Students at a Milnthorpe school have been praised for making 'excellent progress' in their latest set of GCSE results.

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

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.

Cumbria Police are continuing to appeal for information about a missing 13-year-old boy. Liam Harrison was last seen at 4:45pm on August 16 on King Street, Wigton.

Staff at Ulverston Victoria High School (UVHS) have expressed delight at the GCSE results achieved by their Year 11 cohort. Matthew Hardwick, headteacher at UVHS, said: "As ever, I am exceptionally ...

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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 ...

Teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their exam results to help them progress to sixth form, college or training.

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 ...

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 ...

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