Largest ever seizure of synthetic opioids made in raid on suspected...

UK law enforcement want to stop any rise in use of the drugs amid a fall in opium production in Afghanistan.

Social contract between schools and parents ‘fractured’, watchdog wa...

Amanda Spielman will publish her final annual report as the chief inspector of Ofsted on Thursday.

Majority of school leaders believe Ofsted headline grades are unreli...

The findings come on the day the watchdog is due to publish its annual report on the state of education and social care in England.

Fens were once dominated by forests of yew trees, research suggests

Analysis by the Cambridge Tree-Ring Unit indicated that some of the trees were 400 years old when they died.

Study reveals which people are most likely to die from sepsis

A number of factors appear to increase a person’s risk.

What the papers say – November 23

The reaction to Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement leads Britain’s papers on Thursday.

Chief scientific adviser to appear before pandemic inquiry

It comes after it emerged that Professor Dame Angela McLean is said to have referred to Rishi Sunak as ‘Dr Death’.

Latest migration figures expected to show further increase in arriva...

Net migration takes into account the amount of people arriving in the UK, minus those who leave, and in 2022 the figure was a record 606,000.

Lifeboat rescues several people from small boat off Kent coast

The incident followed reports that two migrants drowned earlier on Wednesday off the French coast.

Scottish politicians condemn Tory MP’s asylum seekers remarks

Conservative Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson suggested asylum seekers should be sent to the Orkney Islands while their applications are processed.

UK zoo celebrates birth of critically endangered eastern black rhino

Zookeepers captured the birth on camera.

UK-EU divergence putting some farming sectors in NI at risk, peers a...

A representative from the UFU called on the UK Government to deliver a mechanism to deal with post-Brexit regulatory divergence.

Senior Tories call for faster movement on low tax economy plans

Dr Liam Fox and Dame Priti Patel were among those urging Government to go further and faster with plans to cut taxes.

Living standards, tax levels and other historical benchmarks

Disposable income is likely to be 3.5% lower in 2024/25 than before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Hunt’s tax cuts based on ‘implausible’ public spending squeeze – thi...

Economists said the Chancellor’s tax reductions will not prevent this from being the ‘biggest tax-raising’ parliament in modern times.

Northern Ireland’s financial position ‘largely unchanged’ after autu...

Neil Gibson, permanent secretary at the Department of Finance, said the statement confirmed no more money is coming to the region.

Net zero inequality ‘biggest challenge’ for Government, says top cli...

Chris Stark of the Climate Change Committee said those with electric cars and heat pumps are benefiting more than those who cannot afford to switch.

Climate dread among children and parents has risen due to extreme we...

Save The Children said youngsters were ‘anxious and alarmed by the climate crisis’.

Sunak welcomes South Korean leader to No 10 to sign diplomatic accor...

The Prime Minister and his wife greeted Yoon Suk Yeol on the steps outside No 10 on Wednesday afternoon.

Power lines cash a half-baked attempt to buy people off, campaigner...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said those living beside new powerlines could get up to £10,000 off their electricity bills over 10 years.