Parents should be "reassured" Covid-19 has not caused the deaths of any otherwise healthy schoolchildren in the UK, researchers say. Children's risk of needing hospital treatment for coronavirus is "tiny", says a study of 651 children with coronavirus in hospitals in England, Wales and Scotland. Only 18% needed intensive care. Six died in hospital and each had "profound" underlying health conditions. However, the report, in the British Medical Journal, identifies a higher risk for black children, those who are obese and very young babies.
It comes as a National Association of Head Teachers survey suggests 97% of schools in England and Wales are ready to welcome back young people full-time next week. Schools are staggering lunch, break and start times and stepping up cleaning. Nearly all have created "bubble" groups of pupils, erected signs to direct pupils around the school and installed extra hand washing and sanitisation stations, the survey of 4,000 heads suggests.
"Please do not let the very public political difficulties and argument cloud your confidence in schools," says general secretary Paul Whiteman. "With co-operation and understanding between home and school, we can achieve the very best return possible despite the political noise." However, he calls for detailed plans to be provided about how schools should respond in the event of further lockdowns.
The number of confirmed daily UK cases of coronavirus rose on Thursday to 1,522 - up from 1,048 on the previous day and the highest tally since mid-June. A number of areas have seen a spike in infections, with Birmingham and Northampton the latest places affected. New figures from the weekly testing of people in thousands of private households by the Office for National Statistics - seen as the most accurate picture of new infections - are expected later.

After a swift and very public trial in Greece resulted in a 21-month suspended prison sentence, Manchester United captain Harry Maguire offers his version of the night he was arrested on Mykonos. In an emotional interview, the England international denies being drunk, throwing punches or trying to bribe police, and says he owes no-one an apology. "An apology is something when you have done something wrong," argues the defender. Maguire's legal team have lodged an appeal which, under Greek law, nullifies his conviction for offences including repeated bodily harm and attempted bribery and triggers a retrial in a more senior court. Maguire insists plain-clothed police officers did not identify themselves, pulled over his group's minibus in Mykonos, threw him off the bus, hit him on his legs and told him his career was over - a version dispute by Greek police. The 27-year-old said he tried to run away - with one handcuff on - because he had no idea who the men were. "I was in that much of a panic. Fear. Scared for my life," he says. Read the full interview.

Get ready to hear a lot about the US presidential election. Our North America reporter Anthony Zurcher says Donald Trump fired not so much a starting gun as a "political blunderbuss" on the 10-week race for the White House, when he used his speech at the Republican convention to suggest his Democratic challenger Joe Biden could "demolish" the American dream. As the president put it: "Your vote will decide whether we protect law-abiding Americans, or whether we give free rein to violent anarchists, agitators and criminals who threaten our citizens." However, Mr Biden, who has a steady single-digit lead over Mr Trump, responded by tweeting: "When Donald Trump says tonight you won't be safe in Joe Biden's America, look around and ask yourself: How safe do you feel in Donald Trump's America?"

Figures for coronavirus deaths at individual care homes are being "kept secret" in order to "protect providers' commercial interests", reports the Guardian. It says regulators are "refusing to make public which homes or providers had the most deaths, amid fears it could undermine the UK's care system, which relies on private operators". The Care Quality Commission fears "standards would drop and the number of beds available would fall if mortality rates were revealed", suggests the i. Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph says a publicity campaign is to encourage people back to the office, amid warnings that working from home "will make people more vulnerable to being sacked". The prime minister faces pressure from senior Tories to get people back to work, says the Times. The paper says the issue has split the cabinet. Read the review.

What do dancing fatbergs, monkey puppets and angry cavemen have in common? They have all featured in videos accompanying songs by the band Everything Everything. Ahead of the release of their fifth album, read why they became the kings of the bizarre video. And, as it's Friday, you can test your knowledge in our quiz of the week's news.

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