News Headlines - 05 May 2016

▽Why The New Day didn't work... and had no hope of working | The Guardian

The New Day’s demise is no surprise. A couple of weeks after its launch I blurted out at a Media Society seminar that it wouldn’t last three months. And it hasn’t.
Some 10 days before I had written of it being an ill-conceived project that had got off to a terrible start following a launch I described as “amateur”.

▽Local elections 2016: Jeremy Corbyn faces key test in 'Super Thursday' election | The Independent

Jeremy Corbyn has suffered an early wobble in his first electoral test as Labour leader after his spokesman was forced to "clarify" comments in which he said he did not intend to say the party would lose no seats in the local elections.

▽Rare North Korea Congress could be a big show — and mark big changes

When North Korea’s first party congress in 36 years kicks off Friday, it is certain to feature all the pageantry, saber-rattling and over-the-top rhetoric the world has come to expect of the reclusive and erratic regime.

▽Japan’s prime minister warns over Brexit threat to investment — FT.com

Japanese investment into Britain could fall if the country leaves the EU and ceases to be “a gateway” to Europe, its prime minister warned on Thursday.

▽How Claudio Ranieri’s leadership shows us there’s another way for schools

No bullying, no naming and shaming, no extravagant claims, small performance bonuses, no shouting...There’s a lot the politicians in charge of schools could learn from Leicester City’s wonderful manager, writes one leading headteacher