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 aon the cheapa by low-paid teaching assistants (TAs) covering lessons for teachers who are off sick or have quit, according to new research.

A desperate teacher recruitment crisis, compounded by inadequate funding, means schools across the country are struggling to put a qualified teacher at the front of every class, unions say.

Monarch to resume public-facing engagements after palace says doctors avery encourageda by his progress

King Charles, who is being treated for cancer, is to return to public duties, with doctors pleased and avery encourageda by his progress and apositivea about his continued recovery, Buckingham Palace has said.

Charles, who announced in early February he had been diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer, will continue treatment while resuming some public-facing engagements, though he will not undertake a full summer programme.

Top UN demining official outlines scale of devastation as Egypt officials fly into Israel in attempt to revive ceasefire talks

Israelas war in Gaza has created 37m tonnes of debris, much of it laced with unexploded bombs, which could take more than a decade to remove, a top UN demining official said.

Nearly seven months into the war, there is an average 300kg of rubble a square metre of land in Gaza, Pehr Lodhammar, the former United Nationals Mine Action Service chief for Iraq, told a news conference.

Singer had appealed 2022 conviction by a Chicago jury stating Illinoisas 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 Grammy award-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, on three charges of producing child sexual abuse images and three charges of enticement of minors for sex.

Federal transportation agency finds Teslaas claims about feature donat match their findings and opens second investigation

US auto-safety regulators said on Friday that their investigation into Teslaas Autopilot had identified at least 13 fatal crashes in which the feature had been involved. The investigation also found the electric carmakeras claims did not match up with reality.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) disclosed on Friday that during its three-year Autopilot safety investigation, which it launched in August 2021, it identified at least 13 Tesla crashes involving one or more death, and many more involving serious injuries, in which aforeseeable driver misuse of the system played an apparent rolea.

Following David Peckeras testimony, Rhona Graff was called to the witness stand, to comment on Trump and the adult film actor

• Trump on Trial: What we learned from David Peckeras testimony

The former tabloid publisher David Peckeras testimony in Donald Trumpas criminal trial on Friday presented a granular look into a hush-money scheme which prosecutors allege was meant to sway the 2016 election in the real estate mogulas favor.

But when Trumpas longtime assistant, Rhona Graff, was called to the witness stand, her testimony humanized the trial, reminding the courtroom that at its core, these proceedings center on an adult film actor named Stormy Daniels a as well as a man who is either flawed or fraudulent.

Judge coroner highlights failings that contributed to three victims being killed by Khairi Saadallah in 2020

The deaths of three people during a terror attack in Reading were avoidable, an inquest has determined.

A judge coroner sitting at the Old Bailey on Friday said failings in intelligence sharing and in providing psychiatric care contributed to the failure to prevent the attack that took the lives of James Furlong, Dr David Wails and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett in June 2020.

Campaign Against Antisemitism, led by Gideon Falter, cites safety fears and promises more protests to come

Campaign Against Antisemitism has cancelled its planned counter-protest against a pro-Palestinian march through central London on Saturday.

The group, led by Gideon Falter, had said it wanted to use the awalk togethera initiative to support its view that the area around the planned pro-Palestinian march was not safe for Jewish people.

Tower Hamlets criticised by its own mayor for taking down murals, while Redbridge reviews artwork after complaints

Council authorities have moved to take down pro-Palestine murals in east London, while another is being reviewed after complaints were made by pro-Israel lawyers.

The latter, which depicts four journalists standing against a backdrop of ruins and under the words aHeroes of Palestinea, went up last month in Redbridge, east London, as local authorities came under pressure over similar murals.

Oscar winner reveals she would enjoy fans using her given name despite using Emma professionally

Her films have racked up more than $1bn at the box office and she has won two Oscars under her stage name, but Emma Stone says she would now prefer to be called by her given name: Emily.

In a joint interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Nathan Fielder, her co-star in the surreal TV show The Curse, revealed that actors and crew members she worked with called her Emily.

Exclusive: Inese Briede says her sister, Inga Rublite, 39, might not have died aif someone was just checking up on hera

In life, Inga Rublite was just another patient in a busy hospital waiting to see a doctor. In death, the 39-year-old has become a tragic symbol of how overstretched and overburdened the NHS has become.

