Zack Polanski has been elected the Green Party's new leader after a landslide victory that signals a shift towards eco-populism. In his victory address he warned Labour that the Greens intend to replace them. He also criticised Reform UK, saying many voters are drawn to the party from a sense of hopelessness. Polanski spoke to the PA News Agency about reclaiming key labels used in political debate. He said he […]

Camilla, the Queen Consort, has made her first public appearance since reports emerged that she stopped a man who groped her on a train when she was a teenager. She visited ShelterBox, the international disaster-relief charity, at its headquarters in Truro, Cornwall, to learn about the equipment the organisation uses in its work as patron. ShelterBox says the charity has helped more than three million people displaced by conflict, natural […]

Police have named a woman who died after falling from a block of flats in Southampton as Tia Langdon, 25, of Southampton. The death is being treated as a murder inquiry. Langdon died in hospital on Friday, and her family are being supported by specialist officers. Emergency services were called to Cuckmere Lane shortly after 14:40 on Thursday after reports a woman had fallen from the flats. An 18-year-old man […]

The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) says the burden on school and college leaders and teachers has never been higher, in a new report. The union notes that schools are running food banks and helping families with housing as wider public services remain underfunded and close to collapsing. It says these services are important but should not fall to schools and teachers alone. Julie McCulloch, the ASCL's director […]

The government has defended the Online Safety Act after X criticised the legislation as a constraint on free expression. In a post titled What Happens When Oversight Becomes Overreach, the platform criticised the act and the breadth of UK regulation. The rules, which took effect on 25 July, require online platforms to prevent children from accessing harmful content such as pornography or material that encourages suicide. The act also imposes […]

More than 700,000 GCSE pupils could be taught physics by non-specialist teachers, the Institute of Physics has warned after combining data from the National Foundation for Educational Research and government sources. The analysis finds about 58% of GCSE physics lessons are delivered by teachers without a post‑A‑level physics qualification. For separate physics GCSEs, government data show 72% of teaching hours were taught by specialists. In July, NFER reported that a […]

Fastball is a three-minute brainwave test that could flag memory problems tied to Alzheimer's years before a formal diagnosis. The EEG-based method records the brain's automatic responses to rapid images via small scalp sensors. In the trial led by researchers from the University of Bath and University of Bristol and published in Brain Communications, 52 people with mild cognitive impairment and 54 healthy older adults took part, alongside a series […]

Barclays has become the second UK bank to quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). The NZBA is a global climate group formed in 2021 by the UN Environment Programme’s finance initiative and led by banks. In a statement published online on Friday, Barclays said it would withdraw, noting that the departure of most global banks had left the alliance unable to support its transition. HSBC had left the alliance […]

Golden, the title track from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, has topped the Official Singles Chart. It is the first K-pop number one in 13 years. The song is by the animated group HUNTR/X and climbed from four to the summit following last week’s position. In the albums chart, Merseyside band The K’s claim their first chart-topping album with Pretty On The Internet. The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack remains at the […]