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June 11, 2022

First post-pandemic school leavers face struggle for university places

The first post-Covid cohort of school leavers faces a summer of uncertainty that "threatens to hold back a generation", as students compete for fewer places on popular university courses.

2 mins

Yes! Yes! Er, no: sex scenes have long got female orgasms wrong

Hollywood sex scenes tend to follow a formula: hot, passionate and rarely anything short of euphoric. So the basis of Emma Thompson's new film, Good Luck To You Leo Grande, in which she plays a widowed teacher who hires a male escort in the hope of having her first orgasm late in life, is seen as boundary-pushing.

3 mins

The fallout What might these hearings mean for Trump?

Donald Trump achieved another first in US presidential history on Thursday night. He was, in front of millions of people, accused by a congressional panel of attempting to overthrow the US government.

2 mins

Leading drama school apologises to star actors for 'appalling' racism

A prestigious drama school has apologised for the "appalling" racism experienced by the actors Paapa Essiedu and Michaela Coel while they were students there.

2 mins

Ministers facing 'difficult' fight to override Northern Ireland protocol

Controversial legislation to disapply parts of the Northern Ireland protocol will be published next week, but senior government sources acknowledged it was going to be a "difficult" process to get it through parliament.

3 mins

Johnson stands to make £5m a year after leaving office, say experts

Boris Johnson could make more than £5m a year after he leaves politics, experts have estimated.

3 mins

Costa scraps book awards with no explanation after 50 years

The Costa book awards, after running for half a century, have been abruptly scrapped. The coffee shop chain said the 2021 awards, which were announced in February this year, were the last.

2 mins

Jerusalem: Rylance pulls out of three shows after brother's death

The Oscar-winning actor Sir Mark Rylance has pulled out of three performances of the West End show Jerusalem today and tomorrow after his younger brother was killed in a bicycle accident in California.

1 min

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