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The Education Secretary has said parents must also do more to get children into class and behaving as the Government rolls out measures to support schools with attendance and behaviour..

Sir Keir Starmer has promised small boat migrants will be “detained and sent back” as he faced mounting pressure to show results on tackling English Channel crossings and ending the use of asylum hotels..

Coldplay have rescheduled the final two dates of their 10-show run at Wembley Stadium due to strikes on the London Underground..

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a stabbing in Leeds, police have said..

Railway revenue and gateline workers are to strike in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions..

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has said “my toyboy days are behind me” as she revealed does not think she “will ever have another relationship”..

A trio of Scottish brothers has set a new world record after completing the fastest human-powered crossing of the Pacific Ocean..

Tottenham have pulled off the major signing of Xavi Simons from RB Leipzig in a welcome boost for new boss Thomas Frank..

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner should face an ethics inquiry over her tax affairs, the Conservatives have said..

A council has described the damage to a 19th-century landmark after it was painted with a St George’s Cross by vandals as “upsetting”..

A temporary injunction that was set to block asylum seekers from being housed at an Essex hotel has been overturned at the Court of Appeal..

A trial date has been set for a 76-year-old man charged with child cruelty offences after children became unwell at a summer camp where sweets were allegedly laced with sedatives..

Israel on Friday said its military had recovered the bodies of two hostages as it suspended noon pauses to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza City, calling it a “a dangerous combat zone”..

A vaccine for chickenpox will be rolled out on the NHS in England from January, officials have announced..

The majority of autistic people over the age of 40 in the UK are living without a diagnosis, a study suggests..

The NHS has become “reliant” on private companies, charities and social enterprises to deliver routine mental health care, a think tank has warned..

The person who killed two Catholic school pupils and wounded more than a dozen children fired 116 rounds from a rifle into the Minneapolis church, the city’s police chief said on Thursday..

The UK, alongside France and Germany, has announced its plan to revive UN-backed sanctions on Iran over fears it is developing nuclear weapons..

A volunteer Metropolitan Police officer has been found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a child..

Sir Keir Starmer has condemned the “senseless” Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight that killed more than a dozen people and caused damage to a British Council building in Kyiv..