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Today A-Level students get to find out their results. This year’s results show the amount of students achieving top grades in A-levels has fallen to its lowest for over a decade. This year 25.2% of A-level students got an A grade or higher. This is the lowest percentage since 2007. The overall pass rate remains…
Two television ads have been banned for gender stereotyping rules, the adverts are the first to be banned under the new UK rules. The ban for adverts using “harmful gender stereotypes” or those which are likely to cause “serious or widespread offence” came into force in June 2019. The first banned ad was for Philadelphia…
A group of MPs has suggested that drivers could be banned from using hands-free mobile phones in England and Wales. Using hand held phones whilst driving is already banned with a maximum punishment of six penalty points and a £200 fine. However, MPs in the Commons transport select committee say hands free versions can also…
Deaths from asthma in England and Wales are at the highest level in over a decade. Deaths from asthma have increased by 33% in the last 10 years. According to Asthma UK there has been more than 1,400 people who have died from asthma in the last year which is a 8% increase compared to…
The Boardmasters festival has been cancelled just hours before gates were due to open. Around 55,000 people were expected in Newquay to see headline acts Wu-Tang Clan, Florence + The Machine and Foals. Razorlight, Dizzee Rascal and Jorja Smith were also set to appear. Many people are already on their way and some are already…
Residents who had to be evacuated from Whaley Bridge can now return home after nearly a week of fear over the dam. Around 1,500 residents were removed from their homes on Thursday after the town’s dam at Toddbrook Reservoir was damaged during heavy rain. Emergency workers worked for six days to get the dam wall…
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