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 ...

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

The company, which operates about 610 hotels, saw revenues slip by 3.2% to £471.3 million for the six months to June 30.

An Oswestry business had to call the fire service after one of its machines caught fire on Thursday morning. Papersort, formerly Oswestry Waste Paper in the Maesbury Road Industrial Estate, called the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seven breaches were serious enough to be reported to the UK’s data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Business activity across the UK’s private sector has hit a one-year high this month, as the services industry led a summer rebound, according to new survey data. Firms nevertheless have been cutting ...

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 ...

London and south-east England have seen larger year-on-year falls in the GCSE pass rate than all other regions, the 2025 exam ...

The son and daughter of former Whitchurch businessman and passionate air pilot, Ray Grocott, who passed away in 2023, have provided funding to five young people to support their ambitions to gain a ...