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Before the inspectorate existed local education authority teams used to know their schools intimately

A truly equitable country is still some way off despite recent successes at the very top

Activist Vahid Beheshti is entering his 40th day of a hunger strike with a simple message: designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps – the military arm of Iran's government — as a terrorist organisation.

Moat gunned down ex Samantha Stobbart, her new boyfriend and a PC – eventually shooting himself after Britain’s biggest manhunt in 2010

The Labour leader expressed his "frustration" with Rishi Sunak's Tories, who he said had failed to "relieve the worry felt by millions of households when their council tax bill lands on the doorstep”

Fortysomething ‘disillusioned surburban’ voters with little time for politics are key to winning big majority, Labour Together group claims

The visit came with Britain and Germany trying to rebuild frayed ties after Brexit

King Charles III won plenty of hearts during his three-day visit to Germany, his first foreign trip since ascending to the throne following the death of his mother, Elizabeth II, last year. Charles' tour saw a number of firsts that show the importance both countries placed on it — at…

King Charles III won plenty of hearts during his three-day visit to Germany, his first foreign trip since becoming king following the death of his mother, Elizabeth II, last year

This ‘work of art’ - a paint-splattered radio - belonged to builder Christopher Kitchenside from Borehamwood

This week in 1963, Dr Beeching wielded his axe that shut down more than half of Britain’s stations and closed 5,000 route miles of track - costing 67,000 workers their jobs