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Fourth time lucky for GCSE maths student, 29, who can now train as t...

Teaching assistant Jess Ward has finally passed her maths exam and can follow her dream career.

Man jailed for life for killing stranger in her home while baby slep...

Anthony Stinson attacked Charlotte Wilcock as she sat on the doorstep of her house in Blackburn, Lancashire, in March.

Councillor obtains English GCSE aged 68 and plans to take on maths n...

‘Just going through the learning process was really enjoyable,’ said Keith Dibble.

AI can write better university assignments than students, report sug...

Research found ChatGPT matched or exceeded the efforts of humans when answering questions across a range of subjects.

Antarctic sea ice loss causes unprecedented emperor penguin breeding...

Researchers examined satellite images that showed the loss of sea ice where the animals go to have their young.

Corbyn: I hope indyref2 will happen soon and Labour should support i...

The former party leader was speaking at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Jury retires in trial of ex-teacher accused of animal cruelty for st...

Sarah Moulds denies two offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

Electrician who was brutally murdered was ‘denied chance to clear hi...

Father-of-two Liam Smith, 38, was shot in the face and then covered in acid after being lured outside his home in Wigan, Greater Manchester.

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.