The record highs come despite the emergence of the La Nina pattern in the Pacific which temporarily cools global temperatures.

Queensway Primary School's headteacher has said its most recent Ofsted grading reflects its “importance” amid the threat of closure.

He will visit a Farm Safety Foundation event and then Carnoustie and Monifieth Men’s Shed in Carnoustie, Angus, on Thursday.

Crisis communications specialist Jed Wallace has filed a £5.6 million lawsuit for defamation in the latest round of a legal battle following ...

The papers on Thursday are led by global reaction to Donald Trump’s proposal for a US takeover in the Gaza Strip. The Guardian, The Independent and Financial Times lead with “condemnation” from around ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will chair a summit on smartphone theft after the Metropolitan Police seized more than 1,000 stolen devices in one week. The force targeted those involved in stealing, ...

Britain’s best-performing ice dancers since Torvill and Dean, Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson have won Skate America and Grand Prix titles and landed a third career European medal in Estonia this month.

Nearly three in five (58%) trusts were running an in-year deficit in 2024, according to an analysis of the financial data of more than 260 academy trusts in England which represent nearly 2,300 ...

Playwright Sir David Hare has criticised the National Theatre, saying it “is meant to present the world’s drama, and it doesn’t at the moment”, while suggesting that British cultural life is in ...

The latest Diabetes UK figures mean more than 12 million people in the UK, or one in five adults, either have diabetes or prediabetes, the charity said. Colette Marshall, chief executive of Diabetes ...

Cabinet Office minister Pay McFadden said senior mandarins should be encouraged to ensure value for money and be held responsible for it.