Dozens of students slept all night in rows outside a rental agency to secure university accommodation. Students from the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes took turns queuing up at Finders’ Keepers estate agents in St Clements, Oxford. They were all desperate for a place to live for their next year of college. Some queued … Read more
A Metropolitan Police officer twice tasered a 10-year-old girl after threatening her mother with garden shears and hitting her with a hammer, a misconduct hearing has been told (PA Archive) A Metropolitan Police officer tasered a 10-year-old girl twice after threatening her mother with garden shears and hitting her with a hammer, a misconduct hearing … Read more
Earlier this year, Royal Mail was fined £5.6 million for failing to deliver more than a quarter of its first class mail on time – Stefan Rousseau/pa SIR – Last Friday I received a flyer from Royal Mail (“Motorist swerves £1,000 speeding fine as Royal Mail fails to deliver”, report, November 24) offering me an … Read more
suella and rishi When Rishi Sunak brought Suella Braverman back into Cabinet as Home Secretary on October 25 last year, it was seen as a clear signal to the right of the party that he would crack down on migration. At the heart of her reappointment, according to allies of the former home secretary, was … Read more
A patient group representing several British victims has taken legal action against the Spanish government over claims it has failed to protect people from the potentially fatal side effects of one of the country’s most popular painkillers, which has been implicated in a series of serious diseases and deaths. The drug metamizole, commonly sold in … Read more
Tory minister Penny Mordaunt has sparked anger after mocking a plan aimed at slowing Scotland’s drug deaths crisis to “score cheap points” in a row with the SNP. Warning that undermining proven health interventions ‘costs lives’, experts spoke The independent accused Ms Mordaunt of “crushing on a group of people who are among the most … Read more
While the peak of the pandemic may be over, the virus that causes COVID-19 continues to mutate, with multiple variants circulating in every country. But despite this, testing and surveillance have declined, with experts urging people to continue to take the threat of this disease seriously. “The world has moved on from COVID, and in … Read more
Pistorius has been told he will be released after serving nine years for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp – ALON SKUY/Getty Images Disgraced Olympian Oscar Pistorius of South Africa has been released on parole and will be released from prison on January 5. The amputee blade runner, who won six Paralympic gold medals … Read more
Billie Piper as Rose Tyler and David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor (PA) After almost a year of absence, Doctor Who returns to the BBC on Saturday. Ahead of a full-fledged new series, the beloved sci-fi series is kicking things off with three standalone 60th anniversary specials that will see David Tennant and Catherine Tate … Read more