Warning of 'unqualified teachers'
Teaching unions are warning that children in England are increasingly being taught by unqualified staff.
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VIDEO: Pope Francis' Easter plea for peace
Pope Francis has delivered a passionate plea for peace in his first Easter Sunday message since being elected.
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Rebels attack Mali army in Timbuktu
The Malian army fights Islamist rebels in the northern city of Timbuktu after a suicide bomber tried to blow himself up near an army checkpoint.
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Fuller settles US X Factor case
British music mogul Simon Fuller settles his long-running copyright battle with TV network Fox over the US version of The X Factor.
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Egypt satirist released on bail
Popular Egyptian TV satirist Bassem Youssef is released on bail after questioning by prosecutors over allegations that he insulted President Morsi.
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Afghan head Karzai holds Qatar talks
Afghan President Hamid Karzai meets the emir of Qatar - for talks expected to consider the possible opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state.
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St Mirren 1-1 Celtic
Paul McGowan's penalty gives St Mirren a point against Celtic, who had Victor Wanyama sent off in a match overshadowed by refereeing errors.
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‘Pub quiz facts curriculum’ opposed
Teachers at the NUT conference attack the revised school curriculum in England as outdated and narrow.
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France house fire kills children
A house fire in Saint-Quentin in northern France kills five children between the ages of two and 10, local officials say.
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Arrest in Lurgan after explosion
A 46-year-old man has been arrested in Lurgan by detectives investigating an explosion in the town on Saturday.
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Pistorius 'will be welcomed back'
Oscar Pistorius will be welcomed back to some meetings when he returns to athletics, says his agent Peet van Zyl.
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Coldest Easter on record for UK
Easter Sunday is the coldest Easter day since modern records began, with temperatures as low as -12.5C in Braemar in the Scottish Highlands.
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Pope delivers Easter plea for peace
Pope Francis delivers a passionate plea for world peace - singling out "dear Syria" - in his first Easter Sunday speech since being elected.
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Baldwin avoids jail over tax evasion
Hollywood actor and former Celebrity Big Brother star Stephen Baldwin avoids jail after admitting income tax evasion.
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Two men die of bird flu in China
Two men, aged 27 and 87, have died in the Chinese city of Shanghai after catching a strain of bird flu not previously known in humans, officials say.
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Easter sermon focuses on false hope
Justin Welby warns against "pinning hopes on individuals" to solve all of society's problems, in his first sermon as Archbishop of Canterbury.
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VIDEO: Archibishop calls for 'hope and realism'
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby delivers his first Easter sermon at Canterbury Cathedral and says pinning hopes on individuals or institutions in society is a mistake.
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Poll finds Christianity in decline
The proportion of people in Scotland who see themselves as Christian has fallen to 55%, an opinion poll finds.
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Body in water near police station
The death of a man whose body was found in a stretch of water opposite a police station in Monmouthshire is being treated as unexplained.
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VIDEO: New home for orphaned polar bear
A tiny polar bear has found a new temporary home at a zoo in Anchorage, Alaska, after its mother was shot by a hunter who did not realise she had a cub.
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