The number of A* and A grades awarded at A-level in Northern Ireland has risen slightly. More than 25,000 students across the region received their AS and A-level examination results on Thursday. In A ...

The figures come as Health Secretary Wes Streeting continues talks with the British Medical Association to prevent further resident doctor strikes.

The gap between the two regions for entries getting the highest grades is 9.2 percentage points, up from 7.4 points last year.

About 150 people have been evacuated from a major London NHS hospital following reports of a chemical incident. Firefighters were first called at 8.49am on Thursday to Guy’s Hospital in Southwark, ...

A man accused of driving into crowds at Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade faces an additional 24 charges, including two relating to alleged victims who were babies. Paul Doyle, 53, was in ...

Bridget Phillipson also said she ‘can’t put a timescale’ on when long-awaited guidance for schools on gender-questioning children will ...

A Great British pentathlete is to study astrophysics at university while aiming to compete in the Olympic Games, having achieved high A-level grades. Sebastian Forrest, 18, from Gloucestershire, ...

Rachel Reeves has said that decisions around taxes will have to wait for the autumn Budget, amid reports that the Treasury is looking to raise more money from inheritance tax. The Chancellor told ...

Hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are finding out their exam results on Thursday.

Liverpool and Manchester City are among the clubs whose players and managers were spotted on taxis across the capital Harare.

Growth in the UK economy slowed to 0.3% in the second quarter of this year, new official figures show. However, the figure was stronger than the 0.1% level widely expected by economists after an ...

A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges was found guilty of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials. A jury ...