Calls to end ‘antiquated’ exam system as 150,000 pupils receive their results
The Scottish Greens have urged the Government to implement the recommendations of an expert review from 2023 The Scottish Greens have written to the Education Secretary, calling for an overhaul…
Gatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails
Gatwick airport is to start development of its second runway after campaigners lost a legal challenge to the plans. The court of appeal on Tuesday dismissed a bid by local…
Ed Sheeran fined by Bradford court over classic Aston Martin blunder
Ed Sheeran has been fined by a court after accidentally failing to insure his classic Aston Martin while it was being restored and converted to an electric car. The 35-year-old…
Major Welsh mountain fire started ‘deliberately’ as crews continue to battle blaze
The fire remains a major incident due to the scale of the blaze and ‘challenging conditions’ on the mountain Firefighters battling a significant mountain blaze in South Wales are now…
Prisoner early release scheme gives Burnham his first taste of unpopularity
If Andy Burnham wanted to demonstrate he was the anti-Keir Starmer, the first fortnight could not have gone better. Instead of painting a gloomy picture of tough times and an…
A rail nightmare: what it’s like on England’s busiest commuter-only train
The 5.46pm train from London Euston to Crewe is the low point of Nikhil Patel’s week. “I’ve never gotten a seat. I always stand up even when I get here…
The British summer essential being banned from some parks and beaches
Some councils have banned the use of disposable BBQs on council-owned parks, beaches and other public spaces There’s something almost comic about the modern British summer ritual: as soon as…
UK drought map: The regions suffering most after driest July on record
England is facing an ‘exceptionally serious situation’, officials have said Around half of England and the whole of Wales are officially in drought as provisional Met Office figures reveal both…
Pensioner killed neighbour’s fish with motor oil after being driven ‘completely insane’ by noisy pond
An environmental officer came to the house and told Duffy he either had to ‘move or close his window’ A man climbed into his neighbour’s garden and used motor oil…
Why are criminals being released early? The prison crisis in numbers
Around 1,000 rapists and child sex offenders will remain exempt from Labour’s early prison release scheme – but why couldn’t Andy Burnham go further? Alex Ross explores the crisis facing…