Billions in SEND funding to make schools in England more inclusive, ministers say
The government is setting out big changes to how children with special educational needs get support.
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Milan-Cortina 2026 closes with ceremony in Verona
IOC president Kirsty Coventry says the athletes “showed us that the Olympic Games are a place for everyone” as she closes this year’s Winter Games.
Watch: Highlights from the Baftas
One Battle After Another took home best film and Hamnet also saw success in the outstanding British film category.
Zelensky tells BBC Putin has started WW3 and must be stopped
Ukraine’s president sat down with the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen in Kyiv days before the four-year anniversary of the war.
Powerful winter storm targets US northeast as NYC issues travel ban
The nor’easter storm has led to travel restrictions in multiple areas, including a full travel ban in New York City.
Baftas 2026: The winners list in full
One Battle After Another won six awards, followed by I Swear, Sinners and Frankenstein, with three each.
Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley and I Swear’s Robert Aramayo win big at the Baftas
Brit Aramayo beat US stars such Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet, while One Battle After Another picked up six awards.
Arsenal pass derby test of nerve as title race looks set to go to wire
Arsenal passed the north London derby test with flying colours as Premier League title race looks likely to go to the wire, says chief football writer Phil McNulty
Old Firm ‘buckle under pressure’ as incredible title race twists again
After a defeat for Celtic and surprise draw for Rangers, where does the latest weekend of drama leave the Scottish Premiership title race?
Wolves’ Arokodare third player racially abused this weekend
Wolves say they are “disgusted” after striker Tolu Arokodare was sent racist abuse on social media by “multiple perpetrators” following his side’s 1-0 loss to Crystal Palace.
Firefighters tackling large blaze at school
Several fire appliances are currently at the school building in Okehampton.
COST OF LIVING CRISIS: How Cape Town’s municipal bills are outrunning its middle-class residents
Cape Town homeowners who do not qualify for income-linked rebates are paying municipal bills that have significantly outpaced inflation and salary increases over the past decade as a result of spiralling property valuations and a wave of fixed charges that did not exist 10 years ago.
‘Heist’ at Forest boosts Liverpool’s top-four hopes
Liverpool’s late 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest puts the Reds firmly in the Champions League hunt after a “robbery” of a victory at the City Ground.
Mexico’s most wanted man ‘El Mencho’ reported killed
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho”, is head of one of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels.
Tehran is ready for nuclear concessions if US meets demands, Iranian official says
DUBAI, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Iran has indicated it is prepared to make concessions on its nuclear programme in talks with the U.S. in return for the lifting of sanctions and recognition of its right to enrich uranium, as it seeks to avert a U.S. attack.
CRICKET: Miller and bowlers propel Proteas to T20 World Cup victory in Super Eights
South Africa 187 for 7 (David Miller 63, Jasprit Bumrah 3-15,) beat India 111 all out (Shivam Dube 42, Marco Jansen 4-22) by 76 runs.
AGE OF THE ASSASSIN: Law enforcement kills armed man seeking to enter Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, say officials
Law enforcement fatally shot an armed man attempting to breach President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, highlighting ongoing concerns about political violence in the US.
ANALYSIS: The ANC won’t, and can’t, arrest its decline in Gauteng
With local elections expected later this year, the ANC in Gauteng is weaker than it’s ever been. Many of the problems have piled up over the years, but key to so many of them is political infighting, which shows no signs of abating.
MALICIOUS ATTACK OP-ED: ‘I literally felt naked’: Angolan journalist Teixeira Cândido targeted with Predator spyware
Angolan journalist and lawyer Teixeira Cândido wants to know who targeted him with spyware, and he wants justice.
THE STORIED MOUNTAIN: Table Mountain — The flat mountain that wouldn’t behave
Long before artists climbed its slopes, Table Mountain was imagined from the decks of ships: exaggerated, fortified, volcanic and teeming with beasts. The first in a new series explores how hearsay, fear and fantasy shaped the earliest images of the mountain we think we know.
Best Bafta Awards pictures as stars gather for ceremony
Chalamet and partner Kylie Jenner are among the stars attending the star-studded ceremony in London.