Here are the main numbers and trends in this year’s GCSE results: – The proportion of entries receiving the top grades has risen from last year and remains higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic. A ...

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 ...

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.

The former Brazilian president’s intention to flee was revealed in documents found on his phone, federal police said.

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

Rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was cleared of sex trafficking following a trial in July but found guilty of lesser charges related to prostitution.

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

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

Vienna is to host the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest after Austria’s act JJ won the 2025 event with his song, Wasted Love, in Basel, Switzerland. The city will become joint fourth on the list of places ...

The Copa Sudamericana game between Independiente and Universidad of Chile in Buenos Aires was halted with the score at 1-1.

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