Lack of specialist staff hinders support for Send children, teacher survey finds

National Education Union poll finds 89% feel class sizes in England are too big to be ‘properly inclusive’

Oversized classes and inadequate staffing levels are hindering teachers’ capacity to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), according to a large survey of state school teachers in England.

Nine out of 10 (89%) of the 10,000 teachers who took part in the poll by the National Education Union (NEU), before its annual conference in Brighton which starts on Monday, said class sizes were too big to be “properly inclusive”.

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Houthi forces enter Iran conflict with missile attacks on Israeli military sites

Escalation represents dangerous spread of war and brings threat of even more damage to the global economy

The US-Israeli war with Iran has expanded with the entry of Houthi forces in Yemen, representing a dangerous spread of the conflict and bringing with it the threat of more damage to the global economy.

Pakistan has said it would host a meeting of Middle Eastern powers on Monday in an effort to find a regional approach to ending the conflict. But the talks, which bring together the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt, did not appear to include any of the warring parties, casting further doubt on persistent US claims of diplomatic progress.

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No Kings protests: millions rally in cities around the world against Trump and his administration – as it happened

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In the year since Donald Trump retook office, the number of protests in the US outpaced those at the same point in his first administration, according to data from the Crowd Counting Consortium, an open-source project collaboration between Harvard University’s Kennedy School and the University of Connecticut, reported Lex McMenamin and Andrew Witherspoon.

There were more than 10,700 protests in 2025, a 133% increase from the 4,588 recorded in 2017, the first year of Trump’s first term. According to the data, an overwhelming majority of US counties – including 42% that voted for Trump – have had at least one protest since he was re-inaugurated last year.

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Israeli strikes hit two Gaza police checkpoints, killing six, medics say – Reuters

  1. Israeli strikes hit two Gaza police checkpoints, killing six, medics say  Reuters
  2. Israeli airstrike said to kill two Palestinian brothers close to Yellow Line  The Times of Israel
  3. Israel kills Palestinian girl and police officers in Gaza bombing  Middle East Eye
  4. APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza  Bluefield Daily Telegraph
  5. Israeli army kills 6 Palestinians in attack on Gaza police  The New Arab
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Bahrain’s Alba assesses damage after Iran strikes aluminium plants – Reuters

  1. Bahrain's Alba assesses damage after Iran strikes aluminium plants  Reuters
  2. Bahrain aluminum giant says Iranian attack targeted its facility  CNBC
  3. Iran’s IRGC claims attacks on UAE, Bahrain aluminium facilities  Al Jazeera
  4. Major U.A.E. Aluminum Plant Damaged in Iranian Strike  WSJ
  5. Emirates Global Aluminium Says Smelter Site Damaged in Attack  Bloomberg.com
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No Kings rally in St. Paul draws 100,000, speakers praise Minnesota’s ICE resistance – Bring Me The News

  1. No Kings rally in St. Paul draws 100,000, speakers praise Minnesota’s ICE resistance  Bring Me The News
  2. Minnesota No Kings protest: 100,000 rally at State Capitol as midterms approach  FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
  3. Bruce Springsteen delivers fiery performance at No Kings protest  USA Today
  4. Minnesota State Patrol estimates 100k attended No Kings protest  Star Tribune
  5. Minnesotans, businesses speak on importance and impact of No Kings rally  5 EYEWITNESS NEWS
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Shops and restaurants in Egypt told to close early as energy crisis deepens – BBC

  1. Shops and restaurants in Egypt told to close early as energy crisis deepens  BBC
  2. Egypt to slow down some state projects for two months amid Iran war, prime minister says  Reuters
  3. Egypt imposes emergency measures to save fuel  Financial Times
  4. Eye on Africa - Egypt imposes business curfew to counter soaring fuel costs  France 24
  5. Luxor exempted from government’s decree on early closure of public, tourist shops  Egypt Today
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