Rublite died after being found unconscious under her coat in an A&E waiting room more than eight hours after arriving.

Weave now finished our first week of testimony in former president Donald Trumpas criminal trial a and have one major witness in the books.

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Weave now finished our first week of testimony in former president Donald Trumpas criminal trial a and have one major witness in the books.

Speculation PM could call election to forestall possible leadership challenge has its own momentum despite No 10 dismissals

In a sign of how febrile the atmosphere in Westminster is just now, there were wild rumours flying around on Friday that Rishi Sunak was planning to finally call an election straight after the weekend.

The fact that this particular theory appears to have begun with Labour party speculation that the prime minister could announce a date to put an end to questions over his own leadership does not appear to have slowed down its spread.

Star striker talks achieving another promotion, potentially making scoring history and finding acceptance in his sonas autism

aThe desire to win will be the same as every other game,a Paul Mullin says as he anticipates a Hollywood-style finale for Wrexham on Saturday afternoon while their fans at home and around the world celebrate a second straight promotion. Wrexhamas last game in League Two is against the new champions, Stockport County, and Mullin is determined to end another tumultuous and successful season with a personal milestone.

If Mullin scores against Stockport he will become the first player since Alan Shearer to have racked up at least 25 goals in four consecutive seasons across the top five flights of English football. Mullin has spent the past hour thoughtfully discussing his role in the delirium surrounding Wrexhamas rise under the celebrity ownership of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney and a range of subjects from finding acceptance and even joy in his sonas autism to how this season began with a fleeting acknowledgment of his seemingly imminent death.

The 27-year-old American actor has gone from the Disney channel to new classy arthouse threesome drama Challengers, via a massive blockbuster and a hot-button TV series. So can she convince as an Oscar contender?

Actor-model-producer Zendaya Coleman a universally known mononymously, without her last name a has never been short of attention, but it feels as if the 27-year-old has arrived at a breakthrough moment. With the tennis romance Challengers arriving in cinemas, in which she is the central focus, the sci-fi blockbuster Dune: Part Two still reeling in audiences, and acting as the simultaneous cover star of two separate editions of Vogue magazine a the British and the American a Zendaya appears to have achieved a new level.

Her career has so far specialised in an impressively high number of attention-grabbing moments, including appearing in a spectacularly bizarre metallic silver arobot suita at the premiere of Dune: Part Two earlier this year, and the Challengers trailer release in June 2023, with its sexually suggestive premise of a threeway love affair.

Tom, whose experience echoes that portrayed in Baby Reindeer, talks about the impact on him and the police response

Not long after he embarked on an on/off dalliance with a former colleague, Tom began feeling uneasy about her behaviour. He ended things a but that only made matters worse.

Lies and gaslighting turned into his ex turning up randomly at places where he hung out and aappearing seemingly everywhere I wenta, he said. aThat was incredibly hard to deal with. I felt hounded, and I had no idea what to do.a

In the UK, the National Stalking Helpline can be reached on 0808 802 0300.

He is the one who should be saying sorry. Thereas no miracle cure, but do consider therapy, and keep good people around you

• Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a family-related problem sent in by a reader

When I was a child I was bullied by my older brother. I am 41 now and I think this has really affected me throughout my whole life. He always picked on me, called me stupid, fat, ugly, worthless and told me that I was never good at anything. This went on every day until I moved abroad to live with my grandmother at the age of 17.

My parents never made me feel protected and never punished him or made him stop. I resent them for it and feel let down by them. Iave spoken to my mum a few times in recent years, but itas a bit too late now and I donat want to make her feel guilty when she canat turn back time.

EV sales have plateaued across the world but the newfound glut of vehicles may just be temporary

Elon Musk became the worldas richest man by evangelising about electric cars a and delivering them by the million. Yet in recent months his company, Tesla, has struggled to maintain its momentum: sales have dropped this year, and so has its share price.

Those struggles have become emblematic of a broader reckoning facing the electric vehicle (EV) industry. After the soaring demand and valuations of the coronavirus pandemic years, the pace of sales growth has slowed. The industry has entered a new phase, with questions over whether the switch from petrol and diesel to cleaner electric is facing a troublesome stall or a temporary speed bump.

