‘Bumper year’ for top A-level grades predicted
A-level results next week in England, Wales and Northern Ireland could see high levels of top grades, according to an annual analysis of exam trends. Prof Alan Smithers, at the…
Coronavirus: PM and transport secretary defend travel changes
The prime minister and transport secretary have defended changes to the UK’s traffic light travel system, as an airline has scheduled extra flights to return Britons from red-listed Mexico. Up…
Tokyo Olympics 2020: India men’s hockey ends 41-year Olympic drought
India have beaten Germany 5-4 to to win an Olympic medal in men’s hockey after 41 years. The thrilling victory is the result of a young Indian side’s dogged performance,…
US to allow visitors from Hong Kong to stay for 18 months
Thousands of Hong Kong residents are to be offered a temporary “safe haven” in the US, President Joe Biden says. Mr Biden said that because Hong Kong’s freedoms were being…
Kenya outrage over debt collectors’ shaming tactics
IN our series of letters from African journalists, Kenyan broadcaster Waihiga Mwaura looks at how debt collectors are causing outrage with their latest intimidation tactics to recover loans given via…
Gunmen attack home of Afghan defence minister in Kabul
AN audacious attack on the Afghan defence minister’s house in Kabul has left at least eight dead, the first major bombing by militants in the city for nearly a year.…
Three dead in train crash near Czech-German border
A train crash near the Czech Republic-German border has killed at least three people and injured dozens more. Czech Transport Minister Karel Havlicek said an express train from Munich heading…
Migrant Channel crossings: 281 people reach the UK
Small boats carrying 281 people were intercepted trying to cross the Channel on Tuesday. Border Force officials stopped seven boats, while French authorities intercepted one crossing carrying a further 20…
Belarus sprinter Krystina Timanovskaya arrives in Poland
A Belarusian athlete who refused orders to fly home early from the Olympics has arrived in Poland, where she has been given a humanitarian visa. Krystina Timanovskaya, 24, left Tokyo…
Boris Johnson ‘not in favour’ of drug consumption rooms
BORIS Johnson says he is “instinctively” opposed to drug consumption rooms, which the Scottish government wants to introduce. Scottish ministers say the facilities would help tackle the record level of…