The prime minister has promised a crackdown on criminal gangs making money from dumping waste Almost one in four boys in England received top grades in maths while results in English improved across the board, helping to propel improved GCSE results for this year’s cohort of 16-year-olds. The stronger performances in maths helped pupils taking GCSEs in year 11 reach a record level for higher grades in England outsid…
BBC News – UK The government says the sites in Kent, Surrey and West Yorkshire contain 22,000 tonnes of waste.
BBC News – UK The government says the sites in Kent, Surrey and West Yorkshire contain 22,000 tonnes of waste.
NYTimes – World Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, are reportedly planning an extended return to the United Kingdom this fall, six years after moving to the United States. The couple will remain non-working royals, according to a person familiar with the decision. Their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, are reported to be enrolled to start at a British school in September.
BBC News – UK UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a £442m plan to offer rough sleepers in England housing by Christmas, likened to the pandemic-era "Everyone In" initiative. The pledge, described as a "Covid-style campaign," aims to end rough sleeping but does not set a concrete target for ministers.
BBC News – UK Jonathan Glover and Charlie Land have been jailed for violent disorder during anti-migrant protests outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Epping, Essex. The sentences follow disorder at the asylum hotel, with both men receiving custodial terms.
