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Academics and teachers back a return to more traditional A-levels, with pupils sitting fewer "module" papers throughout their course, a study finds.

With his victories in Maryland, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia, Mitt Romney now looks unbeatable. He has more than half the delegates necessary to clinch the nomination. Republicans are signaling boredom with the contest, and it's becoming harder and harder to justify Rick Santorum's ongoing insurgency.

One of the first of Blackpool's new fleet of trams is derailed on its first journey after the famous attraction underwent a £100m upgrade.

Despite disappointing finishes in all three of Tuesday's Republican primaries, Rick Santorum showed no sign of letting up in his quest to win the Republican presidential nomination.

A suicide bomb attack in the northern Afghan province of Faryab leaves at least 10 people dead and more than 20 injured, officials say.

While the story behind Trayvon Martin's shooting death continues to grab headlines, interest in the case is sharply divided along partisan and racial lines, according to a new study by Pew Research Center.

House prices are "broadly stable", the Halifax says, despite recording a 2.2% rise between February and March.

When Mitt Romney heard he had won Wisconsin's primary -- capping off a trio of victories on Tuesday -- he jumped up and said: "Let's go!"

Two year ago the Holy Thorn Tree of Glastonbury was cut down. Was it an act of mindless vandalism, or something more significant?

A severe storm has left four people dead in Japan and injured many more, with telecommunications and transport affected in the north.

The BBC's Lizo Mzimba has had the first glimpse of the set of the new James Bond film, Skyfall, while star Daniel Craig speaks of the franchise's legacy.

Colombian soldiers and police speaking a day after being released by rebels tell of years chained to each other and the constant fear of death.

A man is shot in the leg in County Tyrone while his girlfriend and young daughter are in the house.

Chelsea caretaker manager Roberto di Matteo says the club are an "international force" despite never lifting the Champions League.

Oil has leaked from a cargo ship carrying 40,000 litres of fuel after it ran aground, leading to concern over the threat to wildlife.

About 20 cars are left with punctured tyres on the M62 after they apparently ran over metal plates that had dropped off a lorry.

Police investigating the murder of a 92-year-old man in the West Midlands arrest a 35-year-old woman.

The man accused of gunning down seven people at a California religious college from which he was expelled will be arraigned Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Few would quarrel with President Barack Obama's point that the Republican Party has drifted to the right in recent years, disavowing ideas it once embraced - even created. But making that case in a major campaign speech, Obama ignored realities in his own Democratic ranks....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Few would quarrel with President Barack Obama's point that the Republican Party has drifted to the right in recent years, disavowing ideas it once embraced - even created. But making that case in a major campaign speech, Obama ignored realities in his own Democratic ranks....