In France, 80 departments have been placed on an orange heat warning With record dry conditions in July and a dry start to August, nearly three-quarters of England and the whole of Wales are in ...

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Almost one in three boys’ A-level entries scored an A8 or A* this summer Boys have outperformed girls in terms of top grades again, after doing so for the first time in seven years last year. Overall, ...

First Test, day one: Australia 198; Bangladesh 96 for 1 at stumps No 4 batter hits 71 as Hasan Mahmud takes six wickets for tourists Australia got the “Big Four” back together but was overshadowed by ...

High schoolers join university walkouts in major cities and several smaller locations amid urge to fight against racism Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast They came yelling ...

The Reform UK leader resigned as the MP for Clacton at the start of July and forced a byelection Good morning. In the media, August is known as the “silly season”. With parliament not sitting and many ...

The AI jobs apocalypse never showed up. Still, jobs are changing and economists expect more to come The prediction was stark: artificial intelligence advancements would wipe out jobs en masse. “Half” ...

Northern Ireland best performing with 30.7% of grades being As and A*s but Wales and England close behind Sixth-formers have basked in a summer of record-breaking exam results in academic and ...

Disney+ has bought the rights to broadcast The Overlap’s podcast content in a multimillion pound deal that will see Gary Neville’s Stick to Football brand compete with Gary Lineker’s Netflix-backed ...

This is a spiky, interrogative and surprisingly conventional set from an act who usually pushes standup to its limits You can fall victim to your own high standards – and few comics have set higher ...