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One in three support staff in schools suffer verbal abuse daily

Teaching assistants, librarians and catering workers are on the frontline of England's school behaviour crisis, experiencing daily abuse for low pay and long hours, according to a union representing school support staff.

'A better story' Starmer and McSweeney to reset Labour goals after bruising start

During a tetchy exchange at prime minister's questions this week, Keir Starmer was challenged by Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, over a petition signed by more than 2.8 million people calling for him to resign.

A fantasist - but still a danger Mixed picture of ineptitude and threat that spurred police to act

At the heart of the Daniel Khalife trial has been the question: is he an amateurish fantasist who convinced himself he was playing a game of chess with spies, or a serious figure in the global world of espionage?

Former soldier who escaped from jail found guilty of spying for Iran

A former soldier whose prison escape led to a prolonged manhunt in 2023 has been convicted of spying for Iran but cleared of carrying out a bomb hoax.

Klopp's house tops the most viewed listing on Rightmove

A home fit for football royalty and a Grade-I listed abbey are among this year's most-viewed properties on the listing website Rightmove.

Farage calls for MPs to debate reducing abortion time limit

Nigel Farage has said MPs should look at rolling back Britain's abortion limit from 24 weeks, in a signal that he could try to open up a debate about women's reproductive rights.

Spies targeted Navalny ally and passed secrets back to Russia, court hears

A \"sophisticated\" UK-based spy ring passed secrets to Russia for nearly three years and gathered information on targets across Europe, a court has heard.

Stage review Wilde would be wild about this luscious, playful show

Oscar Wilde's final play premiered weeks before the court case that led to his imprisonment for homosexuality, and the subtext of homoerotic desire that runs through this comedy of manners from 1895 has been well mined already.

Gen Z may be falling out of love with dating apps, says watchdog

The UK's dating scene is swiping left on popular apps such as Tinder and Hinge as younger people turn to real-life ways of connecting with potential partners, according to the communications watchdog.

Blankets, batteries and crispbreads Nordic countries get set for conflict

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has dramatically raised security tensions across the Baltic region, prompting Finland and Sweden to abandon decades of non-alignment and join Nato.

Labelling lone fruit as 'sad' helps cut food waste - study

If seeing a lone banana on a supermarket shelf leaves you feeling blue, you are not alone.

Trees of hope': saplings from Sycamore Gap to be planted across the UK

Saplings from the felled Sycamore Gap tree are to be planted across the UK, including next to one of London's most famous roads, at a rural category C prison and at a motor neurone disease centre opening in the name of the late rugby league star Rob Burrow.

Trial of 'sponge on a string' oesophageal cancer test expanded

The NHS is to offer a 10-minute \"sponge on a string\" test to 120,000 patients with heartburn in a trial to see if it should be used to screen millions of people for one of the world's deadliest cancers.

Rise in women not getting help in childbirth, survey finds

More than a third of pregnant women in England do not always get help from maternity staff during labour or childbirth, the NHS care regulator has found.

Prosecutions for alleged rail fare evasion quashed

More than 28,000 prosecutions brought by two rail firms for alleged fare evasions have been quashed.

Gregg Wallace pauses role on Masterchef as BBC investigates misconduct allegations

The TV presenter Gregg Wallace will step away from his role on MasterChef after the BBC received complaints about alleged misconduct.

Transport secretary has fraud conviction from incident in 2013

The transport secretary has a conviction for fraud by misrepresentation after wrongly reporting her work mobile phone stolen in 2013, it has emerged.

The bill's progress

It is the second reading of the terminally ill adults (end of life) bill, which would make it legal for terminally ill adults who are expected to die within six months and have the mental capacity to make a choice about how they end their life, subject to tough safeguards.

'I'm emotionally ruined' Concern for the vulnerable drives unlikely alliances as MPs face historic vote

When Kim Leadbeater came top of the ballot of the private members' bills, she did not immediately decide to attempt a generational change in the way the British state handles the end of life. But, she says, it was an opportunity that rarely comes for a backbench MP.

'Unbelievable miracle': lost hiker survives for 50 days in the freezing Canadian wilderness

A 20-year-old man who got lost during a solo hiking trip has been treated in hospital after surviving 50 days in a frozen wilderness, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has said.

Well waddle you know: Flop the penguin walks again

A Humboldt penguin who lost her ability to waddle has learned to stand on her own feet again thanks to a unique idea from Dudley zookeepers - a specially designed baby bouncer.

Starmer: migration data shows Tories ran UK 'open borders' experiment

Keir Starmer has accused the Conservatives of running an \"open borders experiment\" after new figures showed that net migration to the UK hit a record high of nearly a million in a period covering Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak's administrations.

Reeves to wait till June to reveal details of departmental budgets

Rachel Reeves is planning to wait until June before announcing how much money Whitehall departments will get for the next three years, as officials warn it could take up to six months to agree budgets with individual cabinet ministers.

MP behind assisted dying bill makes final appeal before vote

Result on a knife-edge, with at least 100 thought to still be undecided

Kyiv faces 'meteorite' threat from Moscow

Vladimir Putin threatened yesterday to strike Kyiv with Oreshnik missiles, intermediate-range weapons that Moscow used against the city of Dnipro last week and that the Russian president has claimed cannot be shot down by any air defence system.

Australian under-16s given social media ban

Australia has become the first country in the world to ban children under 16 from social media platforms in response to what the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says is a \"clear, causal link between the rise of social media and the harm [to] the mental health of young Australians\".

War Crimes France Says It Won't Arrest Netanyahu

The French government has claimed that Benjamin Netanyahu has immunity from arrest warrants issued by the international criminal court for war crimes on the grounds that Israel is not an ICC member.

Iran Sanctions 'Would Pose Risk To Nuclear Weapons Ban'

The nuclear debate inside Iran is likely to shift towards the possession of its own weapons if the west goes ahead with a threat to reimpose all UN sanctions, the country's foreign minister has said.

Police investigate more than 100 claims of rape and abuse by Fayed

Police believe Mohamed Al Fayed may have raped and abused more than 111 women over nearly four decades and that his youngest victim was just 13 years old.

I did not mean to make light of self-harm, says Guardiola

Pep Guardiola has said he did not intend to \"make light of the very serious issue of self-harm\" when he answered a question relating to a cut he made on his nose during Manchester City's 3-3 draw with Feyenoord.