Amanda Spielman said children are ‘adaptable and flexible’ around things like mask-wearing and testing

More than third of Scottish voters less likely to vote for cutting ties with rest of UK after events of recent days

A leading government adviser has predicted Britons will all have a summer holiday this year but warned the NHS had to prepare for a possible “hard winter” ahead.

Pupils to go back to the classroom across England on Monday

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