A young shepherd set the baa high with her GCSE results when she arrived to collect them with her sheep, Kevin. Milly Johnson, 16, who has won awards for sheep-handling, brought along the North ...

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 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.

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

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 ...

Cumbria Police are continuing to appeal for information on a missing 13-year-old Liam Harrison, who went missing on August 16.

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

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 ...

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

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.

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

CUMBRIA Police have revealed their speed camera van locations for Thursday, August 21. Cumbria Police reveal the locations of the vans every day to help manage speeding in known hotspots.