Figures revealed the examiners with the highest and lowest pass rates at each centres across the UK over two three-month periods in 2023 and 2024.

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Thousands of Londoners are facing a difficult commute on Wednesday morning as a signalling fault has affected the Elizabeth line and Heathrow Express.

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Latest Manchester United news as Sir Jim Ratcliffe's final cash injection is confirmed following his purchase of a stake in the club from the Glazer family in December 2023

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The BBC game show has seen a number of players murdered by their fellow competitors, with Yin, Keith, Maia and Livi all meeting a sticky end at the hands of the Traitors in the latest series

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Christopher Hughes, 37, from Manchester, who was falsely accused of the knifepoint rape of a teenage girl was kidnapped and murdered by eight men in a vigilante attack

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Holly Willoughby , 43, will be swapping her glamorous red carpet ensembles for a pair of camouflage hot pants and hiking boots as she prepares to host the show in Costa Rica.

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The BBC One show fronted by Claudia Winkleman and filmed in the Scottish Highlands returned for a third season earlier this month. But it has been heavily been criticised by viewers.

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A new mutated strain of monkeypox clade Ib, has been discovered by health officials in China just as the nation seems to get a handle on the explosion of HMPV virus

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Many motorists will be able to recall a situation where they've paid for parking and done their best to rush back to their car in time only to discover taking a hit for being a few minutes late

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The Princess of Wales paid a moving visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital where she received her cancer treatment to thank staff and meet patients - and for the outing, she decided to leave her iconic engagement ring at home

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Thousands of Londoners are facing a difficult commute on Wednesday morning as a signalling fault has affected the Elizabeth line and Heathrow Express.

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TV star Paul O'Grady's death rocked the showbiz world in March 2023 when he died at the age of 67 after suffering cardiac arrhythmia

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Altay Bayindir was the hero of Man United's FA Cup third round triumph over Arsenal, saving a penalty in normal time and in the penalty shootout.

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Linda Nolan, who has died from breast cancer aged 65, struggled in the last few months of her life, when she suffered a fall and a worrying 'mystery illness' that saw her question 'Is this it?'

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The host of the hit dance show often remains impartial when she shows her support for her fellow stars of the show

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Killing people with paperwork instead of a gun doesn’t make you any less of a murdererAt this very moment Luigi Mangione, who is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare’s CEO last month, is sitting in a federal jail cell in Brooklyn. He’s got a barrage of court appearances scheduled and, once he has wound his way through the criminal justice system, he could be behind bars for the rest of his life.Which, of course, is as it should be. While there are a lot of reasons that many people find the 26-year-old alleged assassin sympathetic, you can’t just gun a CEO down outside a hotel in Manhattan and face no consequences for it. And Mangione, who is, by all accounts, an extremely smart guy with an Ivy League education, should really have known better. He should have known that if he wanted to murder someone – and get away with it – there were far more socially acceptable ways of doing so.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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Love Island All Stars viewers saw Kaz Crossley and Casey O'Gorman in a tense exchange on a recent episode, with former islander Laura Anderson since wading into the drama

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A Place in the Sun viewers watched the awkward moment the buyer shut down the tour, telling host Jasmine Harman he didn't want to bother seeing the rest of the house

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Fans said it looked like a ‘psych ward’ and compared it to a horror movie set

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The 1998 horror film has become a cult classic and is loved by fans of the genre - and it's available to watch on Netflix

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One Virgin River fan is already predicting a major let-down in Netflix's seventh season of the small town drama - and they're not alone

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BBC The Traitors viewers have been doing some deep digging on fan favourite Linda Rands and believe they've managed to unearth footage of her during her former career as an opera singer.

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EXCLUSIVE: Nicole Kidman has starred in new movie Babygirl, where she plays a successful CEO who is eager to have her 'milk' and drink it. Let's take a closer look at what is going on

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They said Jackie Davies, 63, was helped at the scene not just by the emergency services, but also local residents and nurses from a nearby nursing home and blood donors

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Latest SunLife study shows average total funeral cost at £9,797 with many selling off possessions to help payThe “cost of dying” has hit a record high, prompting growing numbers of grieving UK families to turn to crowdfunding or sell possessions to help pay for a funeral, according to a report.The average cost of a basic funeral has increased by 3.5% in a year to hit an “all-time high” of £4,285, according to the insurer SunLife, which has been monitoring UK funeral costs for two decades. Continue reading...

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In the latest episode of Love Island: All Stars, India Reynolds faced backlash from viewers who accused her of playing a calculated game

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Michelle Sadio, 44, was fatally shot on December 14

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Fans of the BBC One dance contest watched the pair make it all the way to the semi-final of the hit dance show

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Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern services are hit

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On Monday evening, reports from Spain claimed that Guardiola and his wife Cristina had decided to separate after 30 years together.

