The Latest Breaking News from England

The mental health crisis in British schools

NHS statistics suggest that 20.3% – one in five – children and young people aged from eight to 16 years in England had a probable mental disorder in 2023. This a huge rise from 2017, when 12.5% had a probable mental health disorder.

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2024

New Ravenmaster is proud to have ‘most important job in England’ at Tower of London

According to legend, if the ravens leave the Kingdom will fall

Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2024

Peter Schmeichel: Luke Shaw should focus on Manchester United and not England

Shaw went to Euro 2024 despite enduring an injury-hit 2023/24 season, and will also miss the start of the new campaign for United.

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2024

More maths, more regional disparity: England’s A-level results in five charts

Stem subjects most popular among this year’s students, who secured higher proportion of A*s than pre-Covid years

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2024

Boost to A-level maths reflects student desire for digital literacy, experts say

Results in England show record numbers sat maths and further maths, and percentage of top grades rose

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2024

Stuart Broad: England must put positive spin on being without injured Ben Stokes

Stokes set the record for the fastest Test half-century by an England batter to round off a 3-0 series whitewash of the West Indies last month.

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2024

Lee Carsley sets out England trophy plan in first interview as interim Three Lions manager

Under-21s boss will take charge of Nations League games later this year

Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2024

A-level results show the patterns of disadvantage the government must tackle

Hundreds of thousands of students have now nervously opened their A-level results. These handfuls of letter grades matter, and not just to the students themselves. They have far-reaching effects on our whole education system and public views on standards in education.

The Conversation · Aug 15, 2024

OPINION - Should we eat into England's green and pleasant land or make our cities taller? I know my choice

We are in desperate need of new homes — a fact on which Brits tend to agree. They tend to disagree, though, over where to put them, and these battles generally concentrate on the edges of cities. Take the Government’s new plan to build on grey-belt land — “poor quality…

Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2024

Labour consider private finance scheme for major infrastructure project

LABOUR are reportedly planning to use a private finance scheme to fund a £9 billion infrastructure project in England – in a bid to keep costs…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 15, 2024