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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Jack Draper narrowly missed out on an appearance in the new-look US Open mixed doubles final. Draper and American Jessica ...

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

Good evening, welcome to The Northern Echo's live blog. Police closed the A1086 between Blackhall Rocks and Crimdon Dene in County Durham, last night, after a crash. Drivers were being asked to take ...

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

Rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was cleared of sex trafficking following a trial in July but found guilty of lesser charges related to prostitution.

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

An inquest is to be held for Jade Damarell, a 32-year-old skydiver who fell to her death earlier this year in a failed skydive a.

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. The city will become joint fourth on the list of places ...