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Chancellor Rishi Sunak said there was not a clear-cut case for a lockdown in September (Tolga Akmen/PA)

Rishi Sunak says circuit break September lockdown was not ‘clear-cut case’

March 31, 2021

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Jenny Harries (Hannah Mckay/PA)

Pupils may be forced to leave class in next fortnight as testing gets under way

March 8, 2021

Children are returning to school for the first time since December (Danny Lawson/PA)

Millions of children back in class as lockdown restrictions begin to ease

March 8, 2021

People arriving from countries on a ‘red list’ will be required to self-isolate in a hotel for 10 days from February 15 (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Minutes show Sage warned ‘complete’ border closure needed to stop new variants

February 5, 2021

Scientists said there needed to be a gradual easing out of lockdown to prevent a resurgence of cases (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Scientific advisers warn against easing lockdown restrictions too quickly

February 5, 2021

Scientists cautioned against lifting lockdown too soon (PA)

Government scientists resist calls to lift lockdown restrictions quickly

February 5, 2021

Leah McCallum (left) and Rebecca Ross, S4 students at St Columba’s High School, Gourock, put on their protective face masks (Jane Barlow/PA)

What is the science behind Covid-19 and schools?

January 25, 2021

Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance is part of the group (PA)

Government publishes partial list of Sage membership

May 4, 2020