The gap between the two regions for entries getting the highest grades is 9.2 percentage points, up from 7.4 points last year.

About 150 people have been evacuated from a major London NHS hospital following reports of a chemical incident. Firefighters were first called at 8.49am on Thursday to Guy’s Hospital in Southwark, ...

Growth in the UK economy slowed in the second quarter of this year amid pressure from tariff uncertainty and tax increases, new official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said ...