The best state school in the country for getting kids into Oxbridge has been revealed in new stats. Henrietta Barnett School in Barnet, located in one of the poshest parts of north London, secured the top spot – with two out of every seven pupils (28.2 percent) making it to the prestigious universities. Another London […]
Gathering wild ponies off the Carneddau mountains A tradition in Snowdonia has been labelled “brutal” after a national park ambassador watched farmers round up wild ponies using quad bikes. At the weekend, farmers and their families were filmed rounding up hundreds of ponies off the Carnaeddau range for sorting and health checks. But one person […]
Blackpool Football Club said it planned to buy all 182 properties on Henry Street in the resort as part of its expansion plans for its Bloomfield Road stadium. The club says it hopes that home owners will voluntarily sell their properties otherwise it will seek compulsory purchase orders. Blackpool Council will issue compulsory purchase orders […]
A bride has been dubbed “bridezilla” after she threatened to smash her nan’s phone and scream at her after she “mistakenly” posted her wedding dress on Facebook. Posting on Reddit, the bride said she needed “a little support” after the accident which took place when she went dress shopping with her grandmother, who she describes […]
Reflecting on his first year as Prince of Wales, he said he wanted to focus on a smaller number of causes than members of the Royal Family have traditionally done to avoid spreading himself too thinly. In a short interview with the British print media who have travelled to Singapore with him for four days […]
A child killer and rapist who threw his nine-year-old victim in a river is to be back on UK streets by Christmas after he was granted parole. The parents of Kayleigh Ward have warned parents to “beware” after their daughter was raped by John O’Shaughnessy on the banks of the River Dee in Chester before […]
The University of West London’s Lost Dads project found it applied to 41.9% of males who approach support services. This may have a key link to suicide being the leading cause of death for men under 50. The study explores family breakdown, court involvement and mental health issues. The project has made a number of […]
A 15-year-old boy has died following a stabbing outside a school in Leeds. Emergency services were called to Town Street in Leeds shortly before 3pm today, following reports that a teenager had been seriously injured following a stabbing. The 15-year-old boy was taken to hospital in critical condition. It has been confirmed this evening that […]
The Crown season six teased in Netflix trailer TABLE OF CONTENT “It’s loosely based on truth” “I hear it’s very popular” “I have actually watched The Crown” Prince Harry has been the most vocal out of all the royals when it comes to Netflix’s royal drama The Crown. The hit show will land its sixth […]
More workers at online giant Amazon are to be balloted for strikes as workers at one of the company’s sites launched a series of walkouts on Tuesday in a long-running dispute over pay. Members of the GMB union at the online giant’s Coventry site are on strike for three days, and will take more industrial […]