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Students could be required to pass GCSE English to access university loans
Exclusive: Ministers consider national threshold in England that could in effect bar thousands from studyingUniversity s...
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A nation shaped by rain: exhibition celebrates Scotland’s wettest obsession
Minnie the Minx and Macbeth feature in National Library’s exploration of how rainfall has shaped Scottish science, liter...
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Marko Arnautovic adds gloss to scoreline as Austria see off World Cup debutants Jordan
Austria claimed their first World Cup victory since 1990 with a 3-1 win against debutants Jordan. Two late goals at the...
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Lost for years, the music of The Tiger Who Came to Tea author’s mother is heard again
Descendants of Julia Kerr gather for recital at Einstein’s summer house near Berlin where revived opera was setAlbert Ei...
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Tasmanian devil Mary found 2km from her Gold Coast theme park home after two weeks on the run
Carnivorous animal taken to hospital in an unstable condition after escaping from quarantine facility in Paradise Countr...
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Morbid by Saul Justin Newman review – why everything you think you know about longevity is wrong
Is Japan really full of centenarians? And what about ‘blue zones’? A brilliant skewering of ageing secrets and liesThere...
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‘It’s stronger than a drug!’ Transcendent portraits from Montreux jazz festival – in pictures
From Quincy Jones to Sam Smith, Raye to Santana, Anoush Abrar has been taking mesmerising photographs of the festival’s...
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England vs Croatia – World Cup 2026: Kane, predictions, TV channel, kickoff
Title contenders England begin their FIFA World Cup campaign against familiar foes Croatia in Group L in Dallas.
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‘I don’t like being stuck in an office’: the young people helping plant a ring of trees around London
London Tree Ring project aims to create corridors of plant and animal life around the city to strengthen its biodiversit...
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Cycling in the tracks of Britain’s camping pioneers from Oxford to Surrey
Britain’s Camping and Caravanning Club started as a cycle camping club 125 years ago. I cycle from its birthplace to one...
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A moment that changed me: A WhatsApp message about a little-known sport made me an unlikely celebrity in Japan
I’d always wanted to represent my country at something, so when I learned about Mölkky, I got a team togetherIt was Dece...
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UN chief blames global indifference for Haiti crisis
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the international community has failed Haiti as gang violence deepens