Covid UK: Head teachers slam ‘frankly ludicrous’ government plans to roll-out rapid mass tests

School leaders have slammed ‘frankly ludicrous’ government plans to roll-out rapid mass Covid testing in schools across the country in just days. The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) said government guidance on rapid tests ‘doesn’t take us much further forward because it ignores the fact that this plan and timescale are totally unrealistic’.  Meanwhile … Read more

‘Frankly we should all be ashamed’: NHS boss slams panic-buyers

The government has pleaded with panic-buyers to ‘calm down’ and consider more vulnerable people in the coronavirus emergency before clearing the nation’s supermarket aisles. Environment Secretary George Eustice said there is ‘more than enough food to go around’ but said greedy shoppers are leaving people, including frontline NHS staff, with empty trolleys. Speaking from Downing … Read more