This is the sort of food invented for British people that youad have got at a Cantonese restaurant back in 1994

Off to Canterbury for a shufti around the cathedral, a meander through its pretty streets and a spot of lunch at Sekkoya, a vast, gorgeous-looking new pan-Asian restaurant on the Riverside next to a Curzon cinema, a crazy golf venue and a branch of Heavenly Desserts. The restaurantas sleek website offers all sorts of bold statements about this hot dining experience (regular readers will be aware that I delight in this kind of Vogon poetry), claiming that it will take us on a agastronomic journey throughout Asia that transcends ordinary flavoursa, and offering cocktails that will aawaken your sensesa.

The website emotes grandly in this way for many more yards, so much so, in fact, that I suspect AI. Only a non-sentient being could describe Canterburyas Riverside as a avibrant new lifestyle districta, when itas just an elevated patch of concrete. Maybe Sekkoya is entitled to be cocky, though, because itas clearly the classiest venue for miles: the place is bedecked in sea-green velour, with shiny floors, pale tan leather seats and an impressive amurala skylight that gives the impression that youare dining in a rainforest. Fans of the opulent Chinese restaurant chain Tattu, which is especially big in Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds, will recognise dashes of the modern, high-octane glamour that delights Instagram feeds. Add beautiful bathrooms, Kool & The Gang and George Benson on the stereo, and lovely, chipper serving staff, and they clearly mean business here.

Mixed feelings in Rhayader after Labour-led Welsh government announces possible return to 30mph across country

The market town of Rhayader stands at a historic crossroads at the heart of Wales. Lorries trundle through, delivery vans dart around, tourists merrily motor along. The town sits on the A470, the main route between north and south Wales, and last year had 20mph signs posted on its four main approaches.

Six months later and before the possible reversal of the nationwide default speed limit policy, people still have mixed feelings.

Top chefs say the Games will rebrand French gastronomy as a showcase for plant-based food

It will boast the worldas biggest salad bar, offer fans vegetarian hotdogs and bring in up to half a million bananas by boat to meet athletesa insatiable demand for the fruit while avoiding the carbon footprint of air travel.

As part of its efforts to cut carbon emissions, the Paris Olympics will make history by offering more vegetarian cuisine than in any Games.

• Feyenoord set to receive APS7.7m after verbal agreement made
• Klopp says position is abest in the world at the best cluba

Arne Slot is set to become Liverpoolas next manager after the terms of his move from Feyenoord were agreed in principle between the two clubs on Friday.

Liverpool and Feyenoord have been negotiating a compensation package since the Anfield club made an official move for the 45-year-old earlier this week. The two parties have now reached a verbal Aagreement over the deal, which will see AFeyenoord receive a!9m (APS7.7m) plus a!2m in add-ons for a coach who has two years remaining on his contract.

Memories of 2004 still sting and in Sundayas derby Tottenham have the chance to take a wrecking ball to Arsenalas title hopes

It would not scan like the original Arsenal terrace chant. aWe took a big step towards winning the league at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.a The prospect, though, is real. And before Sundayas derby a the 195th edition of the fixture that determines the mood in north London a it is utterly sickening for Spurs supporters.

Spurs could not stop the Arsenal Invincibles in April 2004 and it is fair to say they have not heard the end of it since. Nor was that the first time their hated rivals had won the league at White Hart Lane. Arsenal did exactly that on the final day of the 1970-71 season when Ray Kennedyas late header gave them a 1-0 victory.

Hosts will need to overcome John Mitchellas all-conquering England side who are targeting a sixth straight title

The last time England lost in the womenas Six Nations Theresa May was prime minister, Chelsea were defending Premier League champions and The Shape of Water had just won best picture at the Oscars. Since that defeat the Red Roses have won 28 consecutive games in the competition, scoring 1,440 points and conceding 185, and claimed five Womenas Six Nations titles in a row. And the winners that fateful day in 2018? France.

