Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has vowed to “rebouble efforts” to cut down on the number of children missing classes at schools. She said progress was beginning to be made, despite government ...

Kemp will remain in custody and is due to appear before Perth District Court on October 31, when a date will be set for her sentencing.

How to pronounce Cascais, at the centre of the Portuguese Riviera, is the first hurdle English speakers must overcome if deciding to book a trip here ...

Michelle Kabia was confirmed as the permanent chief executive of Farleigh Hospice on Monday, August 11, after serving as interim chief executive since March. She stepped in following the departure of ...

Ricky Jones, 57, is alleged to have committed the offence while addressing a crowd in Walthamstow, east London, on August 7 last year.

The figures showed that only 16% of UK business said they have recruitment policies in place to target ex-offenders. However, around a quarter of employers (26%) said they would feel comfortable ...

An ancient ritual which involves blowing into a large shell could tackle the symptoms of a common sleep disorder, a study suggests. The practice of conch blowing, also known as shankh blowing, could ...

Shoddy tradeswork is sparking more than 700 complaints a week, Citizens Advice said. The advisory service said it received almost 37,000 complaints about home maintenance and improvements in the past ...

Here is your guide to this summer’s exam results: – When are exam results this year? A-level and AS results are out on August 14, while GCSE results will be released on August 21. Pupils in England ...

New measures will be introduced to allow NHS trusts to take on newly qualified nurses and midwives before vacancies arise, the Government has announced. NHS providers will be able to begin recruiting ...

It is hoped KCL-HO-1i can be trialled on humans, with researchers suggesting it could one day be a ‘valuable companion drug’ to chemotherapy.

The UK’s biggest airline said the system shares real time aircraft trajectory information with air traffic control providers.