With bladder cancer, around 80% of people survive their cancer for five years or more if diagnosed at an early stage

Humza Yousaf was due to speak about the labour strategy in an independent Scotland, but cancelled the plan amid a growing crisis in his leadership

Homeowners are facing a hike in monthly payments with some forced to extend mortgage terms or even sell and move

Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin were allegedly stabbed by a 13-year-old student at the end of the morning break

Watch a live view of Buckingham Palace after it was announced on Friday 26 April that King Charles III will return to public-facing duties after a period of treatment following his recent cancer diagnosis.

Judge Coroner Sir Adrian Fulford has delivered his findings after an inquest into the deaths of James Furlong, Dr David Wails and Joseph Richie-Bennett

Quaker and Vida were spooked by falling concrete and ran at top speed through central London during Wednesday rush hour

John Curtice says Boris Johnsonas No 10 lockdown parties and Trussas economic catastrophe have made it impossible for Rishi Sunak to cling on to power

Womenas health campaigner says racial disparities in HRT usage are linkedA toA mistrust of medical professionalsA fuelled by structural racism

Fiona Beal, of Moore Street, Northampton, was arrested in March 2022 after police discovered the body

Cavalry horses Vida and Quaker ran loose in the road near Aldwych, central London

Details of the case - the first brought under new spy laws - can now be reported for the first time

The dogwalker who stumbled across him shielded his own huskyas eyes so she wouldnat be traumatised by the sight of the dismembered Bully.

Members of the royal family were quick to support Charles in different ways

A former parliamentary researcher facing charges under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly gathering information for China arrived at Westminster Magistrates" Court on Friday, 26 April.

SNP leader fights for political life after ending power-sharing agreement with Greens

CCTV captures a knife-wielding killer on a rampage through the streets of Hartlepool before murdering a stranger in an act inspired by arevengea for the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The former glamour model was first declared bankrupt in 2019 over unpaid debts

King Charles is known to maintain a healthy, sometimes meat-free diet

The tenantas emails featured her complaints about damp and mouldy spaces in the house

As King Charles undergoes treatment for cancer, here is a look back at other health conditions in the Royal Family

Alison Hammond revealed how she recently confronted a shoplifter trying to steal her bag.

A teenage boy has been arrested by Gwent Police on suspicion of making threats after Ebbw Fawr Learning Community was placed in lockdown

Firms struggling with high interest rates, brittle consumer confidence and high levels of debt accrued during the pandemic

Home Office minister left blushing following awkward exchange on BBC Question Time

The gender reveal craze involving birds has appeared to come to the UK, with potentially fatal consequences, say animal charities

Sir Ed Davey has joined calls for unpaid carers" debts to be written off after it emerged that some have been told to repay thousands of pounds of benefits after accidentally earning too much money in the past.

The moment two suspected drug dealers were arrested in a McDonaldas drive-thru in Nottinghamshire was captured on police bodycam footage on Monday, 22 April.

Thomas Auger was taking tests to become a stuntman before he died in the crash in Welwyn Garden City

Extraordinary question during discussion of Rwanda deportation plan was met with visible bewilderment from the audience

Exclusive: The Horses Trust - already home to many retired military horses - has offered to rescue the stricken pair

Two men, both aged 22, are charged with immigration offences

Count Binface has vowed to rename London Bridge after Phoebe Waller-Bridge if he wins Mayas mayoral election.

Tory minister Chris Philp appeared to confuse two African countries on BBC Question Time on Thursday, 25 April.

Police and ambulance called out to Amman Valley School in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire

aFacebook has been tuning its algorithm to promote the most divisive material possible,a said the aWest Winga creator

Zendaya leads director Luca Guadagninoas steamy new tennis psychodrama

Pair announced they were getting a divorce three months after they tied the knot during a televised special

The temporary change is promoting a brand new Channel 4 series

His resignation coincides with the appointment of politician and businessman Lord Theodore Agnew as the new director of its owner, All Perspectives

Claudia Winkleman has hinted at what the future holds for The Traitors amid rumours of a third series.

Ellen DeGeneres has broken her silence on being akicked out of show businessa.

Madonna has thanked her children for giving their all at her concerts.

aIt took a long time for me to want to do anything again,a said the former talk show host

A new ITV documentary reveals how the bloggeras cancer lies came to light

aI thought I would find you at Irish Annieas puba joked star of hit British sitcom

The actor talks to Tom Murray about the politicisation of the hit western, Kevin Costneras exit, working with Bradley Cooper and Ari Aster, and BeyoncA(c)as controversial arrival on the country scene

Singer shared mortifying backstage blunder while appearing on aThe One Showa

Netflix user spotted secret code in Marthaas emails to Donny

Florence Welch has opened up about what Taylor Swift is like in the studio.

