diane abbott, has been suspended pending an investigation into a letter she wrote about racism for the british newspaper the observer. a growing number of foreign diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartom, as fighting between rivalfactions of the army enters a second week. here in the uk, the ministry of defence has confirmed embassy staff were removed under the cover of darkness. the us and france have carried out a similar operation. there s no word yet, on how other british nationals are supposed to leave. with the latest here s our africa correspondent, andrew harding. amid the bombs and the gunfire in khartoum today, a series of dramatic rescue missions. among those successfully airlifted out of sudan after a week of terror, british embassy staff and their families. over 1200 people contributed to this operation. it was dangerous and precarious but never the less we managed to use both c 130s and aaoo aircraft to go in,
The National Association of Head Teachers passed an emergency motion condemning the government for refusing to scrap single-word judgements from Ofsted inspections
The single word judgement after an inspection by schools’ watchdog Ofsted, that a school is either outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate, will remain says government, despite universal condemnation.
An academy leader has called for transparency over how Ofsted handles complaints after revealing he persuaded senior officials to 'set aside' a negative report
The Government has said that single-word inspection judgements will stay, despite recommendations from the education select committee of MPs that they should be scrapped and replaced with a more ‘nuanced’ system.