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Thursday 13 August saw students across England and Wales receive A Level, T Level and Level 3 results  For some students, this means a place at university, with a record number of 18-year-olds securing their top choice institution. Author | Amy W Image from Bury College's social media Skills Minister Baroness Jacqui Smith was at Bury College as students from the Greater Manchester college received outstanding results foe their courses. How did the results look across the UK? In a landmark year for technical education, more than 65% more T Level students received results, with almost 20,000 completing their qualifications, up from nearly 12,000 in 2025. The pass rate was more than 90%. Watch | Telford College students celebrate their results A Level results at grades C and above continued their steady improvement, reaching 78.1%, up 0.4 percentage points on 2025. The proportion achieving A or A* grades also rose, reaching 28.3%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points. It was also a st...

Tyson Fury marked his return to the heavyweight scene with a composed points victory over Arslanbek Makhmudov This was before quickly turning his attention ringside to call out long-time rival Anthony Joshua. Author |  Olivia T Stadium | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium The 37-year-old Fury, back from his latest retirement after 15 months, was not quite at his fluent best but showed enough ring intelligence and technical assurance to outbox Makhmudov across 12 largely one-sided rounds. Fury had to remain alert at times, with Makhmudov landing the occasional overhand right, but the Russian proved largely one-dimensional as Fury secured a wide decision with scorecards of 120-108, 120-108 and 119-109.  This was his first fight since those successive defeats to unified champion Oleksandr Usyk in 2024. Je now moves to 35 wins, two losses and one draw. Watch | Highlights of the fight from Netflix Sports Will we ever see Fury v Joshua then? Fury and Joshua, both two-time world cham...