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    In just over three weeks time we will see the first cohort of GCSE students decipher a mix of letters and numbers in their results. Here’s our guide to the new numerical grading system and what it means for pupils. What will change? This summer marks the beginning of the end for the familiar A* to G grades. Over the next three years, they will be replaced entirely with a scale numbered nine to one - with nine the highest result, and one the lowest. But for this year, just a handful of subjects will be switched over, meaning some students will forever boast a CV with an 8 in maths and an A* in geography. What’s the time scale? Students in this year 11 sitting English language, English literature and maths will be the first to notice the changes. For most other subjects, inc...

    Nick Timothy Theresa May’s former right hand man has revealed for the first time what went wrong in the general election campaign and what he believes the Conservatives must do to avoid defeat in five years time. Nick Timothy, who resigned as the Prime Minister’s joint chief of staff in June, told The Daily Telegraph that the Tories lost their majority at the election because they abandoned Mrs May’s promise of change in favour of a continuity message. He also admitted Downing Street was guilty of a breakdown in communications both with the public and with other Whitehall departments, leaving key policies vulnerable to attack. In his first interview since leaving Number 10, the man dubbed Theresa May’s brain said she must find new ways to reform social care and forge ahead...

    A man has died after being shot in the chest as he stood outside a petrol station in Chelmsford, Essex. The victim, who was in his 20s, was standing with another man outside a BP garage on Baddow Road near the Army and Navy roundabout. He was shot dead by a man who pulled up in a blue Ford Fiesta at about 2.10am on Saturday. The suspect then drove off. The victim was taken to hospital but died a short time later. The road was closed for forensic examination. Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to call 101 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.

    Britons living all around the world are applying for Irish passports to safeguard their positions after Brexit, the country’s UK ambassador has revealed. Daniel Mulhall said many of a record 500,000 applications in the first half of 2017 had come from British people who fear losing their rights to live and work in the EU after withdrawal. That increase comes on the back of a 40 per cent rise in the number of Britons seeking Irish passports in the second half of 2016, immediately after the EU referendum. It’s risen very significantly, Mr Mulhall told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. We have to attribute that to the impact of last year’s referendum. On the 500,000 applications from around the world, the outgoing ambassador said: That’s an extraordinary number of passports well...

    People who witness acid attacks can have an important role in minimising the harm to the victim, according to doctors. Dr Johann Grundlingh, consultant emergency physician at Barts Health NHS Trust, along with emergency medicine trainee Dr Jessie Payne and Dr Taj Hassan, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, claim that people need to be educated on how to deal with injuries caused by acid and other noxious substances. The trio, writing in the British Medical Journal, say the latest menace on our streets is leaving victims blind or severely disfigured, and is causing physical and mental distress for many. They suggest that corrosive substances now seem to be a replacement for carrying knives. The comments come after a recent spike in corrosive substance atta...