More than a fifth (21.9%) of UK teenagers who received their GCSE results were awarded a grade 7 (A) this summer - a slight increase compared to last year.

A 14-year-old girl has been arrested after a large fire broke out at an abandoned m. Firefighters were called to the 18th-century Woolton Hall on Tuesday evening, but the blaze has now been ...

Editor-in-chief of The Observer, James Harding, a former head of the BBC's news and current affairs programming, says ...

Number of asylum seekers in hotels rises by 8% since June 2024 This is down very slightly on 32,345 who were in British hotels at the end of March. However, today's figure is an 8% rise on the same ...

A former Church of England priest who ran a rave-inspired "cult" group has been found guilty of indecently assaulting nine ...

Ethel Caterham, who lives in a care home in Surrey, declined media interviews on her special day, with one concession held ...

Retired women are in effect losing the equivalent of £7,600 a year on average due to gender inequality, study suggests.

At least 13 people allegedly involved in the killing of two members of Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada’s staff in May have been arrested. The 'organised cell' is thought to have planned the attack for ...

The government borrowed the least amount of money in three years last month, official figures showed, in a surprise bout of ...

US judge Frank Caprio, who amassed a huge online fan base via clips of his compassion in the courtroom, has died after a 'long and courageous battle' with pancreatic cancer.

Israel's military has launched the first steps of an operation to take over Gaza City and IDF forces are already holding the ...

Moscow launched 40 missiles and nearly 600 drones across Ukraine overnight, forcing Poland to scramble jets as the western ...