A serial domestic abuser who threatened to kill his partner and held a knife to her throat was one of the criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this week.
18.07.2022 - 18:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Schools across Greater Manchester have announced closures and early finish times amid the heatwave. Extreme temperatures have been affecting the region, where a rare red weather warning is in place until Tuesday night.
We reported earlier how schools said they were putting measures in place to prepare for the unprecedented heat. This included moving pupils out of classrooms and cancelling PE lessons.
But for some schools have now decided to either shorten the school day, or keep pupils at home altogether.
Read more: Greater Manchester's hour-by-hour Monday weather forecast as red warning in place
Bridge Hall Primary School in Stockport closed early today - shutting at 1.30pm - and will be doing the same tomorrow. Asking for children to arrive for 8.30am, it said in a letter to parents: "We know that the classrooms get hotter in the afternoon and so we will be closing the school early, at 1.30pm, on Monday and Tursday."
Lime Tree Primary Academy, in Sale Moor, Trafford, is also closing from 12 noon on Tuesday, with Trafford Council saying it was an 'operational decision' taken by the leadership and Bright Futures Educational Trust.
And Sale High has decided it is safer to close altogether on Tuesday.
In a message sent to parents shortly before 2pm on Monday, headteacher Jayne O'Grady said: "As the day has progressed, the temperature within the building has obviously increased. We started this morning with a cool building, as the heat builds, we can predict that the temperature overnight will not drop sufficiently enough to cool the building, and tomorrow is due to be even hotter.
"Therefore, with regret, I have made the decision that it will not be in the best interest of students or staff to attend tomorrow."
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A serial domestic abuser who threatened to kill his partner and held a knife to her throat was one of the criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this week.
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