The Government’s new reading test for year 8s will sit alongside new “diagnostic” maths and writing tests to help teachers identify gaps in learning, the Education Secretary has said.

Team Europe – and McIlroy in particular – were on the end of some unsavoury abuse from a partisan crowd at Bethpage Black.

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Wrexham star James McClean has confirmed he threw a punch at a Cardiff fan in self-defence before last week’s all-Wales encounter in the Carabao Cup. The teams met for the first time in 21 years last ...

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Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 85 people dead with 75 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread ...

A double manhunt is under way for an Algerian convicted sex offender and another prisoner who were wrongly released from HMP Wandsworth. Police are trying to track down Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, who ...

I say to my colleagues on the frontbench that I will be with you every step of the way as we do just that,’ the former deputy prime ...

Sean Flanagan is counting down the days until he gets back on his “Ferarri” Marine National in the Bar One Racing Fortria Chase at Navan on November 15. Flanagan was in the saddle for his victories in ...

The Stormont Executive has the choice to raise its own funds to help alleviate financial pressures, Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has said. Mr Benn said being in government is about making ...

Welshman Sam Thomas and jockey Dylan Johnston enjoyed a double on the card when Rocking Man’s (5-6 favourite) cosy success in the opening Heckler & Koch – No Compromise Maiden Hurdle was supplemented ...

Employees must give their employer a ‘fit note’ (sometimes called a ‘sick note’) if they have been ill for more than 7 days in a row and have taken sick leave. This includes non-working days, such as ...