Oxford and Cambridge miss out on top spot in UK university rankings
The elite Oxbridge institutions have dropped out of the top three for only the second time in the Times guide’s 33-year history
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Third attempt to knock down fire-hit Stoke-on-Trent building
It means a key town centre road will be shut
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Keely Hodgkinson reveals she is ‘built different’ after shock MRI discovery
‘We’re trying to figure out if it’s a strength or a weakness,’ she says
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Alan Carr's Celebrity Traitors win ranks among Britain's top unifying cultural moments
A new poll of 2,000 adults has ranked Alan Carr's Celebrity Traitors victory among the most 'unifying' cultural moments of the past 25 years
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Flights cancelled at major European airport due to strikes as UK Foreign Office issues advice
Flights across Europe have been cancelled as air traffic controllers go on strike in Brussels
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Scotland's universities ranked in new 2027 league table as one named best in UK - full list
This is the third time the institution has topped the list.
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Celebrity Traitors finale ranked among UK's most unifying moments with Queen's funeral
A new National Rail study has highlighted the most unifying cultural moments of the past 25 years - including major TV and sporting events
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Costa loses crown as UK’s biggest coffee chain to budget favourite
Greggs and Costa both have more than 2,700 outlets across the UK
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Halifax Piece Hall adds three huge music stars to 2027 summer concert series line up
Halifax Piece Hall's summer 2027 gig schedule is taking shape
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£72m funding agreed for Eurocentral industrial and logistics development
The commitment represents the largest speculative forward funding deal for an industrial and logistics project in Scotland for 30 years.
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‘It's the perfect place for us’: How a North Yorkshire town helped family firm Jespers thrive for 125 years
The year was 1901, and in a tiny attic workshop, on Harrogate’s Prospect Crescent, Foster Barrett Jesper was hand engraving yet another item for a prestigious client. Almost two decades before the first Betty’s would op…
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Vegetation cut back along Selsey pathway as part of ongoing programme to maintain public spaces
Vegetation has been cut back along the pathway linking Manor Green Park and Chichester Road as part of an ongoing programme to maintain public spaces in Selsey.
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Teenage boy seriously injured in crash with lorry on A1
Police have issued a public appeal
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Bill Belichick, 74, slams ‘ridiculous’ rumors about 25-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson
Reports have speculated that Hudson has an unofficial role or influence within Belichick’s UNC football operation
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Woman killed in Tesco car park crash in front of horrified shoppers as police appeal for witnesses
Police are appealing for witnesses to the horror smash.
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Former WH Smith closure "really disappointing" says Sheffield economy leader, as closing date confirmed
Business had operated at Fargate as WH Smith for over half a century
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DWP could hand £5,350 more to PIP claimants scoring 32 points in shake-up
The Department for Work and Pensions has been urged to hike payment rates for PIP claimants scoring 32 points.
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DWP confirms Motability Scheme and Blue Badges to be included in PIP shake-up
Sir Stephen Timms has confirmed PIP perks like the Motability Scheme and Blue Badge could be changed.
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Is Joao Pedro injured? Chelsea release new training footage after Xabi Alonso update
Chelsea’s in-form striker is a major doubt for Friday night’s west London derby
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Committee of MPs to scrutinise UK’s ‘dismal record’ in Eurovision
The Digital, Media and Sport Committee will hold a state of play inquiry into the selection of the UK’s entry.
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Teenager arrested after boy, 10, seriously injured in e-bike crash
A 16-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving
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Sheffield High Green explosive substance arrests made - police statement in full
Two more in custody over substances after High Green streets evacuated
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Police launch crackdown on luxury luggage thieves at major London stations
BTP and London St Pancras Highspeed are doing more to tackle the issue after a series of prominent thefts
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HMRC confirms it will take money from four million state pensioners
It's part of rules put in place by the previous Labour Government
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