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Samworth Church Academy in Mansfield says the age-old practice does not help pupils' education.

The BoE announcement follows a demand by vegetarians to scrap the new note as it contains animal fat.

Danczuk said brother Michael Burke repeatedly crawled into her bed and forced himself upon her.

Identical letters sent from a California address were received by mosques across America.

In audiotapes broadcast on Colombian media, pilot begs control tower for emergency runway.

She said she has endured online racist and sexist abuse and has faced a threat of sexual violence.

Researchers are so optimistic about the drug's benefits that it could be rolled out as soon as 2021.

Local women are the key to stopping human immunodeficiency virus being transmitted from mother to child.

Poppy Widdison died in June 2013 at the drug-filled home of her mother's boyfriend in Grimsby.

The 34-year-old was 'tortured mentally and physically' by two armed women after going missing.

China will be the key player in enforcing the new sanctions targeted at coal exports.

German police seized 51-year-old spy agency worker alleged to have offered official secrets online.

Kelsey Leigh Gutierrez is alleged to have engaged in sexual activity with 2 pupils over 18 months.

A spokesperson for Barack Obama suggested the president-elect had a long way to go.

Rudd's warning echoes that of police chiefs in wake of Jo Cox murder by Thomas Mair.

The 28-year-old victim is believed to have been killed after a brawl over the weekend.

Sue White said that Labour group had refused to back a motion expressing support for the sect.

Only one of the journalist survived the disaster, while another one did not board the flight.

Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions – on a sesame seed bun...

London declared worst European city for 'traffic hotspots' with UK as a whole having more than 20,000.

Getting a 'grey army' working changes how society sees the elderly: active and social, not hidden and isolated.

Many Cubans were overcome with grief as the remains of the only leader they had ever known passed by.

German study finds that nearly half of returnees remain committed to extremist ideology.

Four British men have killed themselves in the past year after falling victim to extortion.

President-elect previously made controversial remarks on Somali community during electoral campaign.

Human Rights Watch's plea to President José dos Santos over media law which 'violates international law'.

From London's East End to Botswana's Shashe Dam, we've been changing the landscape.

Ethiopia has often accused Eritrea of trying to destabilise the country, something Asmara denies.

Conservative premier reaffirmed her position during Prime Minister's Questions.