It's a call parents dread... being told a child must isolate because they are a contact of a confirmed coronavirus case at school. With frustration building over disruption to pupils' education - and their parents' working lives - England's children's commissioner says the bubble system should end as soon as possible. The new health secretary, Sajid Javid, says he will address the issue, raising the prospect it could be scrapped by the autumn.
Mr Javid says he's seeking "fresh advice" ahead of discussions with the education secretary "to see what more we can do". UK figures due later are likely to reveal a further rise in the number of pupils at home, with last week's showing more than 250,000 children were absent because of Covid - the vast majority close contacts of positive cases. The Department for Education says to keep as many children as possible in class, ministers have asked secondary schools to prepare to offer on-site testing in the autumn. Schools have broken up in Scotland, where ministers are reviewing their approach. In Wales, the education minister says he is looking at ways to ensure the number of pupils isolating is not disproportionate.

Research at a hospital that upgraded staff face coverings suggests close-fit FFP3 masks - which are designed to filter out airborne virus particles - could provide up to 100% protection. After finding staff on Covid wards faced a risk 47 times higher than colleagues on wards kept free from infection, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust issued FFP3 masks during December's second coronavirus wave. The rate of infections dropped to the level on non-Covid wards. While the paper is yet to be peer-reviewed, it adds weight to calls from the Royal College of Nursing and others to provide more than the standard surgical masks. The government says it continually monitors emerging evidence.

For Gareth Southgate, England's Euro 2020 last-16 tie with Germany tonight - previewed here - offers a chance to "make some history". His players, he hopes, will provide fans with some happy memories to exorcise the ghosts of penalty-shootout defeats, the last of which saw him miss the crucial spot-kick. As the England manager points out, quite a few of his squad weren't born then - including Bukayo Saka, who tells Kelly Somers about his outstanding GCSE grades and less-than-stellar golf. Meanwhile, in his BBC Sport column, Germany's Euro 96-winning captain Jurgen Klinsmann says it's another England youngster - Borussia Dortmund forward Jadon Sancho - who his compatriots really fear.

Several of Tuesday's front pages lead with the new health secretary's confirmation that the final easing of lockdown measures in England remains set for 19 July. "Bring it on!" declares the Daily Mail. The Financial Times says Sajid Javid made a sharp break with the tone of his predecessor, Matt Hancock, while the Daily Express labels the new man "Mr Optimism". The i reports Mr Javid's statement to MPs, in which he said: "We cannot simply eliminate the virus - we have to learn to live with it."

A bizarre own goal, a wonder strike, late heroics from substitutes, missed penalties and a giant killing... Euro 2020 served up what might just have been the greatest day in the tournament's history on Monday. Relive the experience. Plus, we hear from the man who penned the BBC's "epic" theme song for the championship - Frenchman Gaspard Augé.

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