Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said her party would cut the rate of interest charged on some student loans issued in the decade up to 2023. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Badenoch said the Plan 2 loans from that period "increasingly feel like a scam". 8 million people took out …

Government 'inflamed tension' over Maccabi fan ban, say MPs 4 hours ago Vanessa PearceWest Midlands "Late and clumsy" intervention by the government in trying to overturn the banning of Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa only served to "inflame tensions", a committee of MPs has …

'We want the truth' - families of Nottingham attacks victims speak ahead of public inquiry 5 hours ago Asha Pateland Emily Williamson ,East Midlands "It's taken a long fight to get here. " Dr Sanjoy Kumar told the BBC he had a "tear in his eye" when Prime Minister Sir …

We thought Gen Z had started going to church in droves. But the truth is more complicated 6 hours ago Catherine WyattBBC religious affairs When Jay Painter's grandfather died in May 2024, the 27-year-old from Wiltshire felt he saw his soul leave his body. It sparked a "search for the …

Are ties and blazers over? Why some schools are pushing for 'active' uniforms 6 hours ago Grace Dean "If I had a pound for every time I said 'tuck your shirt in', I wouldn't need to teach, I'd be a millionaire," laments one Derbyshire secondary school teacher. The teacher, who …

Scotland's mad for Oasis, Newcastle loves Sam Fender: Music tastes where you live revealed 6 hours ago Ian YoungsCulture reporter Oasis are big in Manchester, but even bigger in Scotland. Newcastle is wild for homegrown guitar hero Sam Fender, and Liverpool can't get enough of female pop stars. These are …

Andrew 'inquiry' calls and hiding from 'Putin's killer drones' Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor features prominently on most of the front pages yet again. The Sunday Telegraph reports that former Prime Minister Gordon Brown is calling for police to look into whether the former prince used taxpayer funded jets and RAF bases to …

I didn't know I was experiencing burnout until it was too late 6 hours ago Georgia Levy-CollinsBBC Newsbeat You've just won two Olympic medals, reached the peak of your career so far, you're the strongest you've ever been, right? Wrong. Laviai Nielsen says straight after the 2024 Paris Olympics she …

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, Norway's king of cross-country skiing, broke the record for the most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics with his sixth of the Games. Klaebo led a Norwegian sweep of the podium in the 50km mass start classic, with team-mates Martin Loewstroem Nyenget and Emil Iversen …

Team GB face an uphill task to win an Olympic medal in the four-man bobsleigh as they sit seventh at the halfway point in a race where three teams crashed. Pilot Brad Hall had showcased why the British team are medal contenders in Cortina with a brilliant first run of …