内容摘要：The alliance between the Shia clerics in Iran and the Assads (who are from the minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam) helped cement Iran's powerbase in a predominantly Sunni Middle East.

The alliance between the Shia clerics in Iran and the Assads (who are from the minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam) helped cement Iran's powerbase in a predominantly Sunni Middle East.

They spend approximately 70% of their time in mainstream education and 30% in specialist lessons.Principal Alex Hughes said a "really inclusive environment" was central to a "culture of belonging" at the school.

He said the system's focus should be on "celebrating the brilliant contributions" Send pupils can make to their schools, but added that many families had struggled to find support for their children.Councillor Roger Gough, from the County Councils Network, which represents councils in England, said the report was the latest which showed the Send system was "no longer viable".Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said the committee had highlighted "the full drastic extent of the crisis in Send".

Schools Minister Catherine McKinnell said the system had been "failing families with Send children for far too long"."These problems are deep-rooted and will take time to fix, but we remain steadfast in our commitment to deliver the change that exhausted families are crying out for by ensuring better earlier intervention and inclusion," she added.

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Hundreds of people lined the streets of Dungannon on Monday night to give a warm welcome home to Dungannon Swifts FC after their Irish Cup final win at the weekend."When potholes are very close to the edge of the road it makes it difficult to cycle there, so you have to cycle more into the middle of the road and that irritates the drivers."

The issue has also been flagged by Mr Stewart, who said he had noticed an increase in damage caused by potholes, adding: "In the bike shop we get a lot of cyclists coming in with damaged wheels and punctures where they've hit potholes."It's a real problem."

Miguel Gentil Fernandez, an avid cyclist from Wollaton, is an associate professor at the University of Nottingham, specialising in urban planning."All along Derby Road, it's very very dangerous for cyclists," he noted.