With a prime minister under extreme fire and unable to command a majority in the Commons on matters of personal authority, is politics too self-absorbed to fix a problem as broken as the system for special educational needs provision? Plans to reform the 12-year-old approach to SEND are expected to be announced within weeks – […]
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A member of a US congressional committee investigating the Epstein affair has said: “Maybe this will be the end of the monarchy.” Congressman Ro Khanna says he thinks King Charles has questions to answer about the scandal that has embroiled his younger brother, adding: “I think this is the most vulnerable the British monarchy has
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US TV host Savannah Guthrie has said her family is “at an hour of desperation” in the search for her missing 84-year-old mother – as the deadline on a ransom note draws nearer. In a video posted on social media on Monday, Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor on NBC’s Today show, called the saga a “nightmare” and
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Sir Keir Starmer will chair a cabinet session today after earning a lifeline from Labour MPs during a crunch meeting in which he declared: “I’m not prepared to walk away.” The prime minister started the week amid the biggest crisis of his premiership amid the fallout from his appointment of Lord Mandelson as his US
Home Alone actress Catherine O’Hara died of a pulmonary embolism, with cancer the underlying cause, according to a death certificate. The Canadian-American star died at her home in Los Angeles last month, at the age of 71. On Monday, the cause of her death was confirmed as a pulmonary embolism, which occurs when a blood
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When leading AI company Anthropic launched its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, at the end of last week, it broke many measures of intelligence and effectiveness – including one crucial benchmark: the vending machine test. Yes, AIs run vending machines now, under the watchful eyes of researchers at Anthropic and AI thinktank Andon Labs.
Buckingham Palace says it will support police if contacted over allegations about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. The palace also said King Charles had “profound concern” over claims about his brother, in a statement released following revelations in the Epstein files. Thames Valley Police has said it is assessing claims that Andrew shared confidential documents with the late
Half of parents say their children have never spoken to them about harmful online content, polling suggests – with around a quarter unaware of what they are seeing on their smartphones. The research by YouGov – which surveyed 1,030 parents of children aged eight to 14 – was commissioned by the government, as it consults
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A uniformed army officer who was repeatedly stabbed with two knives told his wife that his attacker had tried to “cut my head off like Lee Rigby”, a court has heard. Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton, who was targeted in the street near Brompton Barracks in Chatham, Kent, in July 2024, told Maidstone Crown Court on
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Wes Streeting says he has “nothing to hide” over his relationship with Lord Mandelson and has shared his private texts with the disgraced Labour peer to back up his case. The messages seen by Sky News include the health secretary admitting he fears he is “toast at the next election,” that he thinks the government
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