It was reported that Gibson would be replaced for Ncuti Gatwaas second season as Time Lord

aI know, I canat believe it either,a the comedian wrote

Kim Kardashian is aovera her beef with Taylor Swift.

aThe same rude lyrics and controversial antics may have ultimately led to his demisea says the trailer

The show is scheduled to air its final episode on 16 May

aPoor Thingsa actor said it would be aso nicea if fans started referring to her by her given name

From Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron to Lucy Liu and Bill Murray, there are many TV and movie collaborations that havenat exactly been plain sailing, writes Ellie Harrison

Police had issued arrest warrant as well as community look-out notice after Pledger failed to appear in court

The aPitch Perfecta staras run-ins with Sacha Baron Cohen may have generated the most headlines about her new memoir a and been redacted from the bookas UK print run a but itas her surreal approach to Hollywood that makes it one of the most disappointing reads of the year, writes Adam White

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Exclusive: New 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.

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.

SNP leader says he will take party into general election, as Scottish Labour submits motion against his government

Humza Yousaf is fighting for his political life as he faces two no confidence motions submitted against him and his government in the space of 24 hours.

Yousaf insisted he would not resign as first minister and vowed to fight on, amid intense speculation about his leadership after he axed the SNPas governing agreement with the Scottish Greens on Thursday morning, provoking a furious backlash that resulted in his former partners pledging to vote with the Tories against him.

Emil Boveas line of questioning apparently aimed at undermining Peckeras role in any purported conspiracy

Trump defense attorney Emil Bove has resumed his cross-examination of Pecker.

aWe were talking about Hope Hicks, right?a Bove asked, referring to the former campaign and White House aide to Trump. Pecker answered in the affirmative.

Dylan Earl accused of organising arson attack in east London and four others charged in connection with investigation

A 20-year-old British man has been charged with planning an arson attack on a Ukraine-linked business and assisting Russian intelligence services.

Dylan Earl, from Elmesthorpe in Leicestershire, has been charged under the National Security Act 2023, the first case to involve alleged offences under the new legislation.

Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin thank emergency services and NHS staff and pay tribute to colleagues and awonderful pupilsa

Two teachers injured in a stabbing at a Welsh school have said they are struggling to comprehend what happened, and spoke of the aenormous impacta the incident has had on their awonderfula pupils and colleagues.

Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin paid tribute to emergency services workers and NHS staff after the stabbings in the playground at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. The pair and a student were taken to hospital but have been discharged.

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.

Two-year-old calf one step closer to reuniting with family group after tragic accident that left her stranded in remote lagoon

An orca calf, trapped for weeks in a remote lagoon in western Canada, has freed herself and is travelling towards open waters, hailed as aincredible newsa by a growing body of human supporters.

The move puts her one step closer to reuniting with her family one month after a tragic accident left her stranded.

Exclusive: twin sister says Inga Rublite, 39, may 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 an Everyman 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.

Patriotic teaware was on show from the prime minister this week a the latest round of his mug-based messaging

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Rishi Sunak appeared on his Instagram feed on Tuesday morning holding a mug emblazoned with the St Georgeas flag. aPerfect way to start the day,a was the caption: aHappy St Georgeas Day!a

It is not the only time the prime minister has raised a symbolic piece of teaware. On the same day he appeared en route to Warsaw holding a white mug marked only with the number a10a, presumably a reference to his current home address. Last year one enveloped in a union jack print was his choice for a trip to a Nato summit in Lithuania. Personal branding clearly pays no mind to international airspace.

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.

The Unexpected, the latest book by the economics professor, examines the uncomfortable and embarrassing parts of pregnancy that no one talks about

Emily Oster really hopes you donat need to buy her new book. The 44-year-old tenured Brown University economics professor and firebrand has published a handful of bestselling titles, all focused on childbearing and child-rearing. aI always say Iam not going to write another book after I write a book because it feels like so much work,a she said. aThe first three books really track my own journey, from pregnancy to raising little kids to having older kids.a

But the fourth installment in her aParentDataa a also the name of her blog, podcast and newsletter a quartet, The Unexpected, swerves into thornier territory than its predecessors: pregnancies with complications, and the risks inherent in any subsequent pregnancies. For the first time, she is not writing about her own experiences. aI was inspired by the questions that I got from other people rather than the questions that I had myself,a she said.

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.

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.

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?

