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6.26pm BST

Here's an extract from the Guardian's leader on the exam results fiasco, just published:

...Nicola Sturgeon has rightly apologised on behalf of the Scottish government to pupils and on Tuesday, in an extraordinary U-turn, all the downgrades were reversed.

What a shambles. On Tuesday, the former Conservative education secretary Justine Greening described the government's approach in England as levelling down in action". Failing a pre-emptive U-turn in England, mitigating action must be urgently undertaken following Thursday's publication of results. The appeals process, only introduced last week under pressure from schools, must be made easy, broad-ranging and cheap to access. Schools should ensure the voices of families who might normally lack the self-confidence to challenge the system are heard. Too often, post-exam appeals are the province of middle-class parents who are not afraid to assert themselves.

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5.52pm BST

Katrina Stevens, the director of public health for Oldham councils, tells the Guardian that officials in the area are discussing with central government the closure of bars, restaurants and gyms following a sudden increase" in the infection rate.

Stevens said the numbers were absolutely something we're concerned about" and that, having levelled off a fortnight ago following its first spike, there had been a second sudden increase" in recent days.