Tables 'restrict A-level choices' The pressure of league tables forces independent and state schools to stop pupils taking difficult subjects, it is claimed.
Whiteley leaves will worth £3.92m The late Countdown host Richard Whiteley left nearly £4m in his will to family, friends and his old school.
TV's Whiteley remembered by fans Richard Whiteley will be sorely missed, his Countdown co-host Carol Vorderman tells a memorial service in York.
'My delightful colleague Richard' TV presenter Richard Whiteley, who has died aged 61, is remembered by TV personality Gyles Brandreth.
Obituary: Richard Whiteley Richard Whiteley endeared himself to millions of television viewers as the cheerful and avuncular host of Countdown, the cult word game show whose viewers include the Queen.
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