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An Oxford student who was spared jail after stabbing her boyfriend in a drug-fuelled rage has been denied permission to appeal her sentence. Lavinia Woodward, 24, who has a history of cocaine and MDMA abuse, was given a suspended sentence after plunging a bread knife into Thomas Fairclough's leg but challenged the judgement. The appeal was denied, however the aspiring heart surgeon can still apply to have her case heard by a full court of two or three judges. Woodward...

A student at one of the UK’s leading boarding schools was suspended after he tried to force feed a Jewish pupil - PORK. The victim "suffered psychologically" after the incident involving a ham pizza at £35,000-a-year Clifton College in Bristol, it was claimed. The Jewish teenager remained at the prestigious school alongside his alleged attacker, who was allowed back into classes after a short suspension. Insiders revealed the suspended boy was on the periphery of another incident at the school...

Bill Oddie is to deliver 70,000 signatures calling for a Foie Gras free Britain to parliament today. The celebrity joins Chris Packham, Ricky Gervais and Evanna Lynch in calling for an import ban post-Brexit. Animal Equality, the animal protection organisation behind the campaign, has documented the extreme suffering of ducks and geese on dozens of foie gras farms in France and Spain. The group launched the petition in June 2017 after a poll found overwhelming support for a UK import ban...

Despite the atmosphere of fear created in the Brexit debate: European workers in general do NOT take British jobs. They do NOT drive down wages or undercut minimum wages. They are less inclined to come to the UK in the current climate. Our economy is set to suffer if fewer arrive to work here. This could also lead to shrinking populations in some regions of the UK. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) interim report into the effects of Brexit on...

Parts of the Amazon previously thought to have been almost uninhabited were really home to thriving populations of up to a million people, new research shows. Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that there were hundreds of villages in the rainforest away from major rivers, and they were home to different communities speaking varied languages who had an impact on the environment around them. Huge parts of the Amazon are still unexplored by archaeologists, particularly areas away from major rivers. People had...

The family of tragic Sandeep Sharma, 35, claim he asked police for protection

An MP has renewed her pledge to fight for improved fire safety in high rise tower blocks after a blaze caused the evacuation of a block of flats. Leeds MP Rachel Reeves has campaigned for improved inspections and safety at the city’s residential blocks. The Leeds West MP said: “My thoughts go out to residents in Poplar Court after the very worrying fire reported earlier this morning. Six fire engines have rushed to the scene of a fire which engulfed...

An estimated 50,000 importing businesses across the UK were negatively impacted when the pound dropped 20 per cent against the euro in the aftermath of the EU vote – with the average importer seeing their profits fall by 12 per cent over the past year, new research has revealed. With this week marking one year to go until ‘Brexit Day’ (when Britain ends its membership of the European Union at 23:00GMT on Friday 29 March 2019) a study from global...

Boris Johnson was given a dressing down by Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow for sexist remarks aimed at Emily Thornberry today in parliament. The Foreign Secretary used Thornberry's husband's title to address his shadow counterpart, calling her a "noble and learned lady" in a condescending spat at the Labour front bench. He said: "Say no said the noble and learned lady the Baroness whatever it is", before being helped out by his Conservative colleagues. Bercow was quick to intervene following...