The gap in GCSE results between boys and girls is now at its narrowest point this century. While girls are still outperforming their male classmates in terms of both top grades and reaching at least a ...

An English tourist is in a critical condition after a serious assault in Temple Bar in Dublin city. Emergency services attended the scene of the incident in the Temple Bar Square area at around ...

Waitrose boss James Bailey is to step down from the supermarket chain later this year, parent group The John Lewis Partnership has said. Mr Bailey has led the upmarket grocery business as its managing ...

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.

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

Barry Williams, Poundland’s managing director, said sticking to the £1 price point had prevented it from selling products that customers had to visit rival stores to buy. The chain billed the move as ...

The number of pupils receiving top grades in GCSE examinations in Northern Ireland has risen. Results have been delivered to more than 32,000 pupils across the region. The provisional results show ...

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

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

The Office for National Statistics said the borrowing of £1.1 billion is the lowest July figure for three years.

It was a frustrating night for Celtic in Europe, while speculation continued over the future of Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze.

Great green bush-cricket, the UK’s largest cricket, found in north Worcestershire. Worcestershire Wildlife Trust seeks public sightings to ...