Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the citySalford council will support schools which decide it is not safe to reopen due to Covid, the city's mayor and his deputy have said in a letter to the government.The local authority will support any school leader who determines that it is not safe to open their school following a risk assessment, according to the letter sent on Sunday to the Secretary of State for Education, Gavin Williamson.It comes after the University of Salford has asked students not to return to campus or their term-time accommodation until January 25 at the earliest.Mayor Paul Dennett and his deputy John Merry, the councillor responsible for children's and young people's services.
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