36 h. ago Cambridge University professor accused of deliberately flunking IQ and memory tests for £1million compensation claim is cleared

Dr Mohamed Atef Hakmi, an orthopaedic surgeon and Cambridge school of medicine lecturer, was left with permanent disabilities and had to give up surgery after suffering a stroke at home in November 2016.

Economics

38 h. ago Cambridge University professor is cleared of faking poor IQ and memory tests for £1million compensation claim after suffering a stroke

Dr Mohamed Atef Hakmi, an orthopaedic surgeon and Cambridge school of medicine lecturer, was left with permanent disabilities and had to give up surgery after suffering a stroke at home in November 2016.

Economics

41 h. ago Cambridge professor cleared of faking poor IQ test in £1m compensation claim

Dr Mohamed Atef Hakmi argued that medical errors had left him with brain damage

Economics

4 d. ago Returned after 115 years... the plate stolen from Cambridge University college by mischievous student

The plate was pilfered from Gonville & Caius College by law and history student Gordon Stewart Wimbush after he joined the university in 1908

Politics

6 d. ago Cambridge bans trans rowers from women's boat race and creates new 'open' division for them to compete in

British Rowing guidelines on gender were voted in by club captains in a ballot set up by the Cambridge University Combined Boat Club (CUCBC) in October.

Politics

9 d. ago Unseen Celtic penalty claim against Rangers emerges as former refs speak out on 'clear' error

A fresh controversial flashpoint has emerged from the derby as the refereeing fallout continues four days on

Politics

1 week ago DNA structures captured in ‘exquisite detail’ using new technique

Scientists are hopeful it will improve understanding of how genes work, what goes wrong in disease, and how to fix it.

Politics

1 week ago ‘Beautiful yet mercurial’ fen orchid brought back from brink of extinction

The orchid’s increasing population in Britain is a bright spot in otherwise ‘stark picture’ for British wild plants, the latest Red List shows.

Politics

1 week ago Gardener paralysed after falling from a ladder trimming a multimillionaire couple's trees loses £1million High Court compensation bid after judge rules he was not their employee

Barry Relph, 59, fell from the step ladder while clearing branches from a conifer overlooking the John and Joanna Meager's tennis court at the couple's £2.3 million Surrey Home.

Economics

2 w. ago Max Dowman Arsenal transfer claim made as Bukayo Saka truth clear for Mikel Arteta

Max Dowman made his first senior start for Arsenal during their 3-1 victory over Brighton and Hove Albion in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night, with the 15-year-old catching the eye

Sport

2 w. ago If the right really wants free speech in universities, why is it so obsessed with discrediting students? | Jason Okundaye

Conservatives see these institutions as finishing schools for the next generation of leaders – and they won’t cede them to progressive ideasWhen I was a 20-year-old undergraduate student at Cambridge University, I was plastered all over the national press for making a tweet about white people. It has not turned out to be a big deal for my life or career, but at the time it felt monumental: racist hate mail was sent to my college for months; the Conservative MP Bob Blackman called for my prosecution; and tabloid journalists turned up at my home and harassed my mother (it was August, a famously slow news month). I received a lot of support from the student population, alumni and the police (and none from the university, bar a few kind academics), but it cast a shadow over the rest of my time there – I worried about what future I could have or what employer would hire me if they were to Google my name and see I had attracted scandal. Mostly I wondered why this was national news.I found...

Politics

2 w. ago Liverpool sent clear Florian Wirtz message after Jurgen Klopp's 'exaggerated' claim

Florian Wirtz has struggled since joining Liverpool in a £116m transfer in the summer but Micah Richards believes the midfielder will improve as the season progresses

Politics

2 w. ago Why scientists say there's 'no point' forking out for a 4K or 8K TV

According to a new study from the University of Cambridge and Meta Reality Labs, there is 'no point' for most people to fork out for a 4K or 8K screen.

Politics

2 w. ago Liverpool issued new referee penalty verdict with 'clear evidence' claim vs Brentford

Liverpool were denied a penalty for a potential foul on Cody Gakpo during their 3-2 defeat to Brentford on Saturday and referee Simon Hooper's decision has been backed

Society

2 w. ago Should you supersize your TV? Scientists say there's 'no point' forking out for a 4K or 8K screen

According to a new study from the University of Cambridge and Meta Reality Labs, there is 'no point' for most people to fork out for a 4K or 8K screen.

Politics

3 w. ago Wrexham receive clear Phil Parkinson sack verdict as 'disgraceful' claim emerges

Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson has come under fire from some quarters following the club's tough start in the Championship, with an ex-player now giving his verdict

Politics

3 w. ago The inventor of Communism 'exaggerated' class divides in Victorian Britain before condemning the 'cruelty' of capitalism, study finds

University of Cambridge historian Emily Chung discovered that Manchester was not nearly as divided into rich and poor enclaves as Engels had suggested.

Politics

3 w. ago Paloma Shemirani’s brother thinks more will die in ‘wild west’ of disinformation

The 23-year-old Cambridge graduate died in July last year after declining cancer treatment on the advice of her conspiracy theorist parents.

Events

3 w. ago ‘The cars just turn them into mush’: can Britain’s toads be saved from traffic and terrible decline?

Since 1985, the country’s toad population has almost halved, with hundreds of thousands killed on the roads each year. But many people are determined to protect them – including 274 dedicated patrol groupsIt’s 7.30 on a Friday evening, but I’m not heading to the pub or putting on a film. Instead, I’ve caught the train to a market town in Wiltshire, where I’m meeting up with members of Warminster toad patrol. These are volunteers who – like similar groups up and down the country – give up their evenings to protect their local toad population.For the common toad (scientific name Bufo bufo) is becoming increasingly uncommon. A recent study led by amphibian and reptile charity Froglife showed that the UK toad population has almost halved since 1985. To see a creature that has been a stalwart of the British countryside – not to mention a prominent feature of literature and folklore – in decline is “worrying”, says Dr Silviu Petrovan, senior researcher at the University of Cambridge and l...

Events

3 w. ago Top surgeon cleared by High Court in £200,000 damages claim over weight loss operation

Surgeon Simon Monkhouse was cleared of wrongdoing after the High Court hearings

Economics