Most pupils across the UK have not been in school since before the Christmas holidays - and now Tory MPs are calling for a "routemap" for the reopening of schools in England.
Pupils have been told they will be learning from home until at least the Februrary half-term holidays. And Education Secretary Gavin Williamson says schools will be given at least two weeks' notice to reopen - which he "hopes" will happen before Easter. So, with no firm timetable, the chairman of the education select committee, Robert Halfon, has called for a plan to be laid out to MPs. He has asked for an urgent question in the Commons - if granted, Mr Williamson must respond.
No part of the UK has yet announced a firm date for schools' reopening - you can read about the different nations' plans here. And, with this summer's exams already cancelled, here's the alternative assessment plan in England.

The UK must reform how it is governed or risk becoming a "failed state", former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown has warned. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, he says Covid has exposed "tensions" between Whitehall and the nations and regions. Recent polls have suggested rising support for Scottish independence - and a potential border vote in Northern Ireland. "The complaint is that Whitehall does not fully understand the country it is supposed to govern," says Mr Brown.

France's top medical adviser says a third national lockdown will probably soon be needed to combat Covid-19. A strict curfew was implemented last weekend, but cases continue to climb. Prof Jean-Francois Delfraissy says "there is an emergency", with the "UK variant" now making up between 7-9% of cases in some French regions. The French government is expected to meet on Wednesday to decide on further measures.

The continuing school closure leads the Sun, Metro, Guardian, and Telegraph. The Sun's headline urges ministers to "Get Kids Vacc To School" by getting teachers vaccinated as soon as possible. Read all the front pages here.

After some Monday morning inspiration? Here's a man who learned to read at 54 - and here's another who invited hundreds of thousands of strangers to dinner. Meanwhile, here's the story of the missing Australian who survived for 18 days on mushrooms and dam water.

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