The gap in GCSE results between boys and girls is now at its narrowest point this century. While girls are still outperforming their male classmates in terms of both top grades and reaching at least a ...

Tuna Lokman, who came to the UK when he was 10, says his dream is to get into Oxford or Cambridge to study maths or data science.

Comedian and actor Munya Chawawa has said British TV is dying, not because of online platforms like TikTok, but “because it’s lost its willingness to take risks”.

Waitrose boss James Bailey is to step down from the supermarket chain later this year, parent group The John Lewis Partnership has said. Mr Bailey has led the upmarket grocery business as its managing ...

An English tourist is in a critical condition after a serious assault in Temple Bar in Dublin city. Emergency services attended the scene of the incident in the Temple Bar Square area at around ...

The company, which operates about 610 hotels, saw revenues slip by 3.2 to £471.3 million for the six months to June 30.

Seven breaches were serious enough to be reported to the UK’s data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office.

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

A young shepherd set the baa high with her GCSE results when she arrived to collect them with her sheep, Kevin. Milly Johnson, 16, who has won awards for sheep-handling, brought along the North ...

The University of Edinburgh Sport has announced a ground-breaking three-year partnership with sports hydration brand Grilla, in one of the ...

Ethel Caterham, of Lightwater, Surrey, who was born in August 1909, succeeded to the title of oldest living person in April.

Merseyside Police said the fire at Woolton Hall, Liverpool, on Tuesday ‘appears to have been an extremely reckless act’.