Nearly 240,000 England school leavers try for university, but applicant numbers in the rest of the UK fall.
Read More »Sir Kim Darroch resigns as UK ambassador to US
The ambassador’s decision to step down is “a matter of deep regret”, the prime minister says.
Read More »Major: I will seek a judicial review to stop Parliament shutdown
Ex-PM says suspending Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit would be ‘totally unacceptable’.
Read More »Tory leadership: Johnson and Hunt trade blows over Brexit and Trump
Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson trade blows over the EU deadline and US diplomatic row in a lively ITV encounter.
Read More »Trump says UK ambassador ‘a very stupid guy’
Sir Kim will no longer attend a White House meeting with Ivanka Trump on Tuesday, the BBC has been told.
Read More »Brexit: Labour to back Remain as it calls for a new EU referendum
Jeremy Corbyn challenges the next prime minister “to put their deal to the people”.
Read More »Ambassador ‘has PM’s full support’ despite Trump criticism
The US president says he will not work with the diplomat who had described his administration as inept.
Read More »‘Amazing’ gene-silencing drugs reach NHS
Doctors say the drugs are making the “previously untreatable, treatable” and have huge potential.
Read More »Tory leadership: Johnson and Hunt set for TV debate clash
The two leadership candidates will debate head-to-head for first time in an hour-long ITV show.
Read More »HPV vaccine for boys ‘will prevent thousands of cancers’
All boys in the UK aged 12 to 13 will be offered the vaccine from the start of the new school year.
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