On Saturday in Bordeaux France will have their latest chance to end Englandas reign in a winner-takes-all grand slam decider. But the French will have to overcome a dominant beast in John Mitchellas team who are targeting not only a sixth straight title but a third straight slam.

• Premier League remain unconvinced by 777 Partners takeover
• Everton could confirm top-flight survival against Brentford

Sean Dyche has likened his job as Evertonas manager to ajuggling sanda amid protracted uncertainty over the clubas ownership and financial future.

Dyche admits there will be no assurances over his summer transfer plans even in the event of securing the clubas Premier League status on Saturday. Everton can guarantee survival with victory against Brentford at Goodison Park providing Luton do not win at Wolves.

Across 90 raucous minutes in west London Leeds lost control of this crucial game and with it their future.

They hoped this would be another step in a sprint to promotion but instead they stumbled, and QPRas fully deserved victory not only secured their own place in the Championship it also promoted Leicester, who will travel to Preston on Monday in the knowledge that their return to the Premier League at the first attempt is certain.

Enzo Marescaas side kept their heads to secure promotion but financial worries loom large as club prepare for the top flight

A campaign that began with Enzo Maresca insisting his Leicester City players sleep overnight at their sprawling, 185-acre Seagrave training base for the first week of pre-season in the name of team building has ended with their primary mission accomplished, promotion boxed off, the Championship crown likely to follow. Leicesteras most memorable and marvellous moment came when they confounded expectations; this time, it was a case of simply meeting them by getting back to the Premier League at the first attempt.

Perhaps it should come as no surprise that surely the most expensively assembled squad in the division a their wage bill was the biggest outside the Premier League top six 12 months ago a has sealed that return after Leeds lost at QPR on Friday night but it turned into a slog after they ceded a 17-point lead. In the last couple of months, their 51-game season has flitted between a sense of collapse and catharsis. aIt has been a very long season,a Maresca said with a wry smile this week.

Chelsea take a lead into the Champions League semi-final second leg, with the manager plotting a tactical masterclass

aIt just feels like a longer half-time, thatas all it is,a said Emma Hayes matter-of-factly about the week-long wait between Chelseaas 1-0 Champions League defeat of Barcelona and the second leg at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening.

aWeare at the midway stage of a game thatas a minimum of 180 minutes long. There may be adjustments for half-time and weare ready for the second half, thatas how I present it to the players.a

• Bath 12-15 Saracens
• Fly-half seals points after home side rally

There are plenty of would-be contenders to win this yearas Premiership but they still have to prise Saracensa stubborn fingers off the trophy. When push comes to shove the defending champions tend to raise their game and a resolute defensive display was rewarded when Owen Farrell kicked the winning penalty goal three minutes from time to edge a heavy-duty contest.

So much for the increasing trend towards wide open, free-flowing Premiership try-fests. This was a frequently rugged, old school game, ultimately shaped by defensive commitment, and when the dust finally settled it was Sarries who emerged best placed to secure a potential home semi-final when the playoffs commence next month.

Both were pilloried, but that was then. Today, one has beaten a rape conviction, the other may return as president

According to his representatives, former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is still digesting the overturning of his rape conviction by a New York court, but they did come out to say he was acautiously exciteda. Cautiously excited? Iam not sure these are the words Iad alight on to paint a word-picture of a rapist. You might as well say atentatively arouseda. Then again, as weare about to discuss, quite a lot of guys donat particularly have to worry about what they say or do, or how they say or do it. Itas only natural that Harvey should very much want to be one of them again.

Speaking of word-pictures, though, howas this for a vignette of our times? When they heard the news that Weinsteinas conviction had been overturned on Thursday, a whole host of reporters happened to be looking at the exact spot in the exact New York courtroom that head sat in when that original judgment had been handed down. This was because they were waiting for Donald Trump to sit in it for Thursdayas proceedings in his hush money trial. Mr Trump, you might recall, is in such a lot of trouble that he is the presumptive Republican nominee and current bookiesa favourite to win the US presidency again, though admittedly he lags behind Weinstein on the sexual assault and misconduct front, given that only 26 women have accused him of it. Ultimately, though, I guess the question is: if #MeToo awent too fara, what would agoing just far enougha have looked like?