86 minutes ago Rise of the university fat cats: Vice chancellors enjoy £80,000 boost to their pay packets despite student funding crisis

University vice-chancellors have been awarded pay boosts of up to £80,000 while decrying a cash crisis that they say will lead to higher tuition fees for students.

Economics

96 minutes ago Former England footballer’s message of support for girl, 17, on cancer journey

Asha Patel is now free of cancer and received a message from Matthew Upson, who had also been a pupil at her school, Diss High School in Norfolk.

Politics

2 hours ago Pregnant woman falls to her death from high rise as newborn baby fights for life

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT A heavily pregnant woman has died after falling from the 17th floor of a block of flats in Leeds while her newborn baby fights for their life at hospital

Events

2 hours ago Older people making new claim for £3,900 State Pension boost could get backdated payments before Christmas

Pension Credit claims can be backdated by up to three months and provide access to the Winter Fuel Payment.

Economics

2 hours ago Selfies, hugs and protests: King Charles’s new approach in spotlight during ‘fast and furious’ royal tour of Australia

Issue of Aboriginal sovereignty front and centre during head of state’s whirlwind first visitFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKing Charles and Queen Camilla have left Australia after more than 30 official engagements – and a fair share of controversy – packed into just four full days on the ground.In the stage-managed whirlwind were churchgoers, bushfire scientists, a violinist, authors, dancers, architects, chefs, surf life savers, schoolchildren, republicans and monarchists – and unscripted discordance as activists took up Aboriginal sovereignty directly with the crown. Continue reading...

Events

2 hours ago 'Snow bomb' to hit Britain as experts reveal exact locations Halloween blitz will strike

The UK is set to turn white as snow is forecast to fall across the country this weekend. Weather maps are showing a huge snow blast which is set to sweep across the nation

Events

2 hours ago BBC Morning Live expert Dr Xand gives urgent advice as Covid cases rise

Dr Xand van Tulleken has addressed public confusion surrounding different types of vaccination, amid fears of a "tripledemic" in the UK

Science

3 hours ago Truth about lethal 'pink cocaine': Narcos warn new designer drug cocktail is cooked up by the sons of El Chapo is flooding US and UK

Despite being invented in the 70s and having a minor presence in the party scene since the 90s, the designer drug has only recently enjoyed a burst in popularity driven, in part, by its alluring pink hue.

Events

3 hours ago Half a million workers set for pay rise as new Real Living Wage rates confirmed

The Real Living Wage is a voluntary pay for workers over the age of 18, whose employer is signed up to the Living Wage Foundation

Economics