Record numbers of 18-year-olds in England have applied for a place at university, figures from Ucas reveal. The admissions service statistics show 236,350 school leavers – 40% in total – had applied by this year’s deadline of 30 June – 3,970 more than in 2018. This comes as a government review recommended cutting tuition fees in England from £9,250 to ...

  Barnardo’s report, ‘Overcoming Poverty of Hope’, reveals BAME young people’s concerns about the Economy, Jobs and Education Celebrities Armeena Khan, Sonali Shah and Anila Chowdhry gave their support to the UK’s longest running children’s charity Barnardo’s at the charity’s Annual Parliamentary Reception on Monday 8th July. Other prominent British Asians at the event at the House of Commons, Terrace Pavilion included actors Priyanga Burford and Meryl Fernandes; as well as lifestyle blogger Rumena Begum. They were joined by further celebrities ...

09 July 2019:   Barnardo’s new President Natasha Kaplinsky OBE praised Barnardo’s for highlighting the hopes and fears of young people in a special report launched by the charity at yesterday’s Parliamentary reception. Natasha Kaplinsky and children from Barnardo’s Wellbeing Hub The newsreader, presenter and journalist gave her first speech as President at the charity’s Annual Parliamentary Reception yesterday (Monday), ...

Former prime minister Sir John Major has told the BBC he would seek a judicial review in the courts if the new prime minister tried to suspend Parliament to deliver a no-deal Brexit. Sir John said such a move would be “utterly and totally unacceptable”. Using a judicial review, anyone can apply to challenge the lawfulness of decisions made by ...

Mayor John Biggs said: “I am deeply concerned to see videos of the arrest on Aberfeldy yesterday. “Although social media doesn’t always show everything the videos are clearly disturbing. I have spoken to the police this morning and told them the incident should immediately be referred to the independent IOPC for investigation. “While we should avoid jumping to conclusions, everyone ...

on behalf of the United Kingdom and our co-host, the Government of Canada, I’m delighted to welcome you to this conference. Just two months ago on 16th May, a 28-year-old Mexican reporter called Francisco Romero Diaz got a call before dawn about an incident at a local nightclub in Playa del Carmen. Romero specialised in exposing organised crime. He responded ...

Jeremy Corbyn has challenged the next Tory leader to hold another referendum before taking Britain out of the EU, saying Labour will campaign for Remain. Mr Corbyn says the party will take this position to stop “no deal or a damaging Tory Brexit”. But he does not say what he would do if he won a general election and was ...

Some Conservative members have been issued with more than one ballot paper to vote for the next party leader and prime minister, the BBC has learned. One party insider estimated that more than a thousand voters could be affected. Members are warned that voting twice will mean they are expelled, the Conservatives said. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson will unveil his crime ...

By Shofi Ahmed: Snapping up the top flight demands to fork out a big buck. Give more to get more when that’s the norm Shakib Al Hassan, the Bangladeshi cricket ace is big indeed. He is on top of the tree the top all-rounder in the world. And the dowry he has to give for this is nothing less than ...

Brexit is causing poorer children to fall further behind in learning foreign languages, says the British Council. Parents in disadvantaged areas are telling teachers languages will be less useful after Brexit, it says. It warns that GCSEs and A-level languages in England are seen as being hard subjects in which to get a good grade. The government said the overall ...