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Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost

SEND overhaul, Mexico drug lord killed and BAFTA shock

Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost

Sky News

Daily News, News, News Commentary

4.0223 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Billions of pounds are to be spent to help provide for children with educational special needs, which would see more children learning in mainstream rather than specialist schools.

Blockades and violent protests have erupted across Mexico after the country's most wanted man, a kingpin drug lord, was killed in a military operation, with the help of the US.

What do US President Donald Trump's fresh tariff threats mean for the UK and EU?

And history is made at the Baftas.

Sophy and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.

Transcript

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0:40.4

A generational overhaul of special educational needs,

0:44.1

which would see more children learning in mainstream rather than specialist schools.

0:48.4

Blockades and protests across Mexico after the country's most wanted drug lord

0:52.2

is killed in a military operation with the help of the US.

0:56.8

Hello, you're listening to Cheat Sheet, a 10-minute podcast on the day's news on Monday the 23rd of February.

1:03.1

I'm Sophie Ridge.

1:04.0

And I'm Wilfrid Frost. Also today, Shock at the BAFTA's two massive Hollywood names defeated by a rising star from Hull to the Best Actor Award.

1:15.4

So we've been waiting, Sophie, for the government's send plan, special educational needs and

1:21.9

disabilities plans for kids in schools. We now have it. What stands out? Yeah, well, it's been written up as a funding

1:29.4

boost, right? So, four billion pound funding package to help schools become more inclusive.

1:35.7

Honestly, though, I don't think that fully reflects what's going on here, because this is a massive

1:39.7

philosophical change, the way that we deal with kids with special educational needs and disabilities

1:45.4

in this country, right? So the bill's rising. The government knows everyone really understands

1:51.3

that some reform needs to happen. But underpinning this is a philosophy that kids with additional

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