'What are you advising people getting their results tomorrow to do?' - @kategarraway
NUS President Larissa Kennedy is urging students to 'fight for the grades they deserve' as she calls for the issues and inequalities in the examination and assessment system to be addressed.
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.@Tru_Powell explains why he's nervous about the vaccine.
He says the govt's handling of the pandemic has had an impact as he asks 'how do we know this vaccine isn't another blunder'?
Tru, who says he's not an anti-vaxer, adds 'there's not enough data to support certain areas.'
'What do you think the reluctance to have the vaccine is?'
Labour councillor and former nurse @PauletteHamilto tells @kategarraway and Ben that the BAME community were 'disproportionately affected by the virus in the first place.'
She says the community want questions answered.
'We need to see and hear from those of colour. There's a lack of representation.'
@alexberesfordTV says that he would like to see people of colour talking about the vaccination and even see people in the BAME community taking the vaccine.
'Why have you left it so late in the school term to make this happen?'
Schools Minister @NickGibbUK says they have taken swift action amid criticism that the govt has given schools in England limited notice to arrange online learning for a staggered return in January.
'It's a muddle and a mess. Who made the decision to move schools?' - @kategarraway
Schools Minister @NickGibbUK responds to the confusion and anger over the govt's latest guidelines over schools.
First Minister of Scotland @NicolaSturgeon responds to @susannareid100's concerns about peoples' mental health after she imposed a ban on indoor visits between households in Scotland.
'A bit of empathy from leaders to the people right now goes a long way' - @piersmorgan
'We're all struggling with this. I don't think we should blame each other. We're all in this together. We will get through this' - @NicolaSturgeon
'I believe that what I have announced is necessary.'
On the subject on whether Boris Johnson is making the right decisions, @NicolaSturgeon tells @piersmorgan that she is 'responsible for her decisions' and she can only answer for the decisions she makes.
Students have been left in limbo after Ofqual retracted its appeal guidance.
Student Curtis Parfitt-Ford, who launched a legal bid against Ofqual, says no matter what happens now, there will be people who have been 'permanently affected' as a consequence of the decision.
Student Farjana Sayeed was predicted ABC. Instead, she received EEE.
She says that she was 'extremely upset' about her results and it had an impact on her self-esteem.
She says the A-Level results confusion has 'ruined a lot of futures.'
The Association of School & College Leaders' General Secretary Geoff Barton questions why young people in N.Ireland and Scotland are getting 'a greater sense of justice' over their exam results and students in England aren't.
The Public Accounts Committee report described the govt's response to the Covid crisis in the social care sector as 'slow and at times negligent.'
Chair of PAC @Meg_HillierMP says govt didn't think about 'knock-on effect' of protecting the NHS and they should've 'acted faster.'
'It’s the result of the way we organise social care.'
Baroness @rosaltmann says that even though we knew that the frailest elderly people were 'the most vulnerable', the aim of 'protecting the NHS overtook the protection of the lives of these people.'
'They didn't care...We are still second class citizens.'
Care home owner David Crabtree says that even though care homes are doing everything they can to control the coronavirus crisis, they still feel like they are 'the neglected service.'