The first ministeras latest misstep will worsen his partyas split along culture war lines. Itas a mess, but a boon for Scottish Labour

The Bute House agreement (BHA) was supposed to stabilise the SNP. Brokered by Nicola Sturgeon in August 2021, the coalition with the Greens at first appeared a masterstroke, allowing the party to burnish its environmental credentials and bolster its aprogressivea image, while presenting a united front and pro-independence majority in Holyrood that it believed would strengthen the case for a second referendum. But, in a shock move, Humza Yousaf ripped up the agreement on Thursday morning and fired the Green co-leaders as ministers from his government. The SNP leader now faces a no-confidence motion, which he could well lose. He has promised to fight on and contest the motion, but what was supposed to be a show of strength has ended up exposing his weakness.

Since the deal was first brokered, the culture war has moved on apace. Without Sturgeon at the helm, the party a always a fragile alliance of right and left, progressives and conservatives, fundamentalists and gradualists a has become bitterly divided over the ill-fated gender recognition reform bill and the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act. Many believe its leadersa fixation with aidentity politicsa has distracted from more urgent issues such as education, the NHS and child poverty, which they say used to be at the heart of the SNP governmentas mission.

The US president continues to support Israel in its onslaught on Gaza. Morehouse Collegeas most famous alumnus was anti-war

Morehouse College is a special place. The only all-male historically Black college in the world, it has alumni ranging from Dr Martin Luther King Jr, the most celebrated anti-war civil rights leader in history, to Theodore aTeda Colbert III, the CEO of Boeingas defense, space and security division, a key player in supplying the weapons technologies for Israelas months-long campaign of military vengeance on Palestinians.

While there is much diversity among the ranks of this brotherhood, Morehouse a also my alma mater a places a primacy on moral leadership and service, and Dr King has been a critical avatar in these efforts. There is a prominent statue of him on campus, his likeness is depicted as a silhouette on official college brochures, the chapel on campus is named in his honor. His papers are held nearby at the Robert W Woodruff Library. Considering Kingas anti-militarism, and the collegeas embrace of him as a beacon on campus, the decision to invite Joe Biden to give Morehouseas commencement speech to this yearas graduating class is a moral disaster.

The US presidentas staunch support of Israel in the face of its unrelenting assault on Palestinians in the Israel-Gaza war has sparked sustained protests throughout the country, most recently on multiple college campuses. And though some have tried to take Kingas defense of Israelas right to exist as evidence that he would affirm without qualification Israelas present military campaign, his broader anti-militarism cannot be conveniently pushed aside, nor can his stated desire for a peaceful resolution in the region.

Both sides are beset by those who think their words and deeds bring peace closer. Instead they instil fear and make a better future harder to attain

Beware the friend who is only trying to help. Not, perhaps, as a rule for life but certainly when it comes to the Israel-Palestine conflict and the clashes that battle provokes around the world. So often those who think theyare doing their bit serve only to make an already impossible situation even worse.

The week began with an instructive example, when Gideon Falter, head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, released a video clip of himself being steered away from one of Londonas weekly Gaza demonstrations by a police officer on the grounds: aYou are quite openly Jewish, this is a pro-Palestinian march.a Falter argued that he had flushed out proof that the Metropolitan police regard the marches as an unsafe environment for visibly Jewish people, even though the Met allows them to go ahead week after week.

Instead of buy-one-get-one-free offers, everyday life now involves carefully comparing prices and feeling increasingly powerless

Under capitalism, prices are supposed to be the centre of everything. They are the key agreement between buyer and seller. They are the one clear and reliable piece of information, on which the whole often opaque and unstable system depends.

So it struck me as strange when some of my local London shops stopped displaying the prices of some goods a couple of years ago. It started with upmarket fishmongers, and I wondered whether this was because wealthy customers didnat need to count their pennies. But then the practice spread to corner shops and greengrocers, with a wider clientele, and to everyday purchases such as fruit and vegetables. There was a cost of living crisis going on, the worst in Britain for 40 years, but parts of Hackney seemed to be in denial.

Andy Beckett is a Guardian columnist

This is not a repeat of the Covid pandemic. Yet global governments should follow the US and prepare a response

Avian flu, or H5N1, is making headlines in the United States. The past few years have seen concerning signs of it spreading across the world a whether in chickens in Britain, sea lions in Peru, or Caspian seals in Russia. This time, it is has been confirmed in American cows, and the World Health Organization has warned that the risk of it spreading to humans is of aenormous concerna.

While it is early days, the hypothesis is that in late 2023, a single cow was infected by coming into contact with infected birdsa faeces, or having infected dead birds in its feed. This began cow-to-cow transmission, and potentially even cow-to-bird transmission. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also confirmed one human case of H5N1 in a farm worker, which could either represent cow-to-human (not seen before) or bird-to-human transmission.

Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

Museums have closed and festivals lost funding a but Labour will restore Britainas creative superpower status

A culture change is on the way when this moribund government of the living dead is gone. Clock-watching, we wait for that witching hour on election night when it is blown away by the power of the vote. If you remember that morning in 1997, a fresh air blew and with it came a new mood, language, attitudes, habits of mind. This time the contrast will be starker, this dead government darker by far than John Majoras.

Culture itself was one mark of the scale of change when Labouras Chris Smith sent attendances soaring as he abolished charges for museums and galleries. Creative UK this week put out its manifesto for the election, representing the vast industry covering all the arts, from the Royal Shakespeare Company to the thriving video-games industry, fashion, architecture, design, advertising, the phonographic industry and more. The arts are a vital British export, and key to the countryas soft power. But that canat last if its funding keeps falling: the organisation warns politicians that they must shake off acomplacency around the UKas superpower creative statusa. Arts infrastructure is eroding for future artists, designers and audiences.

Imprisonment for public protection sentences were flawed and unjust. Labour should commit to finish them off

The harmful effects of imprisonment for public protection sentences (IPPs) are well documented. For Tommy Nicol and Francis Williams, whose sisters have both spoken to the Guardian about the impact of punishments with no end-date, the pressure was unbearable. Nicol, who was originally jailed for a violent robbery, took his own life during a mental health crisis at the Mount prison in 2015. Williams, also convicted of robbery, died of an overdose in Bognor Regis last year a hours after telling a probation officer that he was suicidal.

These tragedies are far from unique. At least 90 prisoners on IPPs have died by suicide in custody. Others, including Williams, died while on licence (Williams was on the verge of being recalled). One study found rates of self-harm to be 2.5 times higher among IPP prisoners. Evidence to the justice select committee from a forensic psychiatrist compared the clinical presentation of these inmates, almost all of whom are men, to athose who have been wrongfully convicteda. Such is the stress of being given this kind of sentence, which resembles a life sentence but was in many cases handed down for far less serious crimes.

For years, Rule, Britannia! has had a divisive presence in the festival. It should make way for other anthems of national identity

Here we go again: Britannia will continue to rule at the Last Night of the Proms. Unveiling a wide-ranging programme for this yearas festival, Sam Jackson, controller of BBC Radio 3 and also director of the Proms, assured audiences that the jingoistic 18th-century anthem would take its customary place at the climax, despite calls for it to be dropped.

A dignified and unhectoring case for standing the song down was made on Desert Island Discs by the cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, a soloist in last yearas Last Night. Revealing that he had left the concert early to avoid it, he said: aI think maybe some people donat realise how uncomfortable a song like that can make a lot of people feel, even if it makes [the people singing it] feel good.a

When it comes to reconciling bitter enemies, the notion of ajusticea has its limitations, writes former judge Sir Konrad Schiemann

Eva Ladipoas article is impressive (My familyas past, and Germanyas, weighs heavily upon me. And itas why I feel so strongly about Gaza, 19 April).

For millennia different people and different groupings have wanted the same thing, which is regarded as desirable by each. Obviously they cannot both have it a unless what they both want is peace. The challenge has been and continues to be, both in Europe and elsewhere in the world, to construct a political order which enables competing sides to live in continuing peace, notwithstanding that they cannot each have all that they wish. For each side to insist that the other is overcome does not lead to lasting peace a as France and Germany and many other places have shown over centuries.

Readers respond to a letter which said that MDMA is not helpful in mental health care

Rachel McNulty (Letters, 19 April) is right to emphasise the need for proper funding of integrated mental health care and social support, but wrong to dismiss MDMA based on a single anecdotal case. I can provide a number of counter-anecdotes showing the value of MDMA to mental health, including a friend of mine who has said that it saved him from taking his life in his youth.

However, science-based healthcare is not about anecdotes, but systematically gathered evidence and controlled trials. Such trials are already under way and are showing strong promise for both MDMA and psychedelics as effective psychiatric medicines when used appropriately. They are absolutely necessary to provide a clear evidence base that cuts through both awar on drugsa scare stories and psychedelic hype.

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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

Leaders Arsenal travel to bitter rivals Tottenham on Sunday before Manchester City go to relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest

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Frontrunner to take charge at Liverpool did not make a big impression as a player but has resemblances to JA1/4rgen Klopp

Liverpoolas move for the Feyenoord coach, Arne Slot, has been described by Ajax fans as athe best news of the yeara. Troubled Ajax have been blown away this season, losing 4-0 at home and 6-0 away against their arch-rivals.

