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Replace A-Levels With More 'Rigorous' Assessment, Says Former PM's Think Tank

GCSEs and A-levels should be ditched in favour of a new qualification that better prepares school-leavers for the workplace, former Labour PM Tony Blair's think tank has suggested.

British Airways Cuts Close To 2 Million Seats This Winter

After cancelling tens of thousands of Heathrow flights during the summer season - mainly due to a lack of resources - British Airways is cancelling thousands more during the winter.

Inflation Set To Enter The Stratosphere' And Top 18%

Fears of second successive year of benefits cuts for poorest

China Changes Minions Film Ending To Make Gru Appear More Moral

Censors in China have changed the ending of the animated film Minions: The Rise of Gru for its domestic release, according to viewers in the country, in yet another example of China altering a Hollywood film.

Giggs Kept Volatile Personality Hidden But Must Now ‘Pay The Price', Jurors Told

Ryan Giggs hid an aggressive and volatile side to his personality for years but “the truth has caught up with him” and he must “pay the price”, a jury was told yesterday.

Monkeypox Vaccine Doses To Be Reduced As Supplies Run Low

Supplies of a vaccine that protects against monkeypox are to be stretched by giving people smaller doses, UK public health officials have announced.

Health Sunak Indicates He Would Not Take A Role In Rival's Cabinet

Rishi Sunak has suggested he would not accept a job offered by Liz Truss as prime minister, saying cabinet ministers “really need to agree with the big things”.

Inflation Forecast To Hit 18% Early Next Year As Energy Crisis Deepens

Inflation will hit 18% early next year as consumers count the cost of the deepening energy crisis, one of the world’s biggest banks has predicted.

Finnish PM Passes Drugs Test After Party Video

Finland’s prime minister, Sanna Marin , has tested negative in a drugs test she took after a leaked video last week showed her dancing exuberantly and drinking at a party.

Courts In Crisis As Strike By Barristers Hits Thousands Of Cases

Criminal barristers today voted for an all-out strike which is set to bring courts to a standstill in a new blow to victims of rape and other serious crimes waiting for justice.

Truss Cut Millions From Services That Kept Sewage Off UK Beaches

‘Efficiency’ plan led to more human waste in rivers, say campaigners

Leadership Favourite Unpopular Lose Truss

Liz as prime minister would lose the Union support in Scotland

J-Lo And Ben's £1m All-White Wedding

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck declared that “love perseveres” as they married yesterday – two decades after they first got engaged.

‘Some Will Still Believe Diana Was Murdered'

Ex-Met chief says evidence won’t sway conspiracy theorists

Get Paid To Turn Off Your Washing Machine

Plan for consumers to save cash by avoiding energy use during peak hours

Relaxed Boris Keeps Calm And Carries On

BORIS Johnson and wife Carrie enjoy a last blast of Greek holiday sun before returning to the heat of Whitehall politics.

Universities' Bid To Charge UK Students £24k A Year

University chiefs want tuition fees to be hiked nearer the £24,000 a year paid by foreign students.

Bigger, Bolder And Bloodier Than Game Of Thrones

Targaryen-centric prequel 'House of the Dragon' swoops on to our screens with beating wings, urban panoramas, bare flesh and, quite literally, fire and blood, writes Nick Hilton

More Forced To Flee Homes As Floods Kill Dozens In India

At least 40 people have died across northern and eastern India after incessant rain over the past three days triggered flash floods and landslides.

NHS Crisis Sees Fire Engines Doubling Up As Ambulances

Firefighters have resorted to taking people to hospital in fire engines amid rocketing call-outs to medical emergencies.

NASA Going All Out To Find E.T.

Huge team of experts probe UFO sightings

Tory Rivals Failing On Net Zero – Rightwing Thinktank

The two Tory leadership candidates are so far failing to promise the policies required to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions, a right-leaning thinktank has warned, despite a clear need for measures that would cut consumer bills as well as carbon.

Ukraine Fears Russia Car Bomb Revenge

Fears bombing may prompt Moscow to intensify attacks as Kyiv marks independence

Truss's Tax Policy Will Cause Inflation Spiral, Sunak Warns

Liz Truss will plunge the economy into an "inflation spiral" if she pushes ahead with her "dangerous" economic policy, Rishi Sunak's campaign team has warned.

Crisis In Care Home Staffing Leaves Residents With Basic Needs Unmet

Residents in care homes suffer as a result of staff crisis

Floods ‘A Danger To Life'

Another Hosepipe Ban Despite Third Day Of Downpours

Shock Rates Surge To Fight Bills Crisis

Ministers on ‘war footing’ and mortgage rise ‘inevitable’ after inflation hits 10.1%

How To Get Americans To Talk To You About Their Politics

Getting on the road is the best part of being a reporter - but not everybody wants to chat. There certainly is a method to getting people to air their views, writes Andrew Buncombe

Cheney Mulls White House Run Despite Primary Defeat

Republican lost out after backing Trump's impeachment

Covid ‘Raises Risk Of Brain Fog' For Up To Two Years

Millions of people who had Covid-19 still face a higher risk of neurological and psychiatric conditions, including brain fog, dementia and psychosis, two years after their illness compared with those who had other respiratory infections, according to the single largest study of its kind.