Coronavirus: Ayrshire school closed until after the Christmas holidays

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterAyrshire has recorded a record-breaking 225 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours.It's the largest single-day rise in cases since the pandemic arrived in the region in March.A further seven Covid deaths have also been recorded in the area, new Scottish Government figures show.Three were recorded in South Ayrshire and two apiece in North and East Ayrshire.There are now 162 people battling

It looks like Khloe Kardashian, 36, is making her two-year-old daughter True Thompson a priority this holiday week! The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star took to Instagram on Dec. 28 to share a new sexy snapshot of herself posing topless in Good American jeans and brown heeled boots and revealed to a fan that she’s taking a “little social media break” to spend time with the tot.

Jamie Laing has been accused of flouting Tier 4 rules by spending Christmas in the Cotswolds, days after saying he would be stuck in London.The Strictly Come Dancing star previously said he was spending the festive season at his Chelsea home. It came after strict new rules banned those in the capital from travelling after 20 December – five days before Christmas.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are in for yet another complicated Christmas. The former A-list pair, who announced their split in September 2016, "are still raging" about their ongoing divorce and custody battle and many of their issues remain unresolved and stagnant for the most part, according to Page Six.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterPlans to build a new £14.5 million school in Irvine moved a stage further this week.North Ayrshire Council want to build a primary school and early years centre which will serve the Montgomerie Park and Knadgerhill areas of the town.And on Friday the council found out it had been successful in a funding bid that will help develop their plans.Plans for a new non-denominational school – to satisfy an

Social distance concerns were raised after Edinburgh-bound Scots were crammed onto an overcrowded bus after an issue with an EasyJet plane. After arriving at Bristol airport for an essential work trip on Monday, Colette Walters and her colleague Cieran Fisher were set to fly to the capital at 7am.

government this week announced mass testing in secondaries and colleges from January.

Kilmarnock school has been forced to close early for Christmas following a surge in coronavirus infections.Annanhill Primary will switch to remote learning ahead of the festive holidays.In a letter to parents, the school's headteacher admitted that it was "very difficult for us to continue in a safe way."Emma Johnstone added: "I am unfortunately writing to inform you of a school closure."It is with deep regret that the school is now in a position where it will be very difficult for us to

direct to your inboxBubble closures have become the norm at many of Greater Manchester's schools leaving parents struggling to get to work.If a child is sent home from school, it's only them who needs to isolate and the rest of the family can go about their usual business.But when the closures involve younger pupils, someone needs to be with that child, so unless one parent either doesn't work or works from home, many families are finding it increasingly difficult.So what are your rights if you

coronavirus pandemic. Pupils at St Matthew's Academy in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire will take part in remote learning from Monday until the festive break officially begins on December 23.

Bury were today told that they'll now be working from home for the whole of next week. It comes after we reported on Tuesday how 27 students had tested positive for the virus in a week and the school had its highest rate of staff absences, with 25 of them off.

after facing a backlash for sharing an anti-vaccine video.The Black Panther star tweeted a link to a YouTube video that featured presenter Tomi Arayomi questioning the safety of vaccines for COVID-19.

Children throughout the U.S. are being harmed by being kept out of school in response to the coronavirus pandemic, even though the overwhelming majority don’t face a significant risk from the virus.

Letitia Wright is done with social media for now.