After 10 weeks of learning at home it was back to the classroom for some children as almost half of Norfolk’s primary schools reopened for more pupils.

A five-year strategy has set out Norfolk’s ambition to transform the support autistic people, their families and carers can access.

Schools are set to reopen to more children after half-term but more in Norfolk have confirmed they will not be ready to welcome back pupils on June 1.

A system to find people who have come into close contact with people with coronavirus has started in a bid to control the spread of the virus and help ease lockdown restrictions.

A group representing school leaders in Norfolk has penned an open letter to parents dispelling rhetoric that teachers are blocking school reopenings and urging them to trust headteachers.

Secondary schools should only have a quarter of year 10 and year 12 pupils in at any one time to reduce coronavirus transmission risks, the Government’s new guidance says.

People have been urged to continue to stick to coronavirus guidance despite fears the case of the UK government’s senior aide Dominic Cummings may see an erosion of public confidence in the rules.

Headteachers have warned children could be getting “part-time education” for some time, at a debate focused on the reopening of schools in Norfolk.

The Government’s plan to potentially start allowing children in reception, year one and six to return to school from June 1 has received mixed reactions.

Young people from across Norfolk are still facing long waits for mental health treatment despite improvements to services, the makers of a new documentary highlighting the issue have warned.

Headteachers and the Norfolk representative of the biggest teachers’ union are set to join parents for a virtual video debate of the reopening of schools.

Almost two thirds of parents in Norfolk believe that children should not return to school until September.

Teachers and support staff should ask dozens of questions about safety before schools decide to open their doors to more pupils next month, according to the latest guidance from education unions.

The UK’s latest daily coronavirus death toll was the lowest since lockdown began, with 160 deaths recorded.

Coronavirus deaths in the UK have risen to at least 33,186 after 494 more fatalities were recorded in hospitals in the last 24 hours.

The government is aiming to see all primary school children spend a month back at school before the summer holidays, according to its updated guidance.

Online funerals, personalised services and protective gear for staff are among the lengths funeral directors are having to go to give meaningful ways for mourners to say goodbye to loved ones.

Headteachers have said plans for primary children to start returning to the classroom from June 1 needs to be proved to be safe and workable amid concerns over social distancing young pupils and staff.

Young children could start returning to nurseries in from June 1, with the aim for all primary school pupils to go back for a month before summer.

Enforcing new looser lockdown guidelines could prove “impossible” when some people have shown they “don’t have much common sense”, Norfolk Police Federation has warned.

Police searches in a Norfolk town have uncovered drug and weapons offences.

Households are being urged to continue to adhere to coronavirus restrictions over the bank holiday weekend amid fears some may be tempted to break the rules by warm weather and talk of easing lockdown.

Relaxing stay-at-home orders and allowing some non-essential businesses to reopen are the lowest risk measures to get the UK out of lockdown, according to research from the University of East Anglia.

Norfolk Guides are inviting people to relive history at a special online camp over the VE weekend.

Prime minister Boris Johnson is to announce on Sunday his plans to restart the economy and ease lockdown restrictions.

Lockdown restrictions could be eased for outdoor activities, officials have indicated as the UK’s declared death toll from coronavirus passed Italy’s.

The UK now has the highest death toll in Europe from coronavirus after new official figures revealed that more than 32,000 people have died from the virus.

Reopening schools prematurely could risk creating a spike in the transmission of Covid-19, teaching unions have warned.

Six more people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in Norfolk’s hospitals.

The Government claims it has hit its target for 100,000 coronavirus tests per day, as it confirmed another 739 had died from the disease.