The gap between the two regions for entries getting the highest grades is 9.2 percentage points, up from 7.4 points last year.

About 150 people have been evacuated from a major London NHS hospital following reports of a chemical incident. Firefighters were first called at 8.49am on Thursday to Guy’s Hospital in Southwark, ...

A man accused of driving into crowds at Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade faces an additional 24 charges, including two relating to alleged victims who were babies. Paul Doyle, 53, was in ...