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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced plans to scrap A-levels and the recently introduced T-levels. He unveiled proposals for young people to instead study the new Advanced British Standard (ABS) at the Conservative party conference in Manchester.

Each October, the Nobel Prizes celebrate a handful of groundbreaking scientific achievements. And while many of the awarded discoveries revolutionize the field of science, some originate in unconventional places. For George de Hevesy, the 1943 Nobel Laureate in chemistry who discovered radioactive tracers, that place was a boarding house cafeteria…

Video of Rishi Sunak announcing the axing of the HS2 Manchester leg was filmed in No 10 before he travelled to conference

Headbolt Lane station in Kirkby, Merseyside, will be the first to be served by Merseyrail’s publicly-owned, battery-powered trains.

‘This is a political dispute caused by the government,’ claims train drivers’ union

Manchester United face Brentford at Old Trafford on Saturday.

The Prime Minister also found himself reported to police in Scotland over comments made about Nicola Sturgeon in his conference speech.

Tory leader’s attempt to portray himself as change candidate at party conference overshadowed by fierce criticism of U-turn

Labour says ‘almost all’ rail and road projects have been announced already and are not new investments

Andy Street said plans to axe the HS2 line from Birmingham to Manchester came ‘out of the blue’.

Businesses unimpressed by announcement of alternative ‘Network North’