lisa summers, bbc news. a levels will be awarded in england. students will receive grades based on teachers' assessment of their work. let's get all the details from our education editor, branwen jeffreys. what has been decided in england? there is a process, the first involves teachers and schools, so teachers will be asked to think about what grades they would have expected students to get by the time of the exams, taking everything into account. so that could be coursework, previous mock results, but also things like participation. if you are doing a subject like pe ordrama if you are doing a subject like pe or drama where there is a practical element. and then on top of that, schools and teachers are going to be asked to rank their students in each subject from top to bottom, so that they get some idea of roughly what proportion they are putting into each kind of area. after that, that goesin each kind of area. after that, that goes in strict confidence, so pupils and families will not be told what teach

lisa summers, bbc news. let's focus now on how the coronavirus is affecting the care sector.canterbury. good afternoon to you both. thank you for coming tojoin good afternoon to you both. thank you for coming to join us. good afternoon to you both. thank you for coming tojoin us. 0ut good afternoon to you both. thank you for coming to join us. out of particularly angela, out of a very busy schedule and, suzanne, you would normally be extremely busy. i wonder if i could start by asking, angela first, what your days are like at the moment with these very increased demands on you? angela. nothing much has changed really. we are nothing much has changed really. we a re really, really nothing much has changed really. we are really, really well supported by the office and we have lots and lots of ppe. we are in contact with the office all the time. they are really, really supportive. 0bviously, really, really supportive. obviously, it is a problem for our clients, lots of them are really worried about this virus at the moment. but we are trying to keep things as cheerful and as pos

first up, lisa summers from the bbc. thank you for addressing the issue of ppe.ottish government increase production of perhaps more sophisticated ppe so everyone can have a better level of protection? the guidance that has been issued is guidance issued on a uk wide basis by all four nations. that guidance was informed by expert input so this is not guidance that governments alone have put together. it has expert basis to it. there was a concern expressed , expert basis to it. there was a concern expressed, i think it was from yesterday, it was one of the concerns that a letter has gone out from the chief nursing officer here, it makes it seem that the guidance has been diluted in scotland. that is not the intention. we want to address if it is open to that interpretation, want to fix that. in terms of the quality of ppe, we are dealing with supply, distribution, guidance and quality is another one. we are seeking to maximise all of the supply routes for ppe and we will do that domestically as well as internationally. there are global constraints on the supplies

i'm going to move now to lisa summers from bbc scotland. health care workers who have died?” not had number of scotland health care workers who have died? i want to go into that directly. i think i gave some of the rationale of this last week. i will do so again. on the face covering, let me say as is the face covering, let me say as is the case with so many aspects of how we deal with this virus, this guidance may well evolve and develop. we are not making it mandatory right now because as i said, the evidence is not overwhelming about this. given that there evidence has or might be some benefit, in limited circumstances that we have suggested, we are recommending that people use these face coverings. if you are in an enclosed space with other people and it is not easy to keep the two metres distance. the examples i gave our public transport and shopping, but of course that is not exhaustive. enclosed space with other people where you feel you may be coming into close contact. i stress again, that under the current rules, you should not be

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