England

Students in England face ‘negative impact’ from refusal to tie loans to inflation, admits DfE

Raising maintenance loans by only 2.8% means students will have to cut back on food and books, says report

Richard Adams Education editor

03, Feb, 2023 @4:35 PM

It’s not ‘wokery’ or snowflakes strangling free expression in universities – it’s the Conservative party | Kojo Koram

Students and academics know cancelling speakers is trivial compared with the structural collapse in tertiary education, says academic Kojo Koram

Kojo Koram

03, Feb, 2023 @12:51 PM

Forgotten ‘Stonehenge of the north’ given to nation by construction firm

Two sections of the Thornborough Henges come off Historic England’s at-risk register after donation

Mark Brown North of England correspondent

03, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM

Almost no trains will run in England on Friday as drivers strike

Members of Aslef union to stage second 24-hour strike this week in long-running pay dispute

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

03, Feb, 2023 @5:00 AM

Specialist London state school averaged A* for every A-level entry in 2022

DfE figures show selective King’s College London mathematics school topped results in England last summer

Richard Adams Education editor

02, Feb, 2023 @5:45 PM

Prosecutors drop attempted rape case against Mason Greenwood

Manchester United footballer, 21, was charged with attempted rape offence last year

Josh Halliday North of England correspondent

02, Feb, 2023 @3:48 PM

‘A serious threat’: calls grow for urgent review of England’s wood-burning stoves

Government plan to educate owners and encourage fines not enough to effectively tackle air pollution

Helena Horton and Fiona Harvey

02, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM

Vikings brought their animals to England, research suggests

Experts find evidence at Derbyshire cremation site of horses and dogs originating from the Baltic Shield

Nicola Davis Science correspondent

01, Feb, 2023 @7:00 PM

Water firms in England urged to upgrade sewage works for new homes

Campaigners in Oxfordshire, Cotwolds and Cumbria say houses should not be occupied until systems can cope

Sandra Laville

31, Jan, 2023 @5:54 PM

‘Charmouth crocodile’ identified as new genus of croc-like creature

Remains of 2-metre-long animal discovered in 2017 by two fossil hunters

Steven Morris

31, Jan, 2023 @5:53 PM

Elderly people waited nearly twice as long in A&E in England as in 2021

Exclusive: rise in typical delays from nine hours to 16 hours to get care or a bed puts over 80s at greater risk of dying, say doctors

Denis Campbell Health policy editor

31, Jan, 2023 @5:49 PM

Lancashire police speaking to ‘potentially key witness’ in hunt for missing woman

Detectives stress they are treating disappearance of Nicola Bulley, 45, as a missing persons inquiry