Online voices STORY:

No plan to provide free school meals over February half term.

Brian Wilkinson:

Why should they, the government already gives people child benefits for this, what are people spending this on?

Omniscient Observer 2.0: If you aren't being paid enough, that problem lies with your employer. Not poor people, struggling to feed their families. Openly condemning children being fed. I don’t need to say anything else.

Vickie Price: I’s not just ppl on universal credit that struggle to feed their kids, ppl are only on 80% furlough pay or no pay at all or lost their jobs, businesses can’t pay their rent or mortgage. Child benefit is 21.05 for your 1st child then 13.95 for your second could you feed and clothe a child for £13.95 a week?

STORY:

Anyone returning to the UK from “red list” countries will soon have to quarantine in a hotel.

Alison Mason: And so

Linda Groark: People will find a loophole and travel to other countries before coming back to England. No one in, no one out. Should have been enforced months ago.

David Miller: So we'll not be seeing any celebs, influencers or newsreaders on TV as they get marched off to Luton Travelodge!

Hilary Middlemass: Nobody should be coming in our country.

STORY:

More than 250 covid patients in Sunderland NHS Trust’s hospital beds.

Michelle Reed: When will people start to learn that this is not a joke, this pandemic is real!

What’s your best Lego creation?

Gemma Holmes:

If anyone’s bored and needs more to keep them busy, build my 9 old daughter’s Harry Potter owl and castle, she’d love someone to build it for her.