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- New V-level courses to be brought in for students after GCSEs
- Northumberland parents thank NHS team who helped mum meet 'little miracle' for the very first time
- Highway Code rule change on pedestrians that millions of drivers 'don't know'
- 'Neighbours acted quickly to protect homes', as flooding clean-up continues
- Investigation launched after armed police descend on Newcastle street following 'disturbance'
- 'Enchanting' Christmas market named Europe's best is just 3 hours from Newcastle
- UK drivers face 'total ban' as all petrol and diesel drivers warned
- Aldi issues mass food recall with multiple items pulled from shelves – 'Do not eat!'
- 'Significant signs of recovery' hours after major internet outage
- Petition calls for inquiry into 1994 Chinook crash
- Singer Matt Willis to front series on addiction recovery
- ‘I totally believe this’: Former Tory adviser says Russia and far-left groups helping migrants exploit UK system
- Giuffre thought she might 'die a sex slave' at hands of Epstein and his circle, memoir reveals
- Families of 1994 Chinook crash victims seek answers as 47,000 sign petition
- Survivor quits grooming gangs inquiry, citing 'toxic' culture and broken trust
- Police search for passenger missing after car crash
- What's affected by internet outage - all we know so far
- Eamonn Holmes blasts 'woke schools' as he points to problem in education: 'Was NOT like this in my day!'
- POLL OF THE DAY: Is free speech under attack in Britain?
- MoD launches probe into claims Russian hackers stole files on RAF and Royal Navy bases
- Number of older volunteers has fallen by more than one million since 2019
- Peers bid to overturn abortion up to birth clause
- Global Anglicans announce break in communion from Church of England
- Bonuses for betting shops staff if they ignore problem gambling
- CofE same-sex ‘wedding’ services on the ropes as Bishops bow to due process
- Aviva funds group promoting trans ideology to primary school children
- Debra Allcock Tyler: Volunteering is a human gift of compassion, not a bureaucratic test of worth
- Using volunteering as part of a test for settled status ‘undermines its value’, charities warn
- Scottish volunteering levels up by seven percentage points last year
- UK would become a ‘dystopian state’ without volunteers, report warns