While the percentage of students getting top grades increased overall, it fell among girls.

A couple who "offered sexual services" so they could drug men and steal from them have been jailed after two of their victims died.

The rate of UK growth has slowed but the economy remained resilient despite the Iran war, according to the latest data.

A father has returned to court over the alleged murder of his nine-year-old daughter in Angus.

The board of the English Football League (EFL) has met to discuss a £1.5bn bid by the Premier League to avert the imposition of a financial settlement by the sport's new watchdog.

A man has died after a suspected gas explosion destroyed a bungalow in Buckinghamshire, police say. 

A 102-year-old man has died after allegedly being assaulted at a pub in South Wales, police say.

Bluetongue has been detected on a second farm in Scotland and three other suspected cases are being investigated after the nation's first-ever case was recorded at the weekend.

Retailers have warned that a ban on zero-hours contracts risks inflicting a "hammer blow to young people's job prospects" after the government's own analysis found the move could cost businesses billions of pounds a year.