London and south-east England have seen larger year-on-year falls in the GCSE pass rate than all other regions, the 2025 exam figures show. Some 71.6% of entries in London were awarded grade 4 or ...

Russian forces launched more than 600 drones and missiles overnight, striking an American electronics factory in the west of Ukraine.

Historically, experts classified giraffes as a single species with nine subspecies, but that has been overturned by the new classification.

Overall, there were 6,160,034 GCSE entries, down by 0.4% on last year’s figure of 6,186,879.

Conservative-led councils in Hertfordshire, Surrey and London are considering taking legal action against hoteliers, he said.

Teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their exam results to help them progress to sixth form, college or training.

The former childminder, from Northampton, was ordered to serve 40 of her 31-month sentence in prison before being released on licence.

Vienna is to host the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest after Austria’s act JJ won the 2025 event with his song, Wasted Love, in Basel, Switzerland. The city will become joint fourth on the list of places ...

The Office for National Statistics said the borrowing of £1.1 billion is the lowest July figure for three years.

More than 200 Ofcom complaints have been lodged against the hit ITV soap opera Emmerdale because of  "uncomfortable" scenes aired before the watershed. The television regulator revealed that around ...

VILLAGERS were left without power after a fire tore through homes and destroyed two roofs. Crews from Colchester, Weeley, Clacton and Dovercourt were called to The Street in Bradfield Heath at 8.23am ...

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