Millions of children in England will step back into the classroom today, many for the first time in six months. Things will look and feel different, with measures like staggered start times, one-way systems and restrictions on mixing with other year groups. For teachers, the job begins of assessing how much their pupils need to catch up. The learning gap between rich and poor pupils grew by almost half during lockdown, according to one survey.
Attendance is compulsory, but in Scotland, where schools returned several weeks ago, official statistics show one in 10 pupils is absent. Children in Northern Ireland have already returned, and those in Wales do so later this week.
Read more on what schools plan to do if any children test positive for coronavirus. We also have some advice if your child is anxious about going back.

The reopening of schools comes as hundreds of thousands of people in Glasgow and two neighbouring areas wake up to the return of some lockdown measures. Following a rise in coronavirus cases, they're being told not to mix with people from other households inside homes. Only essential indoor visits are allowed in hospitals and care homes. Prof Linda Bauld, a public health expert at the University of Edinburgh, said she hoped it would serve as a wake-up call for the region.
Meanwhile, local restrictions affecting more than a million people in parts of Greater Manchester, Lancashire and West Yorkshire have been eased - despite strong opposition from two councils. Bolton and Trafford fear case numbers in their areas are still too high and have asked to keep measures in place.
The UK government and the devolved administrations will hold urgent discussions later about introducing new quarantine measures for travellers. Scotland and Wales have already set out different rules for people arriving from Greece, and travel firm Tui has cancelled all holidays to a party resort on the island of Zante because of customers flouting virus safety measures. Ministers are also concerned about a rise in cases in Portugal, less than two weeks after travel to the country was opened up.

Campaigners representing families whose loved ones have died from coronavirus have accused Boris Johnson of being "heartless" after he declined to meet them. The prime minister had said he would "of course" meet anyone in their position, but days later wrote to them saying he was "unable" to do so.
Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, which says it represents 1,600 families, is calling for an urgent, independent, judge-led public inquiry into the pandemic response. More specifically, they want that inquiry to have the power to subpoena people and take evidence under oath.

Children might be back in the classroom, but what about commuters returning to the office, ask the papers? The Daily Mail features an empty station at rush hour and asks why attempts to get people back to the workplace have "stalled". A survey for the i suggests concerns about the health risks of using public transport are a key factor. The Daily Telegraph accuses the government of a "lacklustre campaign to reassure commuters". Elsewhere, columnists speculate about how much longer Gavin Williamson might stay in his job. For the Times's Quentin Letts, the education secretary stood in the Commons on Tuesday "with shoulders hunched, as if expecting to be clanged over the head by a frying pan at any moment". But for the Guardian's John Crace, he's the "classic useful idiot", adding: "Sack him now and there's no-one but Boris left to take the hit." Finally, Olympic boxer Nicola Adams is set to make British TV history, according to the Daily Mirror, as she will become the first Strictly Come Dancing star to dance in a same-sex partnership.

Opioid deaths have been rising in Canada, notably in the province of British Columbia, so is enough being done to tackle this second public health crisis? Elsewhere, black American playwright Lee Edward Colston discusses how it feels to have a name connected to the slave trader whose statue was recently toppled in Bristol. And finally, a new breed of app is allowing people to go on live video dates, while others watch on. Would you try it?

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