emma simpson, bbc news, sutton coldfield.his week, with many covid restrictions still in place. secondary school pupils must still wear a mask in the classroom. but entire classes will no longer have to isolate if one pupil tests positive for coronavirus. our scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie reports. the excitement and anticipation of a new term. most restrictions in secondary schools, including wearing a face covering, remain in place. for these older students it's already very familiar. so i'm really relaxed about it considering before we stopped injune and previous to that it was the same restrictions coming in, sanitising your hands, going straight to your classroom, wearing a facemask and social distancing from your teachers, which this will stay the same, so there's nothing much changing. i don't really like having to still wear a mask but i feel like having the desk sanitised and everything sanitised, basically, is safer, so that's good. how hopeful are you that you are going to be able to sit traditional exam

emma simpson, bbc news, sutton coldfield.a new term for pupils at st benedict's high school in linwood, near glasgow. they are already used to the restrictions that remain in place. i'm really relaxed about it, considering before we stopped injune and previous to that, it was, like, the same restrictions coming in, sanitising your hands, going straight to your classroom, wearing your facemask and social distancing from your teachers. this will all stay the same so there is nothing much changing. as long as we're not going back into that level of kind of lockdowns and schools being shut, then i'm happy to take part in any restrictions. i think that is what is most important. i think that's why the restrictions are still in place. how hopeful are you that you are going to be able to sit traditional exams at the end of this year? i want to do them and i'm, like, excited and i'm hopeful that we actually get the chance this year to do them. i would hope they go ahead because i've still not experienced being in an exam hall yet. i

emma simpson, bbc news, sutton coldfield.the chief executive of nimax theatres which is made up of six london playhouses incuding the apollo and the lyric. what impact do you think this change in rules will have on covid infections? $5 in rules will have on covid infections?— in rules will have on covid infections? a ., , ~ infections? as long as people think of this as one _ infections? as long as people think of this as one of— infections? as long as people think of this as one of their _ infections? as long as people think of this as one of their majors - infections? as long as people think of this as one of their majors of- of this as one of their majors of the previous isolation, as part of a suite of things we can be done, the impact might be quite modest, the reason being it is incredibly important we don'tjust reason being it is incredibly important we don't just fix reason being it is incredibly important we don'tjust fix one particular intervention such as staying at home if you are a close contact and that being re

emma simpson, bbc news, sutton coldfield. the news at six with reeta chakrabarti.nd, but even we have had the sunshine, still not that one for this time of the year, and further west where we have seen on that cloud continuing... a bit more rain and drizzle back in from the northwest, some missed and some fogged over the hills and western areas, a mild night, yes, and it will be milder in the northwest of scotland. this is the weather pattern for tuesday. this is the wind flow around it. it is taking a long track, picking up this moisture, hence all the cloud in the forecast, and within that northwesterly airflow, these what difference or bring the rain overnight. that will still be around here and there. the worst of this rain will probably tend to move away, still living with some damp weather here and there, they will brighten up a bit towards the west country and for eastern parts of scotland as well with some sunshine post of these areas have been more sheltered from that. make it feel on the chilly side, under the cloud, many of us will be under the cloud, te

emma simpson, bbc news, sutton coldfield.est, they just want to reassure themselves. i5 they just want to reassure themselves.— they just want to reassure themselves. , ., ., themselves. is what the government is sa ini is themselves. is what the government is saying is that _ themselves. is what the government is saying is that people _ themselves. is what the government is saying is that people are _ themselves. is what the government is saying is that people are being - is saying is that people are being advised they can take a free pcr test, and they don't have to self—isolate while they are waiting for that result, and then, fingers crossed, they have a negative result and they can go back to work or whatever. and businesses, as emma was saying, have been really badly affected by this. there was a period where exemptions were brought in to key workers, but there are many in various industries, not least our guest nick alan, who is the british meat processing association chief executive. your business was very badly effec