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UK charities hiring staff with ‘privilege not potential’, report author warns

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Exclusive: Working-class people less likely to get jobs in charities than public and private sectors, EY Foundation report finds

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Union appears to accept Royal Mail proposal to cut most Saturday deliveries

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CWU seems to concede six-day service is financially unviable as company battles takeover bid

Russia makes more gains around Avdiivka as Ukraine awaits US aid

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Ukrainian officials say situation ‘very difficult’ but ‘not catastrophic’ amid loss of two villages and fighting in Ocheretyne

‘Do not bow’: ex-Black Panther praises pro-Palestinian student protesters from prison

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Mumia Abu-Jamal tells New York City students they’re on the right side of history by deciding ‘not to be silent and to speak out’

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BHP’s pursuit of Anglo American has a major obstacle: South Africa

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The De Beers owner is a longstanding jewel in the African' state’s economic crown – it would be a ‘big blow’ to see it sold off

Warmer spring-like weather forecast in UK after chilly April

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Grey skies and persistent rain could be replaced by temperatures as high as 20C in south-east England

‘They thought I was a child’: US airline repeatedly registers 101-year-old as baby

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Airport staff surprised by arrival of centenarian instead of infant after American Airlines booking system errors

Pope visits women’s prison in Venice and tours Vatican show at art Biennale

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Pope Francis, 87, met inmates, staff and volunteers at Giudecca jail during first trip outside Rome for months

Bulk-billed GP visits rise following introduction of incentives for doctors, data shows

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Doctors’ groups say improved bulk billing rate is ‘encouraging’ but more investment in health system is needed

Why the Guardian is investigating the deep failings in Australia’s school system

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Australia says it is committed to inclusive education. But the reality for the one in four schoolchildren who now have a disability is far from that

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MMR jab uptake among young people in England up by 23% since 2023, says NHS

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Exclusive: Vaccinations rise amid national campaign, but reported measles cases have increased by 40% since March

Middle East crisis: Israel has agreed to listen to US concerns before any Rafah invasion, says White House – as it happened

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Israel has started to meet commitments it made to Joe Biden on allowing aid into the north of Gaza, says White House national security spokesperson

Headteachers forced to mend desks and unblock toilets after cuts in England

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Exclusive: School leaders say they have had to take on additional role as caretaker because they can no longer afford staff

Is Reform UK on the rise? Blackpool’s soup kitchen candidate will find out

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Chris Webb is expected to win Blackpool South for Labour but eyes are on the fortunes of Mark Butcher, who works with the poor and insists he is ‘not a politician’

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RFK Jr dismisses Trump as ‘unhinged’ after being called a ‘Democrat plant’

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‘Trump’s rant against me is a barely coherent,’ says independent White House hopeful and challenges ex-president to a debate

Man charged over tragedy chanting at Man Utd v Burnley match

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Burnley FC says it was informed about ‘offensive footage’ on social media from some of its supporters

Antony Blinken to visit Saudi Arabia to try to restart Gaza ceasefire talks

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US secretary of state to discuss avoiding regional conflict amid fears about Israeli ground invasion of Rafah

Human rights groups and diplomats condemn Iraq’s anti-LGBTQ+ law

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US state department says law could drive away foreign investment and David Cameron calls it ‘dangerous and worrying’

Online casino firm 888.com to withdraw UK adverts after backlash

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Ads to be removed from London transport network amid criticism of Mayor Sadiq Khan’s ‘baffling’ decision to allow them

Iranian artist opens Leeds show exploring disability and migration

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Paralympian Mohammad Barrangi hopes his work will help people think of human stories behind headlines about migration

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Elon Musk makes unannounced visit to China

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Tesla boss reportedly meets Premier Li Qiang in visit aimed at sealing rollout of Autopilot software and transferring data overseas

Schoolgirl impresses at Japanese gamer event with win in retro game

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Girl of between 12 and 16 was making her first appearance at Evo Japan as contests previously finished past her bedtime

It’s hard being black in France, says Omar Sy after Aya Nakamura racism row

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Star of Lupin says notions of justice, equality and fraternity have been shaken along with his optimism

Scottish Greens will not back down in Humza Yousaf row, co-leader says

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Lorna Slater says she cannot imagine anything that would change party’s position after ‘spectacular breach of trust’

Man dies after parachute incident in County Durham

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British Skydiving Board to investigate after man in his 40s found at industrial estate in Shotton

Mike Johnson’s busy week: Ukraine aid and threats to protesters – what next?

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Speaker’s crude interventions on campus have forced many to question if his motives on Ukraine were quite so heroic

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Spanish opposition step up Sánchez attacks as PM decides on his future

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PP leader accuses prime minister of navel-gazing, while Sánchez’s supporters rally in Madrid

Second man dies after taking ‘unusually strong’ heroin in north Devon

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Two people still in hospital after major incident across Westward Ho!, Bideford and Barnstaple

David Blunkett says devising 99-year prison sentences is his ‘biggest regret’

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Labour former home secretary says imprisonment for public protection sentences have resulted in ‘deeply damaging outcomes’

Red walls and green dreams: what are the key battlegrounds in England’s local elections?

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From Hartlepool to Bristol, successes in 2 May’s polls will set the tone for the impending Westminster race