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The time pupils spend learning languages in Northern Ireland is "the shortest in Europe", according to a review of the school curriculum. The review was carried out by independent expert …

A stonemasonry student said companies had told her she could not join the profession "because she's a girl". Alice, who is 17, was one of the students who took part …

A new fleet of all-electric buses will be deployed in Torquay this winter, thanks to a funding boost from the Department for Transport (DfT), Torbay Council has said. A cash …

If 29-year-old Marianne Barry doesn't take the contraceptive pill each day, she could have symptoms of severe anxiety or even suicidal thoughts. Marianne has pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), a condition …

Medical neglect contributed to the death of a three-year-old boy who developed a strep A infection and later died of sepsis in hospital, an inquest jury has found. Oscar Neillings …

A wheelchair-accessible path and railings from a station ticket office to a rebuilt platform have been installed at a light railway line station. The new path at Sittingbourne Viaduct Station, …

A federal appeals court on Friday declined to rehear President Donald Trump's challenge to a $5m (£3.6m) sexual abuse and defamation suit he lost to writer E Jean Carroll two …

A driver was caught speeding away from police, driving in excess of 130mph before abandoning the car at a nearby cemetery. Officers signalled at the man's grey Seat Leon to …

A council has bought covert cameras to trail suspected fly-tippers. Gateshead Council said it had purchased "a small number" of the cameras but admitted they could not yet be used …