Luke Tweedley said more than 90 per cent of pupils are starting school without the expected level of literacy and numeracy ...

The match between Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz was paused twice while fans were attended to amid sweltering conditions.

Possible highs of 33C on Saturday mean the third heatwave will fall short of the top temperatures of 34.7C recorded earlier in July, but this heatwave will be more widespread, the Met Office said.

Authority over death belongs to God only, the Church of England’s parliament has been told as its current highest-ranking bishop spoke out against assisted dying.

Two short clips did not include the context either side which showed that Owen Jones was making a point about a line of questioning.

Yorkshire and north-east England are experiencing one of their driest years on record, data shows. The area has seen an average of just 242.8mm of rain so far in 2025 – less than half the amount that ...

Support workers at a care home where a teenage girl was murdered by a fellow resident did not know about his history of predatory sexual behaviour, an inquest has heard.

Britain’s migrant return deal with France is “robust” against legal challenge, Downing Street said as the EU suggested it is assessing whether the agreement complies with “the spirit and letter of the ...

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry was hearing evidence from a former employee at a special residential school in Fife.

Kemi Badenoch posed with a giant pair of scissors at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open a new domestic arrivals building at London Stansted Airport. The Conservative leader wielded the more ...

Benedict Cumberbatch and Dame Anna Wintour were among the famous faces to attend day 12 of Wimbledon. Dame Anna, who recently announced she was stepping down as day-to-day editor of American Vogue, ...