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Cambridge tops university rankings – but is bottom for social inclusion
The top three places in this year’s guide, filled by Cambridge, Oxford and St Andrews, are also three out of the four worst performers when it comes to accepting students from non-selective schools.
Will Tories bail out Thomas Cook or will thousands of jobs be lost and more spent evacuating stranded tourists?
Union calls for an urgent meeting with Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom to save Britain’s longest running travel agent.
John Humphrys says the BBC has a “liberal left” bias
Writing in the Mail Humphrys said he is now free from the judgment of BBC bosses, and can write what he pleases.
Brighton MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle threatened after kissing his boyfriend
The Labour/Coop politician described the incident on Friday evening.
‘I would never have predicted this’ says Greta Thunberg as millions join her climate strike around the world
The teenage climate activist who began the global school strikes is set to address the UN on Monday.
Kent locals rally against Britain First after the far right agitators threaten patrols to stop refugee boats
Britain First has claimed it will patrol Kent beaches to confront any migrants coming ashore in small boats.
Video – Britain First thugs pelted with rocks when they went to Calais to tell migrants not to cross Channel
Paul Golding, leader of Britain First, travelled to Europe with a team of supporters to film himself confronting asylum seekers - but left swiftly with his tail between his legs when the fuming migrants began hurling rocks at him.
Scientists trap ship in Arctic ice in major new mission to study climate change
Experts from several countries including the UK and US will be on board the German icebreaker RV Polarstern for the start of the major year-long expedition.
Headmistress: Let pupils make own decisions over climate strikes
“Every day we are educating the young people of the future to speak out and make their own decisions - We can't pick and choose what those are".