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The Joint Council for Qualifications said GCSE students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their ‘final grades as usual’ on Thursday.

Dozens of people attended a protest in Millennium Square, Leeds.

Permanent Secretary Leslie Evans said she told Nicola Sturgeon of concerns about the ex-first minister two months before a formal investigation.

It will be one of two simulators installed in a £100m strategic facility at Lossiemouth which will also hold three of the nine Poseidon aircraft.

Researchers analysed the skulls of more than 390 species of birds and non-avian dinosaurs.

Research found that the under-35s increasingly turned to classical music during lockdown.

Bombardier and M&S both announced job cuts on Tuesday.

Teach First’s chief executive said recent turmoil around exam results highlighted the ‘inequality’ of the education system.

Reece Cox was assaulted in Sedgley, West Midlands, during a night out.

McKay had been due to go on trial in September after denying committing fraud by buying £63,000 worth of gifts.

The former prime minister is seeking backing for staying inside Horizon, the European research and science programme.

Environment Secretary George Eustice said that he hopes the targets provide certainty.

Nail bars, beauty salons and tanning booths can reopen from Wednesday.

Leading institutions have warned that applicants may still have to defer their places even if they secure grades for their top choice.

Some seek safety from violence while others have been sent away by their families to save them from a life as a child soldier, a charity says.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said on Saturday there would be no change in the way grades were awarded, but reversed the decision days later.

Matt Hancock said there was ‘no time to lose’ as he launched the National Institute for Health Protection.

The research was published by the World Economic Forum.

The company said another cut in the workforce was needed as a result of the impact Covid-19 has had on the aviation industry.

There are 12-21 million tonnes of invisible microplastics in the upper waters of the Atlantic Ocean, researchers suggest.