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Rocky Marciano Price attacked Lindsay Birbeck in woods close to her home in Accrington.

The Education Secretary says some schools would have awarded all their students top A-level grades without Government intervention.

There were 1,434 daily new Covid-19 cases in the UK on average over the two weeks up to August 8.

There were almost 172,000 non-fire incidents attended in the year to March, a third of all call-outs.

The UK saw more lightning on Wednesday night.

It is the Prime Minister’s first visit to Northern Ireland since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Officials have pledged to find out what caused the train to derail in Aberdeenshire, killing three people and injuring six others.

The new app uses Apple and Google-made technology following concerns about privacy and accuracy issues with the first version.

Network Rail said it will use in-house engineers, specialist contractors and helicopter surveys to carry out the work.

The business is hoping to return some of its hospital space to normal after helping the NHS handle the crisis.

This year’s summer exams were cancelled because of Covid-19.

A letter calling for free school meals to be extended has been signed by 60 organisations and sent to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.

The figure for England rose to more than 1.85 million in June.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved to the US in March after spending a number of weeks in Canada.

More than half of companies said they saw a drop in turnover in the two weeks to July 26.

Some 2,041,200 were granted settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, according to provisional Home Office figures to the end of July.

Tesco says it has seen a near-20% increase in demand for watermelons so far this year.

The bus and coach firm said it would use £4 million from the scheme to cut ticket prices when Covid-19 restrictions on public transport are lifted.

The ‘demon pigs’ have been likened to mystical creatures from Harry Potter.

Pupils achieving the top A* grade increased by one percentage point to 9.8%.