Man interviewed by police following reported thefts at British Museu...

It is believed that items including gold and precious stones were taken over a significant period of time.

NI students celebrate GCSE results despite uncertainty around grade...

Of the 30,800 GCSE students in the region who received their results, 86.8% received grade C/4 and above, while 34.5% received grade A/7 and above.

Tory MP hits out at Dorries’ ‘extraordinary’ entitlement

Nadine Dorries announced in June that she would quit the Commons but has not formally done so.

Inquiry launched into case of innocent man jailed for 17 years for r...

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk described Andrew Malkinson’s case as ‘an atrocious miscarriage of justice’.

Gap in top GCSE grades between London and North East widens

The regional disparities in results have sparked concerns among social mobility experts and leaders in the North of England.

SNP deficit rises to £800,000 and membership numbers fall, party acc...

The SNP’s total income dropped to £4,248,625 in 2022, down from £4,529,960 in 2021.

Former couple jailed for ‘brutal and cold-blooded’ murder of electri...

Rachel Fulstow and Michael Hillier were found guilty of the murder of Liam Smith in Wigan last November.

GCSE gender gap at its narrowest in 14 years

One in four female entries achieved at least a grade 7 or A this year, compared with almost one in five of male entries.

Mysterious dark spot on Neptune detected from Earth for the first ti...

A dark spot was first discovered on Neptune by Nasa’s Voyager 2 in 1989.

Soaring asylum backlog deemed ‘disastrous record’ for Sunak and Brav...

Campaigners warned people stuck waiting for a decision are exposed to ‘immense suffering’.

Government ‘failing Afghans as safe routes not matching scale of nee...

One organisation said the figures ‘reveal the shocking reality of the Government’s failure to provide protection for vulnerable Afghans’.

Wife of brain-damaged pastor loses life-support treatment fight

A judge has ruled that medics can lawfully stop providing life-support treatment to the man after a trial in the Court of Protection.

Charles and Camilla’s rescheduled state visit to France will begin i...

President Macron is expected to host a state banquet in honour of his guests the King and Queen.

Headteacher’s delight at GCSE results for pupils ‘most affected’ by...

A campaign to improve mental health support in Brighton and Hove schools is under way.

Labour membership slides but party enjoys financial boost as Tory in...

Labour has lost almost 125,000 members since its peak in 2019.

Cost of asylum system tops £3.97bn as backlog hits new record high

Home Office spending on asylum rose by £1.85bn in 2022/23, and figures show 80% of asylum seekers are waiting longer than six months for a decision.

Cost of asylum system nears £4bn as backlog hits new record high

Home Office spending on asylum rose by £1.85bn in 2022/23, and figures show 80% of asylum seekers are waiting longer than six months for a decision.

Sewer workers ‘quack’ case of the blocked pipe as duck found roaming...

The lone duck was seen waddling through the pipe and is believed to have been searching for algae to eat.

Celebrations planned for some as teenagers get their GCSE results

Emily Farrar, who is 16, said it was party time.

Calls for ‘urgent change’ to return NHS dentistry to pre-pandemic le...

It comes after NHS Digital figures showed 18.1 million adults were seen by an NHS dentist in the two years leading up to June.