The coronation of King Charles III last year cost taxpayers £72 million, including £50 million for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and almost £22 million for policing costs, Government figures revealed

Kazakhstan became the 116th country for Ross Jennings, a Scottish traveler and musician on a mission to play the bagpipes in every nation; dressed in a traditional kilt, he performed the Kazakh folk song “Dedimai au” in Astana

A record number of high grades achieved by A-level students was announced two weeks ago, but a social cluster has underperformed again, with too few students getting top marks at GCSEs and A-levels: white, working-class Britons

A Tik Tok campaign to give people clear, reliable advice before travelling overseas for cosmetic or medical treatments will be launched, part of a wider initiative to protect patients and reduce costs for the NHS of fixing botched procedures