The Independent

 More students have been applying for special exam access arrangements since the pandemic as they are anxious about being assessed in a crowded exam hall, education leaders have suggested.Young people and their parents have a greater awareness of the support they can ask for from schools and colleges to help them cope with exams, headteachers’ unions have said.It comes as pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their GCSE results on Thursday.It's a post-Covid phenomenon. Not only are these young people making these requests, but they are coming to the college with a note from parents, or...

More students asking to sit exams away from main hall in ‘post-Covid phenomenon’

 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

Watch as Cardiff secondary students open their GCSE results.

Watch as students open their GCSE results

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

Two dogs have been seized but two more American bulldog types are being sought by police.

Hunt for two dogs suspected of killing man

The incident was witnessed by two women playing tennis at Montpellier Gardens in Cheltenham.

Man seen committing indecent act in park bushes

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

Six arrested after inmate dies at prison

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

Stephanie Marie was found in Station Way on Sunday morning "with stab injuries", Sussex Police said. She was treated by paramedics but confirmed dead at the scene. In a statement, her family said: "We are devastated that her young life has been ended in this way. She had her whole life ahead of her."

The family of a 19-year-old woman found stabbed in a car park at Crawley train station have paid tribute to a "much-loved daughter, sister and mother".

A fly-on-the-wall documentary showing how detectives solved the murders of Olivia Pratt-Korbel and Ashley Dale is an "important watch", Merseyside's police and crime commissioner said. Emily Spurrell spoke ahead of the first episode of Merseyside Detectives: The Murders of Ashley and Olivia on Channel 4. A film-crew had been embedded...

Olivia and Ashley murders left 'community reeling' - PCC

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

Teacher banned for kissing pupil at nightclub

Gustav's owners say they are devastated at the loss of their "very special" pet.

Dog found dead after escaping from kennels

The Standard

Detectives searching for a suspect over the murder of a bus driver returning home from work in east London believe he is nearly 300 miles away in Cornwall.Derek Thomas, 53, was fatally stabbed in the chest near Stoke Newington Common on August 1.Scotland Yard took the rare decision to name Kamar Williams, 33, whose home is in the Isle of Dogs, and warned members of the public not to approach him.Detective Chief Inspector Mark Rogers, of the Metropolitan Police’s Specialist Crime Command, said enquiries now lead officers to believe Williams has been in the Camborne area of Cornwall for a...

Suspect wanted over murder of London bus driver ‘in Cornwall’, say police

 A 49-year-old has received Grade 6 in GCSE English to pursue his dream of becoming a biology teacher to inspire students to find their passion in science.James Winch, from Newham in east London, left school without any GCSEs but was determined to pass his exams in English, which he needed to start his training as a biology teacher in secondary education.Mr Winch, who previously worked for 20 years in the NHS as a biomedical scientist and did some teaching in clinical microbiology and infection, described his GCSE as a “locked gate” preventing him from pursuing a career as a...

Scientist achieves English GCSE aged 49 to fulfil dream as a biology teacher

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

Woman found dead at home named by police

Fulgoni's cafe has been run by the family for nearly a century, but financial pressures have finally told.

Family cafe closes after 98 years due to high costs

Missouri State

Someone else's DNA was found on the knife used to stab a former journalist 43 times in a gated community.

Missouri death row inmate in plea deal to avoid execution

A hedgehog rescue charity claimed hedgehogs could become trapped in the huts and die

Lidl remove 'death trap' hedgehog huts from stores

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Herbie J Pilato

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The Department of Education published guidelines for parents last year, as part of an initiative to ‘keep childhood smartphone free’.

Minister working on plans to ban mobile phones in secondary schools

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Kent pupils celebrate GCSE success

Students in Kent have been joining others across the country in receiving their GCSE...

Kent pupils celebrate GCSE success

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