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Prospective students are currently required to write a statements, which can be up to 4,000 characters long.

The pair have taken their first steps out into their enclosure at Banham Zoo.

Research by hotel chain Travel Lodge also found holidaymakers were expecting to spend more on their break.

Junior doctors in Scotland have voted for three days of strike action next month.

Unison hit out at the scandal, and said the Government had responded with ‘inaction and indifference’.

Customers of E.ON Next were forced to wait on hold for 18 minutes on average, while half of all calls failed to contact the supplier, Ofgem said.

It comes as NHS chiefs warned the number of people seeking emergency help will rise as the hot weather continues across the UK.

The 19-year-old student was killed during an incident in Nottingham in which two other people died

Barnaby Webber’s family described the student’s death as a ‘senseless murder’.

The business said that it had already reached its production cut targets after selling off oil fields.

UK GDP increased by 0.2% for the month after a 0.3% fall in March.

The Met Office has forecast temperatures in the mid-to-high 20s for much of England over the next few days.

The ‘rampage’ in Nottingham dominates Thursday’s front pages.

Denise Lewis, who won heptathlon gold at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, will receive a damehood.

The investment, which will bring experts across different fields together, was announced at London Tech Week.

Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Nigel Penney says a criminal investigation is being conducted involving a range of potential offences.

Phillip Schofield admitted to an ‘unwise but not illegal’ affair with a younger male colleague.

Essex Police said a man and a woman in their 40s were found dead at an address in Basildon.

The Tories will give notice for two by-elections on Wednesday, including in the seat vacated by the former prime minister.

The British Medical Association is calling for ‘full restoration of our pay, which has seen a 26% cut’ and says the Government has offered 5%.