It comes as education unions have raised concerns about the statutory tests taken by Year 6 pupils in primary schools across England.

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Colin Keane is set to miss the Qatar Goodwood Festival after being suspended for 14 days for using his whip over the permitted level at Sandown last week. The Irishman has not long been retained by ...

Campaigners and experts debated on whether utilities should be nationalised as ministers seek to ‘reset’ the failing sector.

Head coach Rhian Wilkinson, who was not on the coach as she and midfielder Angharad James travelled separately to the stadium for the pre-match press conference, said she believed all the players were ...

Umpire Louise Azemar-Engzell had to stop a rally on Court One when ‘fault’ was incorrectly called after a shot landed well inside the line.

The actor and comedian was caught travelling at 97mph on the M6 near Telford, Staffordshire, in July last year.

The chief inspector of prisons revealed ‘frightening’ blades including a zombie knife was also suspected of being dropped into prison by a drone.

Officers from Thames Valley Police were called to the churchyard at St Mary’s Butts in the early hours of Saturday, July 5.

Royal Dress justified strong market support with an emphatic victory in the Weatherbys Hamilton Pipalong Stakes at Pontefract. James Tate’s mare won at Listed and Group Three level last season and ...

Flights scheduled at Marseille Airport have been suspended after a wildfire raged close to the southern French port city, local authorities said. The prefecture urged people in the affected areas to ...

A public inquiry into the murders of three girls at a Southport dance class will identify changes that urgently need to be made to protect the most vulnerable from other “horrors”, the chairman has ...