Secondary schools will be told to stop teaching GCSEs to students until they reach Year 10 in a bid to keep younger children engaged, according to the government.
The leading solvent bidder for Poundland is urging its owner to immediately release tens of millions of pounds of funding needed to restock the discount retailer's shelves and save more than 10,000 jobs.
Israel's president Isaac Herzog has asked Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest rival, Gadi Eisenkot, to try and form a government following a deadlocked election.