Exclusive: Research shows extent to which schools are struggling to provide qualified teachers for every class Hundreds of thousands of pupils in England and Wales are being educated “on the cheap” by low-paid teaching assistants (TAs) covering lessons for teachers who are off sick or have quit, according to new […]
Monarch to resume public-facing engagements after palace says doctors ‘very encouraged’ by his progress King Charles, who is being treated for cancer, is to return to public duties, with doctors pleased and “very encouraged” by his progress and “positive” about his continued recovery, Buckingham Palace has said. Charles, who announced […]
Top UN demining official outlines scale of devastation as Egypt officials fly into Israel in attempt to revive ceasefire talks See all our Israel-Gaza war coverage Israel’s war in Gaza has created 37m tonnes of debris, much of it laced with unexploded bombs, which could take more than a decade […]
Singer had appealed 2022 conviction by a Chicago jury stating Illinois’s shorter statute of limitations applied to his case The singer R Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sexual abuse convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. Jurors in 2022 convicted the […]
Federal transportation agency finds Tesla’s claims about feature don’t match their findings and opens second investigation US auto-safety regulators said on Friday that their investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot had identified at least 13 fatal crashes in which the feature had been involved. The investigation also found the electric carmaker’s claims […]
Stark new projections suggest annual admissions will rise to 151,000, costing the NHS and economy £75bn The number of people in the UK experiencing a stroke will increase more than 50% to 151,000 a year by 2035, costing the NHS and the economy £75bn in healthcare and lost productivity, stark […]
Former coalition partners’ decision brings Scottish first minister to brink of losing vote, which could make his position untenable Explainer: what was the SNP and Greens’ deal? Humza Yousaf could be forced to quit as Scotland’s first minister after the Scottish Greens announced they would back a motion of no […]
About 1,000 US troops will support the military construction efforts, but Joe Biden has ordered them not to set foot on the Gaza shore US troops have begun construction of a maritime pier off the coast of Gaza that aims to speed the flow of humanitarian aid into the territory, […]
The former president’s motion for a new trial was denied and his argument deemed ‘entirely without merit’ A federal judge on Thursday upheld the verdict and award of more than $83m to the writer E Jean Carroll in a defamation case against Donald Trump after he called her a liar […]
Ministers considering more funding to protect important research sites, with China seen as a particular concern MI5 has warned universities that hostile foreign states are targeting sensitive research, as ministers consider measures to bolster protections. Vice-chancellors from 24 leading institutions, including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London, were briefed on […]