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New Covid-19 cases reported in schools and workplaces amid government rush to force workers and children back to normal
Social distancing signs at the Jewellery Quarter Academy in Birmingham

NEW coronavirus infections have been reported at two Bradford schools and Jaguar Land Rover’s plant at Solihull amid the government’s rush to force employees back to work and children into schools.

Leaders have warned that the news brings the threat of new local lockdowns.

In Leeds, West Yorkshire, civic leaders and public-health officials said that the city could face renewed restrictions. 

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