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After Covid Ofqual sought a rapid return to normal results in England - but other UK nations went slower

Why have A-level grades fallen this year? The sharp drop in grades in A-level results in England this year has little to do with this particular cohort's ability. It is, instead, the result of a government strategy to get A-level results back to prepandemic levels, after the soaring grade inflation of the Covid years.

Side hustle: vegan food company creates 'ribs' with edible bones

Plant-based pork ribs with a twist edible vegan bones - will soon make their debut on diners' plates, a vegan food company has announced.

Cheese with chips - Italy's Parmesan makers turn to microtechnology in the fight against food counterfeiters

When is a cheese not what it seems? When it's a fake Parmesan.

Cape Verde boat disaster: more lives could have been saved, insists NGO

A Spanish NGO alerted the authorities from four countries on 20 July about a boat carrying an estimated 130 asylum seekers that was found this week with just 38 survivors and the bodies of seven dead people onboard.

CCRC opens review into Malkinson decisions

The body responsible for investigating miscarriages of justice has opened a review into its handling of the Andrew Malkinson case after it twice refused to refer it to the court of appeal.

Thousands miss top grades as A-level results plummet

Thousands of students in England missed out on top marks in their A-levels yesterday as results plummeted across the board after the government enforced a reversal of pandemic-era grade inflation.

Kerr rocket fires up nation before heartbreaking end

Australia's captain will regret the misses that followed her spectacular strike but this side has already blazed a trail

City hold nerve in shootout to claim Super Cup success

Manchester City's tilt at a clean sweep of continental and world club trophies remains alive after Nemanja Gudelj suffered the heartbreak of a missed fifth penalty in the shootout to hand Pep Guardiola's side a 5-4 win.

Greenwood's United future to be decided by Arnold

Manchester United have said Richard Arnold, their chief executive, will take the final decision on Mason Greenwood's future and have asked for patience regarding the announcement of the outcome.

Stokes edges out Brook in 'hardest decision'

Yorkshire batter misses out on World Cup spot while Jofra Archer will travel as reserve

Medvedev finds it 'tough, tough, tough' in Cincinnati

A year after Iga Swiatek's well-publicised complaints about female players competing with a different, lighter ball compared with their male counterparts during the North American hard-court swing, this time the men also have reason to be frustrated.

Prescod quits GB 100m relay team on eve of world championships

Absence of the country's second-fastest sprinter a big blow just before Budapest

Olivers take almost £7m in dividends as food empire bounces back

Jamie Oliver and his wife, Jools, have paid themselves £6.8m in dividends, up from £5.6m a year before, after a bounce-back in television and restaurant income.

Rolex among official gifts said to have been sold by Bolsonaro team

\"Every Rolex tells a story,\" the luxury watchmaker once claimed.

Nato official apologises after he suggested Ukraine could give up land for membership

A senior Nato official apologised and clarified his comments yesterday, a day after he said publicly that Ukraine could give up territory to Russia in exchange for Nato membership and an end to the war.

Trump 'undermining the rule of law' with free speech claims

Donald Trump's dubious defence that he was exercising his free speech rights in response to a four-count federal criminal indictment charging him with pushing illegal schemes to overturn his 2020 election loss has prompted ex-justice department officials and scholars to criticise such claims as bogus and as threats to the rule of law.

Bidens schedule visit to Hawaii after Republican criticism over response to devastating fires

Joe and Jill Biden will go to Hawaii to see the impact of wildfires that have killed more than 100 people on Maui and devastated the town of Lahaina, the White House said yesterday.

Band apologise after Russian fan plays drums at Georgia gig

The Killers issued an apology yesterday after the US band's lead singer, Brandon Flowers, was booed for bringing a Russian fan onstage at a concert in Georgia - the former Soviet state that Russia invaded in 2008 and urging the crowd to think of each other as \"brothers and sisters\".

Host of Cop28 climate summit fails to report methane level to UN for decade

The United Arab Emirates, which will run the crucial Cop28 UN climate summit in December, has failed to report its emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane to the UN for almost a decade, the Guardian can reveal.

'Wild and euphoric!' - Fans flock to packed Women's World Cup viewing parties

There was an uneasy tension as an excitable crowd clutched morning pints to watch the Women's World Cup semi-final, erupting into joyful chanting as the first goal was scored.

PM stands by pension triple lock despite surging costs

PM 'committed to pension triple lock' despite big increase in cost

Lionesses power into World Cup final after beating Australia

Poise and adaptability put England into the final

Stokes World Cup return would be a 'no-brainer', says Rashid

Adil Rashid has welcomed the likely return of \"matchwinner\" Ben Stokes to England's one-day international squad for the World Cup this autumn, saying that attempting to drag the 32-year-old out of retirement was \"a no-brainer\" given his outstanding record in white-ball cricket.

A little help goes a long way on Stanway's road to success

England midfielder has been guided by her mentor, the former Manchester United player Luke Chadwick

De Bruyne could be out until new year with hamstring injury

Pep Guardiola fears Kevin De Bruyne could be out into the new year with the hamstring injury sustained in Friday's Premier League win at Burnley, and has described it as a \"big blow\".

'I'm happy - it's been a rollercoaster but now we're at a high point'

Laura Muir, Britain's captain at the world championships, says things have clicked since splitting from her coach

Murray quits Cincinnati to focus on US Open fitness

Andy Murray had been forced to withdraw from the Cincinnati ATP Masters 1000 event because of an abdominal strain as he looks to be fit for the US Open, the final grand slam tournament of the year.

'Workers can't be left behind' Biden, EVs and the unions

Joe Biden's landmark climate legislation has been \"disappointing\" and has failed to protect car industry workers amid the transition to electric vehicles, said the head of the US's leading autoworkers union - and it has pointedly withheld its endorsement of the president for next year's election.

M&S upgrades profit forecast and may return to FTSE 100

Marks & Spencer is on course to rejoin the ranks of the UK's top 100 listed companies after its tie-up with England's Lionesses and surging demand for holiday kit and summer food - helped profits shoot ahead of expectations.

Driving out the rainforest invaders - Crackdown on illegal mining brings hope after Bolsonaro era

Like mechanised Valkyries, nine helicopters filled with armed men and women in camouflage uniforms swoop over dense forests and remote rivers - not a scene from Apocalypse Now, but a Brazilian government mission to forestall catastrophe in the Amazon rainforest.