5 STORIES COMING UP TODAY

SCHOOLS STAY SHUT

Lockdown measures will remain in place until at least March 8, Boris Johnson indicated as he earmarked that date for the reopening of England’s schools. The Prime Minister confirmed that hopes of pupils returning to class after the February halfterm have been abandoned.

MENTAL STRUGGLE

Mental health services are ‘nowhere near’ to meeting the needs of hundreds of thousands of children struggling through the pandemic, the Children’s commissioner has warned.

HOTEL ISOLATION

Travellers returning to the UK from ‘red list’ countries will be sent to quarantine hotels for 10 days, Boris Johnson has announced.

BORIS ACCUSED

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer criticised mistakes made by Boris Johnson during the pandemic, saying: “50,000 people have died since November 11 – 50,000 deaths in 77 days”.

SURVIVORS HAILED

The Duchess of Cambridge has paid tribute to Holocaust survivors for educating the next generation about the horrors of the Nazis. Kate was left visibly moved by the stories of Zigi Shipper, 91, and Manfred Goldberg, 90, who met as boys in a concentration camp but moved to the UK after liberation.