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4.47pm GMT

According to the Financial Times (paywall), which says it has been briefed by several Whitehall officials", cabinet ministers agreed this afternoon that primary and secondary schools would probably close until the mid-February half-term break".

4.29pm GMT

Schools in Wales will begin to reopen this month unless the evidence about the new strain of coronavirus changes, the country's health minister, Vaughan Gething, has said.

Some schools in Wales are preparing to resume face-to-face learning as early as Wednesday, in line with the government's current plan to allow them to choose when to reopen ahead of an expected full return by 18 January.