Vernon Jones, a police constable at the time, saved seven-year-old David Kenneth James from drowning in October 1969. The pair reunited for the first time in more than 50 years. Vernon and Kenneth ...

The National Association of Head Teachers sought to proceed with legal action against the watchdog over plans to grade schools through report cards.

More than 150,000 people have been evacuated to safer areas in eastern provinces of the Philippines as a typhoon approached from the Pacific. Authorities have warned of torrential rain, potentially ...

The Prince of Wales was welcomed to Rio de Janeiro with an honour reserved for the carnival king – the keys to the city. William stood on top of Sugarloaf Mountain with a bird’s eye view of the ...

Persistent grey skies and low cloud meant last month was the one of the UK’s dullest Octobers on record, new figures show. The country saw an average of just 63.3 hours of sunshine, the lowest total ...