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 ...

Comedian and actor Munya Chawawa has said British TV is dying, not because of online platforms like TikTok, but “because it’s lost its willingness to take risks”.

A rare 245-year-old Neapolitan violin has been presented to the leader of the Ulster Youth Orchestra (UYO) for use during her tenure. Anna Jansson, 21, from Cork, a student at the Kunst-Universitat ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

Merseyside Police said the fire at Woolton Hall, Liverpool, on Tuesday ‘appears to have been an extremely reckless act’.

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.

Car keys were stolen in a house break-in before a BMW was taken from the drive. Police said the incident happened on Richmond Road in Leyburn in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and believe other ...