School and college leavers will be finding out whether they have secured a place at their first choice university.

Men are more likely to lead property negotiations but women are more likely to have a veto over a potential home, research from Zoopla indicates.

The AA said it received 50,091 UK callouts in July caused by poor road surfaces, up 2.1 compared with the same month last year.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors highlighted a ‘firmly negative trend’ in landlords making their property available for rent.

Education leaders have warned of the possible continuation of ‘stark’ divides in top grades between different regions.