Vienna is to host the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest after Austria’s act JJ won the 2025 event with his song, Wasted Love, in Basel, Switzerland.

Here are the main numbers and trends in this year’s GCSE results: – The proportion of entries receiving the top grades has risen from last year and remains higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic. A ...

Russian forces launched more than 600 drones and missiles overnight, striking an American electronics factory in the west of Ukraine.

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 ...

Ethel Caterham, who lives in Surrey, became the oldest living person in April after the death of Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canbarro Lucas at 116.

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 ...

The former childminder, from Northampton, was ordered to serve 40 of her 31-month sentence in prison before being released on licence.

Conservative-led councils in Hertfordshire, Surrey and London are considering taking legal action against hoteliers, he said.

Teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their exam results to help them progress to sixth form, college or training.

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

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

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