When a young person volunteers to visit a pensioner, both lives are enhanced, finds Jane Bond .

A man who left a New Year's Eve party with the missing university student Sally Geeson has returned to Cambridge to join the search.

Pupils starting the new term at one secondary school have become the first to face a new test - for drugs.

They were the star pupils who had the power to make you do extra litter-picking duties at school and now they are your bosses. Meet the captains of industry who were always destined to be leaders.

A boy worried about his GCSE exams hanged himself at his home less than a week before he was due to return to boarding school.

John Clare answers your queries on a career in music, university class gap and living with ME.

Manchester University has unveiled plans to increase its intake of overseas students, raising fears of a reduction in home students.

John Clare, our education editor has observed the effect that 10 education secretaries have had on the nation's schools. As Ruth Kelly takes over the position, he tells her, in an open letter, exactly how he feels she could do

Parents have a responsibility to teach their children to value education, love learning, behave well in school and respect their teachers, Ruth Kelly, the new Education Secretary, has said.

A fellowship of All Souls is a privilege granted only to the most dazzling students, says Tom Wainwright.

The Reserve Bank of India Governor Y V Reddy on Friday virtually ruled out a rate hike following the footsteps of the US Federal Reserve.

Jet Airways is offering 17,266,801 equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash to the public, according to the draft Red Herring prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Board of India on Friday.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on Friday said that the reduction in Access Deficit Charges would lead to an annual loss of Rs 1,254 crore (Rs 12.54 billion) to the company.

Taking a cue from the airlines, the Railways intend to launch on-line auction of tickets for air-conditioned coaches in all trains.

Amid trading of charges over interconnection between Tata Indicom and Bharti Cellular, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India directed all the players to provide access to each other's network to avoid disruption of services.

Foreign exchange reserves increased $163 million to $131.178 billion for the week ended December 31, 2004

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