Good evening. A teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a maths teacher in his late 20s was stabbed at a secondary school in Gloucestershire this morning.
Maths teacher in late 20s ‘stabbed by teenager’ in classroom
Jamie Sansom, a teacher from Newport, Wales, was taken to hospital this morning and is in a stable condition after reports of a stabbing, local sources said. Police were called to reports of a stabbing at the school in Tewkesbury, which is understood to have taken place in a classroom.
A source close to the school said the teacher was not intervening in a fight between pupils when he was stabbed, despite reports from parents that he had broken up an altercation.
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Joe Biden given royal welcome by the King on ‘mini state visit’
Joe Biden has been given a traditional royal welcome by the King at Windsor Castle in what has been dubbed a “mini state visit”, reports our Royal Editor Victoria Ward.
The US president also joined Rishi Sunak for tea in Downing Street, with the Prime Minister and the American commander-in-chief split on Washington’s decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine.
Simon Heffer says the president’s trip is much more than a mere formality.
To read the latest, see our live blog.
BBC staff mutiny as bosses accused of ‘protecting’ alleged sex scandal presenter
Furious BBC staff have accused bosses of protecting the high-profile presenter at the centre of an alleged sex scandal. Anita Singh and Robert Mendick report that staff claim that the man in question is friendly with management and suggested that executives had failed to take the matter seriously.
We have the latest, as Nicky Campbell said he endured a “distressing weekend” after he was falsely identified as the unnamed BBC presenter accused of paying ￡35,000 to a teenager for sexually explicit pictures.
For the latest on the crisis, see our live blog.
Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines
Larry Nassar | The USA Gymnastics doctor who was convicted of sexually abusing female athletes including Olympic medalists, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida.
EasyJet | Airline axes 1,700 flights, blaming European air traffic disruption China | Deflation looms for world’s second-largest economy as prices plunge Russia | Putin met Prigozhin after mutiny, Kremlin confirms Brexit | Ethical retailer Lush blames Britain leaving the EU for fall in European demand Lucy Letby | Jurors in murder trial retire to consider verdict Comment and analysis Tim Stanley | Useless Europe needs Biden to defend Ukraine Samuel Mace | Just Stop Oil’s apocalyptic beliefs could lead to a terrifying escalation Ranil Jayawardena | No wonder fertility is falling: Our tax regime is anti-family Tim Collins | Crunch time at the Nato summit Telegraph View | Ukraine deserves a timetable to join Nato World News: Nato agrees to speed up Ukraine’s path to membership
On the eve of the alliance’s leaders summit in Vilnius, Ukraine’s foreign minister said Nato members have agreed that the country can skip the Membership Action Plan, which is usually required of would-be joiners and takes several years. However, Joe Biden has said Russia’s war needs to end before Nato can consider adding Kyiv to its ranks. For the latest on the Ukraine-Russia war, see our live blog.
Feature of the day
‘The menopause is the best thing that’s ever happened to me’
Bryony Gordon says that far from being a hindrance, it is actually an opportunity with a sort of witchy magic to it
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Business news: Property market in ‘precarious’ situation, warns HSBC
The bank has downgraded 11 real estate companies such as Hammerson, which owns Birmingham’s Bullring shopping centre, after warning of difficulties in the near to medium-term. You can follow the latest business news on our live blog.
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Money | How taking a punt on start-ups could cut ￡300,000 from your tax bill
Net zero | ‘Help! I’ve been quoted ￡520,000 to fix my “heat sink” bungalow’
Film | Broken bones and zero gravity: 17 stunts that almost killed Tom Cruise
Sport briefing: Today’s essential headlines Geoffrey Boycott | Jonny Bairstow is not fully fit - he needs to be taken out of the limelight Wimbledon | Latest updates with Novak Djokovic in action on day eight of the Championships F1 | An alternate reality without Max Verstappen: An enthralling fight for the title Watch | Players mock the haka at Women’s Football World Cup
Ashes | This series has already matched 2005 in delivering three tests of pure drama
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