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Top Oxford University Professor of Shakespeare ‘axed in favour of diversity’
Prof John Pitcher wanted to carry on working as an English tutor and official fellow, but was told he would have to retire at 67
New way of wiping out MRSA being developed
The life-threatening bacteria can cripple a hospital as it spreads quickly and is resistant to treatment
Plastic contact lenses ‘could be served up in the food we eat’
Flushing them down the sink and loo is fuelling the tide of pollution in seas and rivers, according to the study
Fourth knife murder in four days in London
Man in his fifties found with multiple stab wounds in Catford
Boy, 15, charged over South London knife fight that left teens disembowelled
The youth, one of six teenagers arrested in connection with the shocking violence, has also been charged with a drugs offence
Water likely on 1 in 3 planets outside solar system bigger than Earth
Scientists say the discovery bodes well in the search for alien life
84 UK BAME & migrant groups write to warn IHRA antisemitism definition may suppress Palestinian story
84 organisations representing migrants and black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups in the UK have today signed a letter expressing concerns that adopting the IHRA’s new definition of antisemitism would suppress free discussion of the Palestinians’ “dispossession by ethnic cleansing, when Israel was established” and “silence public discussions on current or past practices of settler colonialism, apartheid, racism and discrimination.” The Labour Party have been criticized by elements within the party and Jewish community since its NEC adopted the...
Moped muggers snared after dramatic five mile police chase across London
A police helicopter was also involved in the drama which ended with two suspects being arrested
Second nursing student drop since Tories removed bursaries “puts patient care at risk”
Nursing student numbers have predictably fallen for the second year running since the Conservatives got rid of bursaries for students. According to figures published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) after A-Level results were received this week, applications for nursing courses in this country are down again, an 8% fall from 2016. The fall in applications to study nursing of around 5,000 a year exacerbates a worrying shortage of 40,000 nurses across the UK. Justin Madders MP, Labour’s...