Get the M.E.N.'s Manchester Family newsletter for all the latest from back to school news to ways to entertain the kids A mum and campaigner is calling on parents to keep their children off school to highlight the risks they are facing because of Covid.
Lisa Diaz, from Wigan, is a member of the #SafeEdForAll group, which has been calling for greater mitigation measures to prevent the transmission of Covid in schools.
Furious at 'cases ripping through schools and no action being taken' she is planning a national strike day this Friday, October 1.
The mum-of-two, who has kept her children off school throughout the pandemic, has been tweeting videos to the government in an attempt to push for better safety measures. Read more: Worry as school