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The Vice-Chancellor of Bath University faced calls to leave her job immediately from 71 professors who cited concerns about the “reputational crisis” surrounding her pay. Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell announced she would leave her £468,000 a year job at the end of the academic year last week, but pressure mounted for her to go sooner. Her immediate resignation was called for along with chief governor Thomas Sheppard, who chairs both the university council and remuneration committee. A letter addressed to...

Max Clifford, who was once known as a goliath in the media world, before he was found guilty of sex crimes, has died in prison. Clifford died of a heart attack in his cell, at Littlehey Prison in Cambridgeshire. He was aged 74. Mr Clifford was serving an eight-year custodial prison term for historical sex offences. In May 2014, Clifford was jailed after being convicted of eight historical indecent assaults on women and young girls under Operation Yewtree - the...

Professor Stephen Hawking has joined a lawsuit aimed at preventing greater privatisation of the National Health Service. The revered professor, who has been vocal about the dismantling of the NHS, added his name to legal action seeking to prevent the establishment of "accountable care organisations" (ACOs) in the NHS, which threaten to ration certain resources within the system. Trade Union BMA has warned the ACOs ‘risk the potential for non-NHS providers taking over the provision of care for entire health economies’. But Health Secretary...

The planet's oceans are choking on plastic. Despite plastic bag usage falling by 85 per cent following the introduction of the 5p charge, leading packaging industry figures oppose a tax on single-use plastic packaging.  The final episode of BBC's Blue Planet II aired tonight, highlighting the terrible impact man-made plastic waste is having on the world’s oceans. Meanwhile, food-packaging industry figures are opposing the Government’s suggested ‘single use plastic tax’. The final episode of the BBC’s hit natural history show,...

Jeremy Corbyn’s speech to the United Nations officials at Geneva’s Palais de Nations on Friday is well worth a watch. Whatever you think of the Labour leader’s politics, the speech as he received a peace award for his work over many years was thought-provoking on topics from growing inequality and tax avoidance to human rights and climate change.   Watch and read the full speech below: https://www.facebook.com/TheLondonEconomic/videos/1427799250664887/ "Thank you, and let me give a special thanks to the United Nations...

If you are reading this please take a minute - just one minute - out of your day and watch this video. - Because this is what global warming looks like. I want you to imagine, 200, 300, 400 years from now, human beings, maybe your relatives, starving to death like this due to irreversible climate change. There is no planet B. https://www.facebook.com/SchrodingersCatflap/videos/1741184365894281/ Photographer Paul Nicklen shot the heart-wrenching footage recorded the scene with conservation group Sea Legacy  and posted it on...

Wildfires in California have burned across Sky News owner Rupert Murdoch's $30 million winery. Murdoch, who owns Fox News Channel in America along with News International properties The Times and The Sun in the UK, has had his winery scorched as the blaze rips through Bel-Air. Many on social media have said it is comeuppance for his climate skepticism while others have pointed to his controversial publishing record. The media mogul has endured a shaky year already with News Corp recording a loss...

A council has been slammed for screening off a homeless man from public view by surrounding him with bright plastic barriers emblazoned with hazard warning signs. Nottingham City Council cordoned off the rough sleeper by erecting the yellow screens in the doorway of a derelict shop where he sleeps. Community Protection Officers also put up a hand-written note shaming the 27-year-old for refusing hotel accommodation on Wednesday morning (6/12). A council has been slammed for screening off a homeless man...

A boxing champion has been locked up in an immigration detention centre - despite representing England in the ring. Kelvin Bilal Fawaz, 29, has boxed for the country six times and currently holds the London middleweight title. He was chosen to represent Team GB in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, but was unable to because he has no passport. Kelvin has been held in Tinsley House immigration removal centre in Gatwick since last week, after his leave to remain ran...