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EU likely to reject bespoke Canada trade deal for UK The European Union is likely to reject a significantly enhanced version of its Canada trade deal for the UK after Brexit, according to experts.

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Research reveals the huge advantage rich families gain by using private tutors in the race for grammar school places. A new paper from the UCL Institute of Education shows that private tutoring means pupils from high-income families are much more likely to get into grammar schools than equally bright pupils from low-income families.

Researchers are investigating whether a workforce of 'parcel porters' could help to reduce the current demand for kerbside space by delivery vans Researchers from Lancaster University, together with

'You're fired!': Why we shouldn't be surprised at the tumult at the heart of Trump's 'Apprentice' presidency The succession of high-profile White House sackings is the clearest indicator yet that Don

Extend Mayor of London's powers to ensure capital remains leading global city London's health, further education and skills systems are fragmented, complex and unlikely to deliver optimal outcomes un

An international network hosted at Imperial has been awarded additional funding to improve vaccines for infectious diseases.

The West of England Combined Authority has secured £5 million from government to trial a superfast 5G network at tourist destinations in Bristol and Bath.

Government urged to halt food-safety overhaul Leading food-safety experts have urged the UK Government to halt plans to outsource food safety inspections to private companies.

A low-cost, easy-to-use arsenic sensor to test drinking water has been developed by researchers at UCL and Imperial College London, with BBSRC funding through the government's Industrial Strategy.

Placing women with learning disabilities in 'seclusion' to control their behaviour while they are incarcerated in secure inpatient units, is counter-therapeutic says new research from Lancaster University. 'Behind This Wall - experiences of seclusion on locked wards for women' published this month in the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research strongly recommends other options should be explored.

PA 35/18 Experts in modern slavery from the University of Nottingham are using a new way of calculating the precise number of slaves in a city, region or country, helping the fight for freedom. Working with the Home Office, Professor Kevin Bales CMG and Professor Sir Bernard Silverman from the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham have successfully used a technique known as the Multiple Systems Estimate (MSE) to calculate a reliable estimate of the true number of slaves in a specific location.

Police at the "front line" of difficult risk-based judgements are trialling an AI system trained by University of Cambridge criminologists to give guidance using the outcomes of five years of criminal histories.

100,000 orangutans have disappeared in Borneo in the last 16 years, finds a new study with contribution from the Danau Girang Field Centre.

Scientists have taken a step forward in their efforts to tackle serious crop threats. Insect pests consume around a third of all the crops we grow, sometimes threatening food security.

More than one million people across the UK have taken part in a unique scheme that allows them to contribute to research on their local green spaces.

Police and security agencies need to work harder to defend their decision to maintain secrecy when historic police misconduct and abuse of power come under scrutiny, according to a new analysis of the legal arguments called upon to justify a kneejerk non-disclosure policy. Media coverage of alleged historic misconduct by undercover police officers has led to the creation of a public inquiry into undercover policing.

The National Audit Office (NAO) and University of Birmingham have announced the establishment of the National Audit Office - University of Birmingham Tax Centre- a collaboration to inform improvements in the administration of the tax system.

Health Data Research UK is awarding £30 million funding to six sites across the UK, including Scotland, to address challenging healthcare issues through use of data science.

Today, the Faraday Institution announced up to £42 million in new government funding to four UK-based consortia to conduct application-inspired research aimed at overcoming battery challenges to accelerate the electric vehicle (EV) revolution.

Robert Burns hid his radical and progressive political views "in plain view" while working for the Crown during the turbulent years of the late 18th century, a leading expert on Scotland's national bard will reveal.