Pupils achieve record A grades but attainment gap between the most deprived and affluent students widensA-level results day – live news and reactionScottish pupils have achieved record A grades alongside a slight fall in the overall pass rate, but the …
Let’s say it without flinching: the fossil fuel industry is destroying our future | Simon Lewis
Following the unequivocal IPCC climate report, we must all put pressure on governments to end the fossil fuel eraThe sixth assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is no ordinary publication. Its 4,000 pages were written by …
Body of British hiker Esther Dingley found by partner in Pyrenees
Body and equipment found by Daniel Colegate close to where bone was discovered two weeks agoThe body of the British hiker Esther Dingley has been found by her partner in the Pyrenees, nearly seven months after she went missing on the Spanish and French…
Why divorce is up and marriages are down – except in Clitheroe
According to new figures released by the ONS, the number of people getting hitched has plummeted since the 1960s. But some places are bucking the trendName: Marriage.Age: The first recorded evidence of a wedding ceremony dates to 2350BC, in Mesopotamia…
Medical schools in England offering new students £10,000 to study elsewhere
Some schools offer compensation after hundreds more students than expected met grade expectationsStudents with places at oversubscribed medical schools in England are being asked to move to a course at a university elsewhere in the country in exchange …
Woman killed as buses collide at Victoria station in London
Three other people treated for non-life-threatening injuries after collision, say emergency servicesA woman has been killed and three other people injured when two buses crashed in central London, police have said.The Metropolitan police were called to…
A captured crocodile and a Messi removal: Tuesday’s best photos
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading…
Disabled woman wins permission for judicial review of Hampstead Ponds charges
Christina Efthimiou claims new charging regime discriminates against disabled swimmersA disabled woman has won permission for a judicial review of the new charging regime for swimming at Hampstead ponds in north London, which she claims is discriminato…
‘This story isn’t over’: TV drama explores the legacy of Stephen Lawrence’s murder
Steve Coogan, Sharlene Whyte and Frank Cottrell-Boyce on their depiction of how Doreen and Neville Lawrence pursued justice for their son’s racist killing with veteran detective Clive DriscollSharlene Whyte doesn’t just remember the racist murder of St…
Search under way for missing 84-year-old in Scottish mountains
Car of John ‘Frank’ Smith from Nottingham, an experienced fellwalker, found near Ben CruachanSearch and rescue teams are scouring one of the UK’s highest peaks for an 84-year-old walker from Nottingham who has not returned from a trip up the mountain i…