Bridget Phillipson said a Tory amendment to the schools Bill is unnecessary as she defended removing automatic academisation of failing schools.

A panel in the case of a Metropolitan police officer who is alleged to have used the term ‘cotton pickers’ has retired to consider its verdict.

A knife is believed to have been seen before two men ran off from a row at an Asda petrol station forecourt in Hemel Hempstead.

Christopher Bell, 45, left his door open when he came out of his house to run after Ian Langley, 54, who had thrown a stone at his home.

Comedian Jayde Adams (left) and Steps star Ian ‘H’ Watkins (second left) arrive for the funeral of The Vivienne in Denbighshire, North Wales (Danny Lawson/PA) Also in attendance was Steps singer Ian ...

A dog owner from Cornwall is out to wow the crowds when she enters Crufts in March. Dani Fellows, 29, will show at the world's greatest dog show with her beloved three-year-old Rottweiler/Akita ...

Roundwood Park School were on the search for a new school leader following the announcement of long-term headmaster, Alan Henshall, stepping down in August 2025. After 15 years as head, Mr Henshall ...

The 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies the attempted murder of two teachers and a pupil at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in April 2024.

The next generation must not be allowed to focus on online “clickbait” and ignore the grim lessons of the Holocaust, David Lammy said. The Foreign Secretary said youngsters needed to understand “how ...

Commemorations at the concentration camp began earlier when Poland’s president Andrzej Duda joined Auschwitz survivors.

A motorist has been banned after admitting to driving while under the influence of ketamine and cocaine in St Albans. Benjamin Grant, of Little Oxhey Lane in Watford, has been banned from driving for ...

First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly called on NIE Networks to make goodwill payments to those cut off.