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- Children from better-off families spend 30% more time on home learning than those from poorer families, according to new research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
- Missing a third of a year of school could cut pupils’ lifetime earnings by 4%, a German study says. More below.
- More than 500,000 people have accessed a suicide prevention course over the past three weeks, according to a suicide prevention charity.
- Trains in England are running at increased frequency and stations have put in place crowd control measures. The controls come in anticipation of greater passenger numbers after lockdown was eased last week.
- Some 30 million vaccine doses could be ready by September, Business Secretary Alok Sharma has claimed – if UK trials prove successful.
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