Some 64 homicide victims aged 13 to 19 were recorded in 2023/24, 53 of whom – 83 – were killed by a sharp instrument.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh planted a magnolia tree, metres away from a pair planted by the late Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in 1986.

The Queen has praised the “brilliant” efforts of health workers and other staff supporting sexual assault victims at a specialist centre she officially opened.

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the NAHT school leaders’ union, has called on the watchdog to reconsider its ‘ill-thought-through plans’.

The typical borrower on a tracker deal will see their monthly payments decrease by £28.98 following Thursday’s base rate cut.