Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell is now facing more calls to stand down from her £451,000-a-year post in charge at Bath. One of her fiercest critics is former Labour peer Lord Adonis who described the figures as 'tragedy in the making'. He said he would do her job for nothing in...
Sea slugs are the pirates of the underwater world when it comes to feeding time - targeting prey that have just eaten to "supersize" their own meal. Scientists who identified the behaviour have named it kleptopredation. Researchers from the University of Portsmouth are the first to have observed the brutal...
WHO & WHY? In May 2016 a group of south London based friends decided they wanted to give something back and so the idea of throwing a charity ball was born. With their diverse skill set ranging from interior designers, project managers and chefs, the group spent the next eight...
Furious parents have blasted a secondary school after Big Brother-style CCTV cameras were installed in the pupils' TOILETS. School bosses claim the cameras - which are directly above the boys' urinals and the girls' cubicles - are intended to combat bullying and vandalism. But parents have reacted with anger, claiming...
A “Good Samaritan” was jailed after going to the aid of a dying man who fell down a flight of stairs - and stealing his WALLET. As Ian Birch, in his 50s, lay dying from a serious head injury, heartless John Yarwood swiped his wallet. While police and hospital staff...
What was once regarded as a fringe movement viewed by the wider public with varying degrees of suspicion, veganism is now winning British hearts and minds in ever greater numbers. According to new research to mark the start of World Vegan Month, more than half of UK adults are now...
As we all know Brexit has not happened yet, however the UK economy already appears to be straining under the uncertainty of our withdrawal from the EU. Food prices are rising, property prices in London are falling, sterling has dropped against other currencies and large sections banking sector appears to...
A Met Police firearms expert who blamed himself for the shooting of Mark Duggan blasted himself in the head in the street during a standoff with armed cops, an inquest heard. Civilian employee Tony Hanley, 51, turned the handgun on himself when negotiations with armed officers broke down near his...
A zero hours worker has won a court battle to force his former employer to pay him for annual leave. Helier Heath, 23, is now calling on others to know their rights after he took his former employer to court over unpaid holiday. Helier worked as a security guard with...