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Sir Keir Starmer hit by second ministerial resignation in six months as Tulip Siddiq steps down as anti-corruption minister

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Blues looking to halt a four-game winless run against in-form but injury-hit Cherries

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The Nolans were best known for their 1980 disco hit ‘I’m in the Mood for Dancing’

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Netflix has teased an upcoming drama that brings a 19th Century classic tale to life for the small screen.

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The British actor, 62, won his first and only BAFTA 32 years ago for his hit holocaust film, Schindler's List.

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Family of Jeremi Sensky, from Pittsburgh, suggests wheelchair may have acted as ‘boulder’ to help stop attackThe family of a man who was left paralyzed from the waist down by a 1999 car accident before being hit and badly wounded in the deadly New Year’s Day truck attack in New Orleans are reportedly wondering whether the 300lb wheelchair he uses may have had a role in helping halt the terror.Jeremi Sensky of the suburban Pittsburgh community of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, was in New Orleans to ring in 2025 with relatives at the time the attack occurred, he told KDKA’s The Marty Griffin Show. Sensky was on Bourbon Street when he was hit by a US army veteran inspired by Islamic State in an intentional ramming that killed 14 people and wounded about 30 others. Continue reading...

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The soap stars met on the set of Emmerdale before tying the knot in 2018 - but in November 2023, they called time on their five-year marriage.

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Blues looking to halt a four-game winless run against in-form but injury-hit Cherries

Sport

Viewers of the much-beloved BBC gameshow, set in the Scottish Highlands, have accused white contestants of being guilty of 'unconscious bias' and 'microaggressions' towards non-white players.

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From salary disputes and poor scripts to feuds and voiceovers that apparently sound ‘too old’, Hollywood is filled with stories of emergency recastings due to off-screen conflicts, writes Adam White

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The ranking was produced by a poll of more than 18,500 city-dwellers who 'shared their thoughts on their city', from 'food, nightlife and culture to affordability, happiness and overall vibe'.

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The UK is set to see a big rise in temperatures as southwesterly air moves across the country with the warmest areas likely to see the mercury hit 12C after the current Arctic conditions

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"This is the best frying pan I have ever bought. It actually does exactly what it says, nothing sticks to it"

Economics

Blues looking to halt a four-game winless run against in-form but injury-hit Cherries

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A film fan has warned that the movie is not for the faint-hearted and will leave you 'scared of the dark and looking at your ceiling for months' with an 'absolute sense of dread'

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All the south London filming spots featured in new We Live in Time movie  Yahoo News UK

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The world's best 50 cities in 2025 ranked by Time Out: Cape Town is No.1, SIX cities in the UK make the list a  Daily Mail

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The Charles Church group saw shares lift 5% in Tuesday morning trading after it said private market house prices had improved over the year

Economics

The Premiership champions have been in negotiations with the Birmingham club to try and secure the maximum allocation

Sport

A film fan has warned that the movie is not for the faint-hearted and will leave you 'scared of the dark and looking at your ceiling for months' with an 'absolute sense of dread'

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Captain Gigi Moreira talks about women’s football development in her country and working with her sister to produce the next generation of playersGigi Moreira is more than just the captain of Ecuador’s women’s national team – she’s an ambassador for a country that this summer has a chance to showcase the steps forward it has taken when it hosts the 2025 Copa América Femenina in July and August. The tournament represents a real opportunity to accelerate the growth of the women’s game in the region.The 32-year-old defender, who is playing for Fundación Albacete in Spain’s second division, has worked tirelessly to transform Ecuadorian women’s football for years now with her sister, Gissela, and they founded Moreira Fútbol Femenino, the country’s first football school exclusively for girls, in 2015. The school offers training for girls as young as four – an opportunity the sisters never had.This is an extract from our free weekly email, Moving the Goalposts. To get the full edition, vis...

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The sprawling property hit the market for £3.5 million in September but sparked little interest from buyers. Now it is available for a much-reduced £2.65million.

Economics

Marcus Rashford is expected to leave Manchester United this month, but his hopes of a new start away from Old Trafford have hit a slight roadblock

Sport

Tahjin Sommersal, 18, has been charged with the murder of Michelle Sadio, 44, following a fatal shooting in Brent on 14 December.

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It was announced on Sunday that the Duchess of Sussex , 43, had made the decision to postpone With Love, Meghan due to the devastation of the wildfires in her hometown of Los Angeles.

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The sport's biggest earners for the current season have been revealed with world No.1 Judd Trump leading the way

Economics

Kasabian's L.S.F. was a hit back in 2004 and has been a favourite of the band who have performed it live over 900 times - but what the song stands for has only just been realised by some

Sport

Rail services in and out of London Euston are suffering major disruption after a person was hit by a train in Milton Keynes.

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Fans of the hit ITV show are convinced that EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy is secretly the celebrity behind The Masked Singer's Bush – and Natalie has now decided to set the record straight

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Lastest hit comes after an $800,000 judgement over an upaid DHL bill

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Man Utd progressed to the next round of the FA Cup by winning a penalty shootout against Arsenal at the weekend.

