THE UK’S AANTNT CHILDREN’S IINSIDE!NSIDE! YYOUROUR AANDND DDECEC NEWSPAPER WWORLDORLD BBOOKOOK DDAYAY AARERE BBACKACK WITH MORE THAN DDAVIDAVID WWALLIAMSALLIAMS 2.6 MILLION* TTOKEN!OKEN! PP2424 PP1515 READERS! OONN TTOUROUR PP1414 Issue 766 £2.25 19 – 25 February 2021 HHELPINGELPING TTHEHE UUKK GGROWROW NEWS I SPORTS I ENTERTAINMENT I INTERVIEWS I PUZZLES I COMPETITIONS CCHILDREN’SHILDREN’S OH, VVACCINEACCINE TTRIALRIAL WOW! BBEGINSEGINS byb Shelley Moulden A SCIENTIST has worked oout the total volume of theth new coronavirus in ƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚʹĂŶĚŝƚĮƚƐƚŚ insidein a drink can (with lotslo of room to spare)! Senior lecturer in ŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐĂůďŝŽůŽŐLJĂƚŵ ƚŚĞhŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJŽĨĂƚŚ͕ƚŚ <ŝƚzĂƚĞƐ͕ǁĂƐƚĂƐŬĞĚǁŝƚŚ<ŝ ĮŶĚŝŶŐŽƵƚŚŽǁŵĂŶLJĮŶ ^Z^ͲŽsͲϮ;ĐŽƌŽŶĂǀŝƌƵƐͿ^ ƉĂƌƟĐůĞƐƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞŝŶƚŚĞƉĂ ǁŽƌůĚďLJZĂĚŝŽϰ͘,Ğǁ OXFORD University has launched a new study to test the calculatedca that there are COVID-19 vaccine on children. ƌŽƵŐŚůLJϮϬϬŵŝůůŝŽŶďŝůůŝŽŶƌŽ dŚĞƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJƐĂLJƐŝƚŝƐƚĞƐƟŶŐƚŚĞƐĂĨĞƚLJŽĨƚŚĞǀĂĐĐŝŶĞŝƚŵĂĚĞ ǀŝƌƵƐƉĂƌƟĐůĞƐŝŶƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚǀŝ ǁŝƚŚƐƚƌĂĞŶĞĐĂŽŶƐŝdžƚŽϭϳͲLJĞĂƌͲŽůĚƐ͕ĂŶĂŐĞŐƌŽƵƉŚŝƚŚĂƌĚďLJ ĂƚĂŶLJŽŶĞƟŵĞ͘/ƚ͛ƐĂŚƵŐĞĂƚ school closures. 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BIG NEWS FirstNews Issue 766 19 – 25 February 2021 MENTAL HEALTH TTOPOP MENTAL HEALTH iStock TTIPSIPS FROMFROM DDRR ALEXALEX Dr Alex George/Instagram Dr Alex 'ĞƩLJ A TERRIBLE TIME FOR TEACHERS d,'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚŚĂƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚƉĂƌƚͲƟŵĞΘĚŽĐƚŽƌĂŶĚĨŽƌŵĞƌƌĞĂůŝƚLJdsĐŽŶƚĞƐƚĂŶƚ A NEW survey has revealed that Dr Alex George as its Youth Mental Health Ambassador. teachers are really struggling mentally Dr Alex has been working hard Dr Alex, which you can watch at Ahead of an announcement and physically with the challenges of to promote good mental health ĮƌƐƚ͘ŶĞǁƐͬĚƵĐĂƟŽŶds right now on Monday 22 February that teaching through lockdown. 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