Seven breaches were serious enough to be reported to the UK’s data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office.

A rare 245-year-old Neapolitan violin has been presented to the leader of the Ulster Youth Orchestra (UYO) for use during her tenure. Anna Jansson, 21, from Cork, a student at the Kunst-Universitat ...

The official said 60,000 reservists will be called up in the coming month, nearly doubling the number of active reservists to ...

A young shepherd set the baa high with her GCSE results when she arrived to collect them with her sheep, Kevin. Milly Johnson, 16, who has won awards for sheep-handling, brought along the North ...

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

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.

Cats are in the limelight this week. People’s lives are busy. Having a dog that needs walking every day is not realistic for some people, but ...

Historically, experts classified giraffes as a single species with nine subspecies, but that has been overturned by the new classification.

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 ...

Students from across Somerset are receiving their GCSE results today. Follow this blog for live updates of schools across the county.