The number of top grades awarded to A-level students in Northern Ireland has risen. More than 26,000 students in the region received their A-level, AS-level and BTec results on Thursday. The ...

Hours after the eclipse had passed, British stargazers were treated to an extra delight as the Perseid meteor shower lit up the night sky across the UK. The phenomenon peaked in the early hours of ...

Tom Jackson hopes the sacrifices will be made worth it by a return to the prestigious podium at the 2026 Defender Burghley Horse Trials.

West End star Sheila Mathews, who had one of the longest careers in British entertainment, has died aged 99. The actress died on Tuesday after suffering a series of strokes, her long-term friend ...

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Today is A-level, T-level and BTEC results day, with students across the country finding out how they got on ; Follow for live updates from schools across St Albans and Harpenden ...

Ofwat has provisionally ruled that five of 13 suppliers can increase charges for customers to increase investment by £3.4bn by 2030.

South Africans call their homeland ‘a world in one country’. It covers an area equivalent to five times the size of Britain, with a climate ranging from temperate, Mediterranean and sub-tropical to ...

Temperatures have climbed above 37C in some parts of England, as 2026 set new records for days of extreme heat. The Met Office said by early afternoon temperatures had reached 37.6C at Charlwood in ...

The proportion of A-level entries awarded top grades has risen for the third year in a row, likely driven by the popularity of maths and students scoring highly in it. Hundreds of thousands of ...

Nigel Farage faces 33 opponents despite the main Westminster parties boycotting a contest which they view as a stunt by the Reform UK leader.

A 25-year-old bus driver shot dead outside a pub in south London has been named by police. Gunshots were heard near the venue in Willington Road, Clapham, on Monday evening. Auguste-Marie Bile-aka ...