37 h. ago Jane Austen fans celebrate the author's 250th birthday in Britain and beyond

Fans of Jane Austen are celebrating the author's 250th birthday with events in Britain and beyond

Culture

42 h. ago The best state secondary school in Britain is in London, according to a prestigious 2025 ranking

The best state secondary school in Britain is in London, according to a prestigious 2025 ranking  Time Out Worldwide

Politics

42 h. ago The Best State Secondary School In London, According To A Prestigious 2025 Ranking

The Best State Secondary School In London, According To A Prestigious 2025 Ranking  Time Out Worldwide

Politics

46 h. ago Child killed in Moscow school stabbing rampage after teen takes student hostage

A balaclava-clad teen reportedly stormed an elite secondary school in Moscow and attacked a security guard and three students - one child was killed in the horror attack

Events

51 h. ago Revealed: How disgraced Huw Edwards has formed a close bond with a 70

Huw Edwards, 64, has been seen out and about with Meinir Loader, 70, a former head of religious studies at a secondary school.

Events

3 d. ago 'The kids are like animals': The Northumberland secondary school where pupils are accused of attacking pregnant staff and 'gangs of boys run riot'

Staff at Haydon Bridge High School in Hexham believe behaviour among some of the 430 pupils has become so bad that last week 30 of them felt compelled to walk out on strike in protest.

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3 d. ago Sadiq Khan claims Donald Trump's attacks on London are 'grooming' far

In a fresh blast at the US President, the London mayor claimed things said by Mr Trump 'normalises and brings to the mainstream views that I think are unacceptable'.

Politics

4 d. ago Met will not investigate claims against Andrew relating to Virginia Giuffre

Scotland Yard says it is sticking with earlier decision not to launch criminal inquiry into Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor will not be the subject of a criminal investigation in Britain over allegations he had sex in London with a teenager who was trafficked, and then put pressure on his police protection officer to dig up dirt on her.The Metropolitan police on Saturday said after weeks of review, it would not launch any formal criminal investigation into King Charles’s brother. Mountbatten-Windsor’s ties to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein led to the stripping of his royal status. Continue reading...

Economics

4 d. ago London's Skid Row: Homeless encampment of more than 50 tents that sit just yards from some of the capital's plushest homes and shames Sadiq Khan

A village of around 50 tents has sprung up on the streets of central London, earning the grim nickname Britain's answer to America's notorious Skid Row.

Politics

4 d. ago Welcome to UK’s ‘Skid Row’ tent village where ‘forgotten’ residents fear for their lives in shadow of plush mansions

A VILLAGE of some 50 tents on the streets of London has been dubbed Britain's answer to the infamous "Skid Row". And the poverty-stricken camp of homeless people is just a stone's throw away from posh multimillion pound homes. The growing encampment of tarpaulin, wooden pallets and discarded newspapers is spread across two halves of...

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4 d. ago Guz Khan: ‘What do I most dislike about my appearance? My breasts’

The actor, writer and comedian on turning his life around, fancying Cilla Black and his secret nose-pickingBorn in Coventry, Guz Khan, 39, was working as a secondary school teacher when he began uploading comedy videos as the character Mobeen in 2014. The following year, he gave up teaching to pursue standup. In 2017, his show Man Like Mobeen was released by the BBC and ran for five series. He won a Royal Television Society award in 2020 and was Bafta-nominated twice. His films include Army of Thieves and The Bubble. Guz Khan’s Custom Cars starts on Quest on 19 January. He is married with five children and lives in the West Midlands.What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Impulsivity. We end up in strange places, like right now – I am in the Middle East. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Met Police chief ramps up London's feud with Donald Trump as he blasts US President's 'nonsense' claims about 'no

The Scotland Yard boss said it was 'completely false' to claim there are 'no-go areas' in London, adding it is 'ridiculous' for Americans to suggest Britain is a violent place.

Politics

5 d. ago King Charles III to speak about his cancer treatment, recovery on TV show promoting early screening

King Charles III will speak about his cancer diagnosis and recovery during a TV broadcast on Friday as the monarch continues to use his personal story to encourage others to get the early screening that can boost their chances of survival

Culture

6 d. ago Half of all secondary school pupils have skipped class in the last year because they're too anxious, study finds

The survey of 2,000 pupils found 49.5 per cent said they had missed or avoided school because of feeling anxious at some point in the last academic year.

Politics

6 d. ago Armed police swoop as UK school locked down after 'threats to kill'

Officers were standing at the gates of Ysgol Bro Myrddin secondary school in Carmarthen on Wednesday afternoon after armed cops swooped, placing students into lockdown

Events

7 d. ago Study finds humans were making fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than once thought

Archaeologists in Britain say they have found the earliest known evidence of deliberate fire-making, dating to around 400,000 years ago

Events

7 d. ago 'Amazing' headteacher leaves high school despite calls from parents to keep him in post

The head has been absent for some time, but will not be returning to the secondary school

Society

8 d. ago Special needs school worker who moonlighted as OnlyFans model avoids being banned from teaching

Leanne Wilson's profile featured two 'sexually provocative' images and a link to her far more explicit OnlyFans page, described as belonging to a 'secondary school teacher'.

Events

8 d. ago This is officially the best school in Britain for 2026 (outside London)

This is officially the best school in Britain for 2026 (outside London)  Time Out Worldwide

Politics

9 d. ago Walking into disaster: how narcotraffickers captured the BVI

When the new premier of the British Virgin Islands said he needed an armed security detail, his chief of police knew trouble was on its wayAugustus James Ulysses Jaspert, Gus for short, arrived in Tortola, the largest of the British Virgin Islands, on 21 August 2017, just two weeks away from catastrophe. Jaspert, who was in his late 30s, had recently been appointed governor by Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of the Foreign Office in London. The BVI is an overseas territory of Britain, with only partial independence, and the governor effectively acts as a backstop to the locally elected legislature. For Jaspert, a career civil servant, it would be his first hands-on experience of governing – and his first time in the British Virgin Islands. Any trepidation was outweighed by the prospect of moving to the Caribbean. “If you’re sitting in an office in London and someone says, ‘Go to Tortola,’ you look it up on a screen and think, ‘OK, I can do that,’” Jaspert told me.While Jas...

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