21 h. ago Politicians urge Badenoch to ‘come clean’ after doubts cast on US medical school claim

Labour and Lib Dem MPs ask Tory leader to clarify how alleged offer of place came about after Stanford University staff raise questionsLabour and the Liberal Democrats have called for Kemi Badenoch to come clean about her claims of an offer from Stanford University at the age of 16, after former admissions staff said she had described an impossible scenario.Labour MP Peter Prinsley has written to the Tory leader saying she should lay out the specifics of how the alleged offer came about, given the doubts cast over her story. The Lib Dem education spokesperson, Munira Wilson, said Badenoch risked undermining trust. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Doubts cast on Kemi Badenoch’s claim of US medical school offer

Stanford University staff and academic experts raise questions over Tory leader’s claim of place and partial scholarship offered at 16Doubts have surfaced over Kemi Badenoch’s claim to have been offered a place at a prestigious US medical school at 16, with admissions staff unable to recall the proposal and the university not providing the course.The Conservative leader has said in interviews that she was offered a place and a partial scholarship to study medicine – sometimes describing it as pre-medicine – at Stanford University in California, one of the most competitive in the US. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Boss of Scotland's largest trade union suspended over sexual misconduct claim

Derek Thomson, who has been Unite’s Scottish secretary since 2023, faces complaints of inappropriate behaviour.

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5 d. ago ‘I turned down $20m to do Terminator 3. I can’t be bought, dude’: Ridley Scott on directing, Daleks and ... cherry jam

The Blade Runner and Alien film-maker on his run-ins with critics, the space suits he keeps in his cellar in France – and his love of swearingYou’ve explored worlds of dystopia, historical epics and perplexing moral aspects of the universe. What idea or question has haunted you the longest? RemyNaylorWho’s up there. He’d better show himself shortly, because we’re getting into a terrible mess down here. I mean, we are the fucking plague, 7.5 billion people, we can’t handle the planet. As you get older, you do wonder: is it going to be a guy with a long beard and long, flowing white robes, or is it just going to be a void? I don’t dwell on it. It’s weird. I feel like I’m still 21. It’s odd and strange.Did you score a lifetime’s supply of bread for directing the Hovis adverts back in the 70s? TeeDubyaBeeNo. But I ate enough Hovis as a kid in Stockton-on-Tees, with cherry jam and butter, toasted – holy shit. I did five Hovis commercials. They were all classics. The most famous is the bo...

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7 d. ago Explorance appointed by University of St Andrews to support 'streamlined' approach to module feedback questionnaires and pulse surveys

The University of St Andrews – Scotland’s first university, having been founded in 1413, and the third oldest in the English-speaking world – has selected Explorance to transform its approach to student module evaluation surveys.

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1 week ago In outback Australia, a telescope searches for a hidden universe. Down on Earth, misconduct claims rock the project

The organisation that manages the Square Kilometre Array Observatory has denied whistleblower allegations of financial mismanagementGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt is hailed as a global endeavour to explore the hidden universe – a powerful telescope comprising more than 130,000 antennae being built in outback Western Australia.Along with a sister telescope in South Africa, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory is a €2bn (A$3.6bn) project tasked with mapping the first billion years of the universe. Continue reading...

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1 week ago A giant telescope was supposed to answer the universe’s big questions. Now the project has been rocked by misconduct claims

The organisation that manages the Square Kilometre Array Observatory has denied whistleblower allegations of financial mismanagementGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt is hailed as a global endeavour to explore the hidden universe – a powerful telescope comprising more than 130,000 antennae being built in outback Western Australia.Along with a sister telescope in South Africa, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory is a €2bn (A$3.6bn) project tasked with mapping the first billion years of the universe. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Noel Clarke's career in tatters as he LOSES £70m libel case over women alleging sexual misconduct after his claims were branded a 'desperate conspiracy'

Former Dr Who star Noel Clarke has lost his libel claim agaiinst the Guardian newspaper, amid claims of sexual misconduct against a string of women.

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1 week ago Police chief Jo Farrell accused of ‘misleading’ family of murdered banker Alistair Wilson

Alistair Wilson's family say they are “outraged” by claims the officer who was found guilty of misconduct is being lined up for the vacant Assistant Chief Constable role.

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2 w. ago Noel Gallagher in major music move after Oasis reunion leaves him 'supercharged'

EXCLUSIVE: Rocker Noel Gallagher has sights set on a new project - with uncertainty surrounding whether it will involve brother Liam as they continue the mammoth Oasis tour

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2 w. ago 'Eye of Sauron' space phenomena could answer the universe's unsolved questions

The 'Eye of Sauron' phenomena is an extremely powerful cosmic jet. A stream of plasma and energy emitted from celestial objects – boffs believe it could solve unanswered questions about our universe

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2 w. ago DWP warned 'questions need to be answered' over £452million compensation payouts

Lawyers have questioned claimants losing SDP to universal credit, years before protection was implemented for the transition, arguing not enough was done to protect incomes

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2 w. ago Gregg Wallace hits back at sexual misconduct claims in latest online rant as sacked MasterChef star insists no one came forward during BBC investigation

Wallace faces an uncertain professional future after his 19-year tenure on the show was curtailed by his BBC employers in 2024.

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3 w. ago Alex Salmond's allies hit back at Nicola Sturgeon's claims he leaked details of sexual misconduct saga

Allies of Alex Salmond have hit back at Nicola Sturgeon's claims he may have leaked details of his own sexual misconduct saga. 

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3 w. ago Nicola Sturgeon claims Alex Salmond 'may have leaked sexual misconduct inquiry details'

In an excerpt of her new book Frankly she notes that it crossed her mind Alex or someone acting on his behalf leaked the details.

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3 w. ago Salmond may have leaked sexual misconduct inquiry details, claims Sturgeon

Ms Sturgeon insisted she was not the one who had leaked the outcome of the Scottish government investigation into her predecessor to the press.

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3 w. ago Police officer, 32, died after being arrested at home over misconduct claims while on paternity leave, inquest told

A police officer died after he was arrested at his home over a misconduct investigation, an inquest was told.

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3 w. ago London city council seeks to oust Mayor Randall Weddle amid misconduct claims

London city council seeks to oust Mayor Randall Weddle amid misconduct claims  Lexington Herald Leader

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