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.

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

Here are the main numbers and trends in this year’s GCSE results: ...

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 ...

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

Logan Burnett fatally stabbed his ex-girlfriend, 26-year-old mum-of-three Courtney Mitchell, in Burrell Road, Ipswich ...

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

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

A Colchester 29-year-old woman who slammed a woman against a taxi and kicked and hit her while she was on the ground has been given a ...

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

With the World Championships in Tokyo coming up next month, Hodgkinson – who has been recovering from a hamstring injury – ...