About 900 students receive their results, with an overall pass rate of 98% that matches 2023.

Isle of Man GCSE results match previous year overall

Gaby, who is among those getting her results, has been inspired to pursue a nursing career.

Pupils look forward to next step after GCSE results

The Independent

 Teenagers are waking up to their GCSE results in a year when grading is expected to be restored to pre-pandemic levels in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.Hundreds of thousands of pupils are receiving grades to help them progress on to sixth form, college or training.Teenagers could face more competition for sixth form and college places this year due a rising number of 16-year-olds in the population, leaders in the education sector have suggested.GCSE grades in 2024 will be marked by familiar divides in results between under-resourced pupils and their more privileged peers, manifested in both national and regional inequalitiesProfessor...

Pupils receive GCSE results after Covid disruption to start of secondary school

 Hundreds of thousands of teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been celebrating after receiving their GCSE exam results which will help them progress to sixth form, college or an apprenticeship.

In Pictures: Joy and delight as teenagers celebrate GCSE successes

Four people have been arrested after what is believed to be monkey dust was uncovered during raids. Three females and one male remain in custody after West Mercia Police carried out two raids on properties in Telford. Officers targeted properties in Ketley Park Road, Ketley and Wilkinson Close, Snedshill, where...

Four arrested in raids targeting monkey dust

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[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from the author's interview with those mentioned.]. Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most popular actors from the 1950s to her unfortunate passing from cancer in 1995. Before, during, and after her benchmark Emmy-nominated role as twitch-witch Samantha Stephens on TV's Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972), Montgomery made over 200 additional appearances in other weekly shows, TV-movies, and feature films.

'Bewitched' Star Elizabeth Montgomery Received Death Threats for Protesting the Vietnam War

Ian Powrie told an inquiry he should have read a report which said a hospital was at high risk of contamination.

Hospital boss 'dropped the ball' on contamination risk

Two 12-year-old boys have become the youngest people to be convicted in connection with the nationwide public disorder. One of the boys admitted throwing a missile at a police van as he pleaded guilty to two charges of violent disorder during two separate incidents in Manchester.The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was part of a group that gathered outside a Holiday Inn hotel in Manchester on 31 July.Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how he was filmed by police “kicking the front window of a vape shop” and was seen kicking a bus.The other 12-year-old youth admitted a charge...

Two boys, both aged 12, become youngest to be convicted of violent disorder during nationwide riots

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

A man has been found guilty of raping a child under 13. A jury at Winchester Crown Court found Alexander Franczyk, of Pritchard Close in Swindon, guilty of 13 sexual offences on Tuesday. The charges included multiple incidents of rape, one incident of attempted rape, multiple assaults by penetration and...

Man found guilty of raping child

A 31-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell at HMP Fosse Way, police say.

Six arrested after inmate dies at prison

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. On July 28, 2024, a TikTok video posted by Erica W., known as @tasteofmelanin on the platform, garnered significant attention after she exposed disturbing racist decorations in an Airbnb rental. The incident occurred in a rental property that Erica had booked, although the exact location remains unspecified. The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread concern and leading to the removal of the listing from Airbnb's platform.

Airbnb Listing Taken Down After Black Woman Finds Hanging Monkeys and Cotton Used As Decor

South Yorkshire Police are investigating Alicia Douglass's death as murder and have arrested man.

Woman found dead at home named by police

Jack Valentine admitted the allegations, which took place while he was a trainee at Taunton School.

Teacher banned for kissing pupil at nightclub

Two sisters who played a "pivotal role" in helping their brother escape from the UK after he and two others shot dead a teenage boxer have been jailed for four years. Husna Khan, 29, and Farah Khan, 28, booked hotels, a Channel Tunnel crossing, and a hire car for Khayam Khurshid after he, Mohammed Khan and Kamran Mohammed killed 18-year-old Cole Kershaw in Bury in 2020.

Sisters who helped killer brother flee abroad jailed

The UK's oldest surviving rollercoaster is still closed following what visitors described as an "enormous crunch". On 10 August, there was a fault on the Scenic Railway at Dreamland in Margate which damaged pieces of the wooden track. Dreamland said the ride would be out of action while engineers carried...

UK's oldest rollercoaster closed after 'crunch'

A 15-year-old girl who died in a river had been playing with friends, the opening of an inquest has been told. Holli Smallman from Welshpool, Powys, was found at 20:00 BST on Friday, 9 August after a search of the River Severn. Her heartbroken family described Holli as a "loving...

Girl, 15, found in river was playing, inquest told

The Doris Day Show, which originally aired on CBS from 1968 to 1971, remains one of the last great TV family sitcoms in history. The series is also known for its various format changes through the series.

A Look Back at the Tragic Death of Child Star Todd Starke ('The Doris Day Show'): 4 Decades Later

The dog was found tied to a bag containing a brick and dumbbell in a Wakefield river, the RSPC says.

Drowned dog found weighted down in river

Kamala Harris has been holding rallies across the US as she campaigns against Donald Trump, and will appear in Milwaukee on Tuesday ahead of her headline speech at the Democratic National Convention later in the week. She has made a series of claims contrasting their records on the economy, healthcare,...

Six Kamala Harris claims fact-checked

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Fall in top NI GCSE grades compared to last year

As with A-level, the percentage of people receiving top GCSE grades in Northern Ireland in 2024 has...

Fall in top NI GCSE grades compared to last year

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