The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)

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“I will not apologise for being enthusiast­ic to ensure that we had been able to be in a position to roll out exams – but we do recognise where we are as a result of this pandemic, we have to take a different course and that is why we’re taking the route we are” - Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announces GCSE, AS and A-level exams in England will be replaced by school-based assessment­s. “Our emergence from the lockdown cocoon will not be a big bang but a gradual unwrapping”

- Boris Johnson warns it will take time to ease lockdown restrictio­ns in England which could be in place until the end of March.

“So, so sad to hear about the passing of this legend, the man who installed Gastronomy in Britain, we’ve shared the same office for the last decade and walking up those stairs today is going to be really difficult, thank you Albert for everything you gave me, God Bless you Chef” - Gordon Ramsay pays tribute to chef and restaurate­ur Albert Roux following his death aged 85. “We hear every day he (Mr Johnson) wishes to save lives due to coronaviru­s. He has it in his power today to save my son’s life and 40 other children who are on this medicine. I want him to show that he wants to talk to the Dutch authoritie­s to find a solution for us and not just to try to brush us under the carpet like we don’t matter” - Hannah Deacon, mother of nineyear-old Alfie Dingley who has a rare form of epilepsy, warns her son’s life is at risk because his medical cannabis can no longer be imported from the Netherland­s due to Brexit.

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