The data is from the Government’s national child measurement programme, which covers mainstream state-maintained schools in England.

Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent, is seeking to win a fourth six-year term in the US Senate on Tuesday. The ...

Registrations of new cars fell by 6.0% last month, figures show. Industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 144,288 new cars were registered in October. That compares to ...

Israeli strikes killed at least 30 people overnight in Gaza, according to Palestinian health officials. Strikes early on Tuesday killed 10 people in the Gaza Strip, including four children and two ...

A British teacher living outside Valencia has described her dogs’ “impossible” escape as deadly floods swept through her home and destroyed everything on the ground floor. Annabelle Reece, 50, who ...

Vaping and smoking in playgrounds and outside schools could be banned, the Health Secretary has said, although the Government has rowed back on making it illegal to smoke in pub beer gardens.

Proposed legislation aimed at creating the “first smoke-free generation” is set to be introduced in Parliament. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which prevents anyone born after January 1 2009 from legally ...

The Prince of Wales will have a high-level meeting with South Africa’s president as he continues his visit to the Commonwealth nation. William’s audience with Cyril Ramaphosa has been described as a ...

Kemi Badenoch will hold her first shadow cabinet meeting on Tuesday after filling her new senior team with three former leadership rivals in a bid to unite the opposition front.

Lady Gaga performed at the final rally in Pennsylvania before telling the crowd ‘the country is depending on you’.

Election day in the US occupies the front pages of several titles, The Guardian saying the country “faces its moment of reckoning” while the i says the “world holds its breath” as America decides. THE ...

Rihanna has joked that she will “sneak into the polls” and vote with her son’s passport, as she encouraged Americans to vote in the upcoming presidential election. The Grammy-winning singer, who was ...