Newspaper headlines: 'Whooping cough warning' and Friday ...

"Truancy up by a fifth on Fridays" is the headline in the Times. Education Secretary Gillian Keegan tells the paper that parents working from home have contributed to an "unacceptable rise" in pupils skipping school. Ms Keegan says 50,000 more children were absent at the end of the week, compared with Mondays. She added that it was time for parents to move on from Covid-era expectations, and that children with minor ailments should still attend school.