Thousands of young people across Northern Ireland are set to receive their GCSE results today. Scores of students will also receive vocational qualification results. Last year around a third of the 32 ...

Sir Lenny Henry has said the TV industry is “still struggling” to cater for black people when it comes to make up and hair. The comedian, 66, picked up the outstanding achievement award at the ...

The most recent Home Office data showed there were 32,345 asylum seekers being housed temporarily in UK hotels at the end of March. This was down 15% from the end of December, when the total was ...

Professor Hamish Wallace appointed chair of Trust, succeeding Sir David Tweedie. Trust continues community grants and support in ...

If the process moves quickly, infrastructure work could begin in the next few months and construction of homes could start in around a year.

Retired women effectively go more than four months every year without getting a pension because of a gender gap, according to research. The TUC estimated women were losing the equivalent of £7,600 a ...

Tens of thousands of pupils in England will get their grades in an app this year as part of a Government pilot.

The research found that Labour backers (72) and young people aged 25-34 (67) were most likely to be ‘Yimby’ (yes in my backyard).

Lucy Connolly, who was jailed for inciting racial hatred in the aftermath of the Southport terror attack, is reportedly set to be released from prison. Connolly, the wife of Conservative councillor ...

The health service has launched a personalised “blood matching” test for people with rare conditions who require regular blood transfusions. The move will allow donor blood to be matched to these ...

Paddington The Musical, written by Jessica Swale and directed by Luke Sheppard, will feature songs from McFly singer Tom Fletcher, and follows the small bear from Peru as he lands in London where a ...

Many of the pupils who sat their GCSEs this summer were in Year 6 when schools closed because of the pandemic.