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Head teachers, parents and teachers react to England's school shut-down plans.

The deal - yet to become a treaty - enables Spanish workers to continue entering Gibraltar freely.

A further 2,622 people have tested positive for coronavirus as Scots are urged to have a safe Hogmanay.

Jemma and Josh Copestake had been due to marry on Saturday but quickly brought the wedding forward.

Professor Hugh Montgomery told BBC Radio 5 Live hospitals were facing a "tsunami" of Covid cases and he feared it would get worse after New Year's Eve.

But there are fears bottlenecks in the system may hamper how fast NHS can deliver jabs.

One student says it feels like the city has "never come out" of lockdown.

A group of local ski students have been taking advantage of the winter snow on a closed mountain road.

As 2020 draws to a close temperatures in the UK drop and parts of the country are bathed in snow and frost.

Mekala Osborne was given a 5% chance of survival when she became became critically ill while travelling.

The Isles of Scilly are the only place in England currently under tier one restrictions.

Eight-year-old Milan Kumar's book is about a young boy spreading festive cheer during the pandemic.

Covid restrictions mean ringing in the new year will be a quieter affair for most.

Pledge over mass testing in schools as warning given not to mix for New Year's Eve celebrations.

An intensive care doctor tells BBC Radio 5 Live the rise in cases is down to people not social distancing.

Most pupils in Northern Ireland will not be returning to school in the first week of January as planned.

A spokesman for the hunt says it has "apologised unreservedly" to the cat's owner.

A protest group invites people to bring a bottle and "love and joy" to Brighton seafront.

The doctor leading the rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine calls it a "huge task".

Schools in 10 London boroughs will remain open despite tier-four restrictions across the capital.