Teacher-assessed grades in lieu of exams benefit those at independent schools as gap with state education widens The gap between private and state school A-level grades has grown to its widest in the modern era as part of a record-breaking set of results in which black pupils and male pupils […]
Authorities say about 8,600 people may have been affected See all our coronavirus coverage Authorities in northern Germany have appealed to thousands of people to get another shot of Covid vaccine after a police investigation found that a Red Cross nurse may have injected them with a saline solution. The […]
High commissioner urges Home Office to stop flight because of Covid cases and spread of Delta variant Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The hours before a controversial Home Office charter flight to Jamaica was due to take off were mired in chaos and confusion as more […]
Alok Sharma says chance to limit worst impacts of climate breakdown ‘still achievable, but retreating fast’ The world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases must produce clear plans to cut their carbon output drastically, the president of vital UN climate talks has urged, after scientists warned there was only a small […]
Giuffre accuses Andrew of sexual abuse at Epstein’s mansion when she was under 18 Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an alleged victim of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on Monday filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew in federal court in New York. She accused the British royal of sexually abusing her at […]
Week of blazes forces evacuations and brings devastating scale of destruction to large areas of southern Europe The devastating scale of destruction from a week of wildfires in Greece and Italy was being assessed as the EU mounted one of its largest firefighting operations ever and smoke from forest fires […]
Francis Goncalves, from Cardiff, wants his family’s experience to encourage people to get vaccinated Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A man from Cardiff has claimed he lost his mother, father and brother from Covid within a week because all three had chosen not to be jabbed […]
Tory peer behind the Covid-19 test-and-trace programme to leave role in October Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Dido Harding has announced that she is stepping down as chair of NHS Improvement in October, bringing to an end a tenure during which she often hit the headlines […]
IPCC’s landmark report will be most comprehensive assessment yet as governments prepare for pivotal UN talks in November The fires, floods and extreme weather seen around the world in recent months are just a foretaste of what can be expected if global heating takes hold, scientists say, as the world’s […]
James Ramsbotham, CEO of North East England Chamber of Commerce, says letter sent to Boris Johnson remains unanswered A letter to Boris Johnson sent a fortnight ago by James Ramsbotham called on the prime minister to save the north-east from the “damage being done to our economy” by Brexit and […]