London and south-east England have seen larger year-on-year falls in the GCSE pass rate than all other regions, the 2025 exam figures show. Some 71.6% of entries in London were awarded grade 4 or ...

Ethel Caterham, of Lightwater, Surrey, who was born in August 1909, succeeded to the title of oldest living person in April.

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Merseyside Police said the fire at Woolton Hall, Liverpool, on Tuesday ‘appears to have been an extremely reckless act’.

The number of asylum seekers being housed temporarily in UK hotels has risen by 8% under Labour on the same point last year, according to newly published data.

The staff, who provide support for passengers with reduced mobility at Edinburgh Airport, will walk out on several occasions next month.

Teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their exam results to help them progress to sixth form, college or training.

Ethel Caterham, who lives in Surrey, became the oldest living person in April after the death of Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canbarro Lucas at 116.

Russian forces launched more than 600 drones and missiles overnight, striking an American electronics factory in the west of Ukraine.

Conservative-led councils in Hertfordshire, Surrey and London are considering taking legal action against hoteliers, he said.

Historically, experts classified giraffes as a single species with nine subspecies, but that has been overturned by the new classification.

The former childminder, from Northampton, was ordered to serve 40 of her 31-month sentence in prison before being released on licence.