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The cost of the HS2 railway line was expected by some in the Treasury to rise from £43 billion to £73 billion. The number of new homes being built in England rose by 6 per cent in the three months to June. The United Kingdom has lost more than 40 per cent of its bank and building society branches since 1989, according to a report by Nottingham University. The proportion of candidates achieving A or A* grades at A-level fell a little to 26.3 per cent, from 26.6 per cent in 2012. The overall pass rate rose marginally to 98.1 per cent from 98 per cent. David Cameron, the Prime Minister, told the BBC that he was suffering from a ‘protruding disc’ in his back. Mo Farah won both the 10,000 metre and the 5,000 metre titles at the athletics World Championships in Moscow.
Lord Sacks, on the eve of his retirement as Chief Rabbi, said that he thought ‘the government has not done enough’ to support marriage.
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