Figures suggest all the UK’s top five warmest summers will have occurred since the year 2000.

Visas issued for health and care workers and their families have tumbled by 77%.

Only one region saw a clear year on year increase in entries receiving a grade 4 or above.

The longstanding lead enjoyed by girls over boys for the top grades has narrowed slightly.

Inflation picked up pace last month for everyday items including eggs, potatoes, breakfast cereals and bread.

Satisfaction levels were just 26% for victims of theft from the person.

Business studies is booming while French is falling further into decline.

Maths was the most popular subject for the 12th year in a row.

The gap between the two regions for entries getting the highest grades is 9.2 percentage points, up from 7.4 points last year.

More than half of counties had a year-on-year increase in the proportion of entries receiving A or A*.

It took 20 months to hit the milestone under Rishi Sunak’s premiership compared with 13 months under Sir Keir Starmer.

While the number of foreign nationals has risen in recent years, the overall size of the prison population has also increased.

The average warmest August was in 1995, with a mean temperature across the month of 17.3C.

Rushanara Ali is the 10th person to leave the Government.

July was the sixth consecutive month of above-average mean temperatures for the UK.

The age of people sentenced ranges from an 81-year-old man to a 12-year-old boy.

The station has recorded its lowest weekly audience since the Covid-19 pandemic.

The population is estimated to have increased in 306 of the 318 local authorities, and decreased in 12.

Local authorities with the greatest proportion of homes owned outright tend to be in coastal areas or away from cities.

Police-recorded offences of shoplifting and theft from the person remain at record levels.