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One student receiving GCSE results is 18-year-old Diya Eman, who moved to the UK from Pakistan less than a year ago. Diya sat 5 GCSE exams at Leeds Sixth Form College, and after receiving a string of top grades, she will…
There have now been almost 5,000 cases and more than 2,000 deaths since 15 May, making this Ebola outbreak the biggest and most deadly in the DRC's history. It is on course to be "the largest one in the world", according…
This year The Sandwell Colleges (which includes Sandwell College, Cadbury Sixth Form College and Central Saint Michael’s Sixth Form) have seen bumper numbers of over 3000 young people resitting their GCSEs. Students from…
The biggest drivers behind male cases were smoking, obesity and drinking too much alcohol, researchers said, with the link most pronounced in lung and oesophageal cancers. Analysing health data from 22,000 Britons over…
While carbon emissions reduction is normally framed as having a global benefit rather than a local gain, studies published in 2025 and 2026 from Greece have added to growing evidence that cutting coal use and air…
A severe form of epilepsy condemned his tiny body to daily seizures – brutal, draining and each one potentially fatal. "They couldn't get the seizures under control," his mother, Charlotte, recalled. "Billy was sent home…
Adult social care stands at a critical moment. Demand for care continues to grow, and policymakers are increasingly focused on how the sector can build a sustainable workforce for the future. Yet recruitment and…
Meanwhile, the quieter person calmly preventing operational problems in the background is frequently overlooked because they are not performing urgency dramatically enough. Some workplaces now treat exhaustion almost…
The allegations, which were not proven in any formal investigation, triggered questions about Arday's achievements. There has been stiff criticism of Cambridge over its handling of the affair, but also of the coverage by…
"I agreed to take part in this documentary because I knew it was aiming to show ADHD was a myth and I wanted to provide an alternative view," she said. "But they cherrypicked, largely misrepresented, truncated and…