Students call for tuition fees refund as lecturers’ union begins three-day strike
Chaos on campus: Students demand tuition fees to be refunded as the lecturers’ union starts a three day strike for pay and pensions Office for Students warned universities faced fines…
Is it acceptable to ban anti-vaxxers from your family Christmas plans?
Linda Kelsey, (pictured) doesn’t mind excluding people who are’selfishly incapable of getting jabbed’ during her Christmas plans YES By Linda Kelsey Although Christmas is a season that promotes peace and…
Swaffham Prior village heat pump scheme that has cost £250,000 per house
Is there a better way for government to spend our money than green energy? The Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has released a new report that is critical of the…
GPs prepare to suspend some routine medical checks to give Covid booster jabs
Patient suffering will get worse as the GPs plan to discontinue routine medical check to give Covid booster jabs. It was announced that non-urgent work would be eliminated to make…
Partially-sighted pensioner left with black eye when DPD delivery driver hurls package over fence
A DPD driver throws a package through a fence and hits 78-year-old partially-sighted pensioner in the face. Marcia Hart, age 78, suffered from blackeye and skin grazes after a package…
Lecturers’ strike hit poorest students like me, writes Durham undergraduate SAMANTHA SMITH
This cold December morning, as I sit down to write, I see the crowd outside Durham University. Some are carrying Thermos flasks. You might mistake it for something rather festive…
Why nothing’s as subtly sexy as going backless
The timeless charm of Flappers and geishas is what makes them so appealing By Lisa Hilton Dramatic, daring, disarmingly demure. Fashion chameleon: the backless gown. From Jean Harlow sizzling in…
BBC News presenter Tina Daheley pens open letter to restaurant after hearing racist slur
Tina Daheley from BBC News published a Twitter letter to an unnamed restaurant Wednesday, in the hope that the restaurant will take appropriate action following a colleague who used a…
Britain buys 114m extra vaccine doses to battle Covid-19
Britain purchases 114 million extra vaccine doses. Covid jabs, which can be modified to prevent new variants of the virus, will suffice to supply us for another two years. Ministers…
No ‘snogging under the mistletoe’ says cabinet minister: Boris’s team branded ‘Christmas killjoys’
No ‘snogging under the mistletoe’ says cabinet minister: Pensions secretary Therese Coffey tells festive revellers to keep their distance from each other – as Boris’s team are branded ‘Christmas killjoys’…