35 minutes ago Former Tory leader Lord William Hague is elected as next chancellor of Oxford University after defeating Labour peer Lord Peter Mandelson

Lord Hague beat a number of high-profile candidates, including Lady Elish Angiolini and Labour peer Lord Peter Mandelson, in the race for the historic position.

Politics

36 minutes ago Amazon offering Beats Fit Pro earbuds this Black Friday huge discount of 39%

Amazon is offering Beats By Dre's wireless Fit Pro earphones for just £134 - down from £220 - in six different colours, for a limited time only in its Black Friday sale

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44 minutes ago Family's heartbreak as student takes her own life after uncle stabs brother to death

University student Claire Fraser, from Orkney, was found dead on campus at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen on November 20, he mum said she had been struggling since her brother's death

Society

2 hours ago Starmer refuses to rule out further tax rises when challenged at PMQs to repeat what Reeves told CBI – UK politics live

PM said he was not going to write the next five years of budgetsWilliam Hague has achieved a rare Tory election victory; he has won the contest to be Oxford University’s next chancellor.The university has released the figures for the final round of voting, where the winner emerged after the final five candidates were ranked using the alternative vote system. The runner up was Elish Angiolini, the lawyer and academic. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Australia’s mission improbable: crack the genius of Jasprit Bumrah in 10 days | Barney Ronay

India’s supreme fast bowler destroyed the top order in Perth and the hosts have little time to avoid a second Test repeatTest cricket is supposed to be cruel. This is a key aspect of its beauty. This thing hurts. It will seek out your weakest points and then very carefully and skilfully gouge its nails into the wound. But is it meant to be this cruel?There was something tender, painful and even a little disturbing about what Jasprit Bumrah did to Marnus Labuschagne during the first Border-Gavaskar Test in Perth. In the space of 23 Bumrah deliveries Labuschagne was dropped, hit in the ribs, beaten five times, left completely scoreless, and basically de-cricketed, reduced to a series of strange, formless movements, stabbing at the ball like an under-gardener swatting midges in the dark. C...

Events

2 hours ago Starmer declines to repeat Chancellor’s pledge of no more borrowing or tax hikes

The Prime Minister was challenged in the Commons by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.

Politics

2 hours ago I want to ignore beauty culture. But I’ll never get anywhere if I don’t look a certain way

Beauty improves only some qualities of life and demands high investment of time, money and energy, writes advice columnist Jessica DeFinoHi Ugly,How do I reconcile not wanting to become a victim to beauty culture rhetoric with the fact that being beautiful tangibly improves quality of life? I’m an undergrad in university and it’s hard not to feel like I’ll never get anywhere professionally or romantically if I don’t look a certain way, given that it seems like all the other girls on campus seem to be able to fulfill all their dreams and also casually look like That. Continue reading...

Politics

2 hours ago 'I'm a heating expert — and you've all been using your thermostat wrong'

Energy ace Dominic Lees-Bell has warned Brits against whacking the thermostat on high to beat the chill this winter, arguing the common habit is a waste of money and energy

Politics

3 hours ago Ayrshire's Espresso Kart raises £2100 in a day for Beatson Cancer Charity

The family-owned business donated all the profits from a day and also invited customers to contribute through cash donations.

Economics

3 hours ago It's the bleepdog! Robot hound costing £25,000 to become new sheepdog style farmer's helper around the fields

Cornish farmer, Malcolm Barrett, has teamed up with experts at the University of Plymouth to put the powers of the bionic hound to the test.

Economics