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The 15-year-old was using the Brooms Road pedestrian crossing in Dumfries when he was hit by a car.

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The latest Manchester United news as the winger was sold in the summer of 2023 and has impressed with Nottingham Forest this season.

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Town Hall station flooded, roads blocked and gusts hit 120kmh; one man killed in Cowra after a tree struck his carGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGreater Sydney and other parts of New South Wales have been hit by a severe electric storm causing widespread flooding in the city centre, traffic chaos and forcing the abandonment of an A-League Women’s fixture.Earlier in the day, an elderly man was killed when a tree fell on his vehicle in high winds in the state’s central west. Continue reading...

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‘They couldn’t shoot my face anymore,’ said ‘Once Upon in Time in Hollywood’ actor

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Coronation Street viewers were left stunned after recognising the actress playing prison guard Mandy, who was taken hostage by Matty in tense scenes this week

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The Traitors is already attracting more viewers each week than last season, with around nine million people tuning in to watch the intense BBC show.

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Rail services in and out of London Euston are suffering major disruption after a person was hit by a train in Milton Keynes.

Events

A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. in a blow to the manatee population

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Changes to Legacy Act could lift block on former Sinn Féin president receiving payout for unlawful internmentUK politics live – latest updatesThe former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams and 400 others interned during the Northern Ireland Troubles would be in line for compensation from the British government if Labour’s plan to ditch controversial laws dealing with the period goes ahead, it has been claimed.Jonathan Caine, a former government adviser to three Northern Ireland secretaries, has urged the government to rethink its planned repeal of the Legacy Act 2023. Lord Caine told BBC Northern Ireland that Labour’s decision was “political”. Continue reading...

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BBC Breakfast viewers were left saying the same thing as hosts Nina Warhurst and Roger Johnson announced some "breaking news" on the show

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The Federal Statistics Office said today that Europe's largest economy had contracted by 0.2 per cent following a decline in 2023

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Adrian Meronk just missed out on a spot on the European Ryder Cup team at the 2023 event, and this time around the LIV Golf star has a different plan in the hopes of catching Luke Donald's eye

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Legislation has new life in wake of Los Angeles catastrophe but US fossil-fuel industry is already mobilizing against itIn the year preceding the devastating Los Angeles county wildfires, big oil fiercely lobbied to kill a “polluter pay” bill that moved through the California senate and would have forced major fossil fuel companies to help cover the costs of climate disasters.Fossil-fuel industry lobbying in California spiked to record levels during the 2023-24 legislative session, and the polluter pay bill was among the most targeted pieces of legislation, a Guardian review of state lobby filings found. Continue reading...

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Set in the same spot – from prehistory onwards – Zemeckis’s sentimental drama is an odd combination of cosmic ambition and domestic intimacyRobert Zemeckis’s sentimental family heartwarmer, adapted by him and co-screenwriter Eric Roth from the graphic novel of the same name by Richard McGuire, is the movie equivalent of a book club choice; the star is a family home, the “here” of the title. Or rather: it’s the living room in a Philadelphia house where so much generational drama plays out. Here is an odd combination of cosmic ambition and hyper-local domestic intimacy, clearly influenced at some level by Noël Coward’s play and movie This Happy Breed, about scenes in the life of a London family in the same house. The dreamy quirkiness keeps you watching and the folksy warmth of performances from Tom Hanks and Robin Wright encourage you to cut it some slack.The film switches back and forth between eras, with scene-transitions managed with split-screens and inset-panels (a nod to its gr...

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But fears have been raised that she could hit farmers again this year by making cuts to the Environment Land Management (Elm) scheme.

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Judd Trump has followed in the footsteps of Ronnie O'Sullivan by moving to Hong Kong and says the time is right for him to be "inspired" and "enjoy" his career

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The quarterback may be a rookie but he doesn’t play like one. And his skillset could well help the Commanders spring a surprise in Detroit on SaturdayThere’s a legitimate argument to be made that if you’re a rookie NFL quarterback, and your team makes the playoffs, you are no longer a rookie. By your first postseason game, your opponent has a full season of your game tape and tendencies, you’re playing with more on the line, and the experience is completely different in both importance and intensity.In the case of the Washington Commanders’ Jayden Daniels, we may have to forward that point a bit. Because Daniels, the second overall pick in the 2024 draft, rarely looked like a rookie when he was. In the regular season, he completed 69.0% of his passes for 3,568 yards, 25 touchdowns, nine interceptions, and a passer rating of 100.1, which ranked 10th among regular starting quarterbacks. Add in Daniels’ 148 rushing attempts for 891 yards (6.0 yards per carry) and six touchdowns, and it...

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Jaz Singh quickly became a popular figure among viewers on the BBC reality gameshow and eventually earned the title of Jaz-atha Christie for his ability to spot Traitors

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A star-studded lineup, including a Spice Girl, a rugby player and a tennis icon, will battle it out on the new Netflix show Celebrity Bear Hunt, with host Holly Willoughby issuing a stark warning

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