Government must let schools go online to rescue Christmas

Support staff are urging ministers to let schools move all lessons online from next month to stop rising infections and save Christmas, says UNISON today (Wednesday).
The union says a switch to full online teaching two weeks before Christmas would cut the risk of families being forced to self-isolate over the festive break.
UNISON wants the government to allow schools and councils to decide the mix of classroom and home-based learning that ̴