So superior were Feyenoord in every area a tactics, intensity, power, unity, intelligence a that it could have been worse for Ajax. Only in their finishing might Feyenoord have done better.

The England manageras honesty and systems expertise are just what is needed at the haunted house Old Trafford has become

And so we entered the age of the noble, blameless bald men. This is a pretty good moment to be Ineos at Manchester United. Nothing really matters yet. Every problem is someone elseas problem. Every solution is your own.

For now youare just hope, blue sky. Youare a silent reproach on a gantry. Youare a tieless Tony Blair jamming with Shed Seven in the Downing Street garden. And even the bad things are kind of good, because youare not the bad things.

• 22-year-old loses 6-1, 7-5 against Polish eighth seed
• Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz wins in straight sets

For most of this season, when Jack Draper has faced off against elite opponents, those matches have played out as long, tight battles. Even when the 22-year-old has lost, he has usually offered a full demonstration of his talent.

Draperas time at the Madrid Open this year, however, ended with unusual haste on Friday as his poor serving was punished by a spectacular Hubert Hurkacz, the eighth seed, who rolled through to reach the third round with a 6-1, 7-5 win.

Scrum-half guides playoff-chasing Bears around at a whirring tempo and he also has his eye on an England Test recall

Trying to catch lightning in a cider bottle would be only slightly harder right now than containing Bristolas dazzling attacking game. The Bears have been averaging 50 points per match in winning five successive league fixtures and, going into Saturdayas crucial visit to Leicester, are playing with a freedom and momentum few of their playoff-chasing rivals can match.

Setting the pace has been their pocket dynamo Harry Randall, who guides his team around the field at such a whirring tempo they are blowing opponents away. Last week they put 85 points on a hapless Newcastle and when Randall last played at Welford Road a couple of months ago he starred in England Aas 91-5 win over Portugal, underlining his credentials as a classy catalyst who could add a further spark to the senior England team.

• Premier League CEO unhappy with lack of Fifa consultation
• Manchester Cityas 115 charges to be resolved ain near futurea

Richard Masters has criticised Fifa for failing to consult domestic leagues over its plans for an expanded Club World Cup, whose inaugural edition in the United States is set to occupy a month of the 2025 summer break.

As the chief executive of the Premier League reiterated that Manchester Cityas 115 charges will be resolved in athe near futurea, with hearings set to take place in the autumn, league officials from across Europe came together to issue a warning over an ever-expanding club calendar, with Fifaas new competition the main target.

Exclusive: Environmental groups say bank is misleading public over asustainablea financing for Eni as company vastly expands fossil fuel production

Barclays is being accused by environmental groups of greenwashing after helping to arrange a!4bn (APS3.4bn) in financing for the Italian oil company Eni in a way that allows them to qualify towards its $1tn sustainable financing goal.

Environmental groups have said the London-based bank is deliberately misleading the public by labelling the financial instruments as asustainablea at the same time that Eni is in the midst of a multibillion-pound fossil fuel expansion drive designed to increase production.

Warnings of dangerous temperatures across parts of Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh and India as hottest months of the year are made worse by El NiA+-o

Millions of people across South and Southeast Asia are facing sweltering temperatures, with unusually hot weather forcing schools to close and threatening public health.

Thousands of schools across the Philippines, including in the capital region Metro Manila, have suspended in-person classes. Half of the countryas 82 provinces are experiencing drought, and nearly 31 others are facing dry spells or dry conditions, according to the UN, which has called for greater support to help the country prepare for similar weather events in the future. The countryas upcoming harvest will probably be below average, the UN said.

Rain in Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi kills at least 90 people and damages farmland and infrastructure

Eastern Africa has experienced heavy rain in recent weeks, with flooding in Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi. About 100,000 people have been displaced or otherwise affected in each country, with 32 reported deaths in Kenya and 58 in Tanzania, alongside damage to farmland and infrastructure.

There are also fears that large areas of standing water could give rise to outbreaks of waterborne diseases.

Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry bailed for trial on charges of breaching the Official Secrets Act

Two men charged with spying for China have appeared in court in central London.

Christopher Cash, 29, and Christopher Berry, 32, spoke only to confirm their names and addresses when they appeared at Westminster magistrates court on Friday.

General manager resigns after test event problems at 23,500-capacity venue, with shows rescheduled

The beleaguered Co-op Live arena has postponed gigs by the comedian Peter Kay for the second time, on the day its general manager resigned over delays to opening the venue.

A number of gigs have been rescheduled at the 23,500-capacity Manchester venue, which had been due to open three days ago but will now not open until May.

Council tells resident of Redbridge that artwork had been subject of complaints from pro-Israel lawyers

Council authorities have moved to remove 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.