […]