Rising staff costs and a growing demand for special educational needs provision is driving more academy trusts into deficit, a report has suggested. Nearly three in five (58%) trusts were running an ...

Senior economists at the Bank of England will announce later on Thursday whether they are cutting the UK’s base interest rate, which currently sits at 4.75%. Most experts predict a quarter point ...

Playwright Sir David Hare has criticised the National Theatre, saying it “is meant to present the world’s drama, and it doesn’t at the moment”, while suggesting that British cultural life is in ...

The collaborative practice of Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa has received the 2025 Royal Gold Medal for architecture.

Chick Bites are made from plant-based ingredients combined with cultivated meat and are on sale at Pets at Home in Brentford.

The partnership will see the veteran singer-songwriter provide two music students with fully funded scholarships.

About half (52%) of parents said current thresholds to get help and long waiting times are barriers preventing their children from getting the support they need. According to NHS data, one in five ...

The latest Diabetes UK figures mean more than 12 million people in the UK, or one in five adults, either have diabetes or prediabetes, the charity said. Colette Marshall, chief executive of Diabetes ...

Zoe Ball bowed out of her BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show with her largest audience for nearly two years, figures reveal. The radio DJ, 54, who presented the breakfast show since 2019, brought her hosting ...

The British musician died from ‘polytrauma’, meaning multiple traumatic injuries, after a fall from a hotel balcony.