Month: August 2017

It is the first time the A*-A pass rate has risen since 2011. Via: Rise in proportion getting top grades in year of change for A-levels

President Trump doubled down on some of his most provocative comments from earlier this week by tweeting that he thought the country should keep up its Confederate statues. Via: Trump defends Confederate monuments in new tweetstorm

Some 26.3 per cent of A-level entries got an A* or A this summer in England, Northern Ireland and Wales – up 0.5 percentage points on 2016. It is the first time the A*-A pass rate has risen since 2011. Via: A-levels 2017: Around a quarter expected to get top Read more…

The former footballer, 38, shared a selfie to his Instagram as he enjoyed a glass of wine in the sun – with the band given to him by his late wife firmly visible on his hand. Via: Rio Ferdinand wears wedding ring from late wife Rebecca

The practice, karezza, coined by Chicago gynecologist Dr. Alice Bunker Stockham in 1896, encourages ‘male continence’. Women were also urged to abstain from orgasm as well. Via: Is Victorian sex the key to a more passionate love life?

Updates from England’s final Pool B match in DublinEmail Niall or tweet @niallmcveighThe Recap: sign up for the best of our sport coverage 3.00pm BST England go for a hat-trick of rolling mauls down the right flank after Taylor collects a line-out. Marlie Packer – there’s nominative determinism in action Read more…

Over-by-over updates from the first Test of the seriesEmail Vish or tweet @Vitu_E with your thoughtsMemory Lane: England v West Indies – in pictures 2.59pm BST 12th over: England 54-2 (Cook 28, Root 8) Nicely done from Root. Leaves all five to start and gets Cummins to find him. When Read more…

Flames and smoke surround Mação, making it impossible to enter or leave – the latest in country’s deadliest year for fires Forest fires have cut off a village of 2,000 people in Portugal, as firefighters struggle to control two large blazes in the centre of the country. Related: Wildfires across Read more…