5 h. ago College lecturer "grabbed student" and called his class "a bunch of tossers"

Gower College lecturer grabbed student by the wrist after he refused to switch off phone and swore about his class and job, a professional standards committee was told

Politics

7 d. ago Calls to scrap First Class on ScotRail as seats sit empty while commuters left standing

Research shows just 2% of First Class seats on ScotRail are used, while standard carriages are packed with standing passengers.

Politics

8 d. ago Edinburgh Uni lecturers walk out on first of five days of industrial action

The University and College Union said it is ‘taking steps’ to extend its mandate for industrial action, which expires in November.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘A paradigm change’: black hole spotted that may have been created moments after big bang

Sighting by James Webb space telescope of black hole with sparse halo of material could upend theories of the universeAn ancient and “nearly naked” black hole that astronomers believe may have been created in the first fraction of a second after the big bang has been spotted by the James Webb space telescope.If confirmed as a so-called primordial black hole, a theoretical class of object predicted to exist by Stephen Hawking but never before seen, the discovery would upend prevailing theories of the universe. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Baxdrostat: New 'game changer' daily pill could reverse high blood pressure for millions

The Mirror travelled to the world’s biggest heart conference to see unveiling of new class of drug called baxdrostat - hailed as 'a triumph of scientific discovery’

Events

3 w. ago Alabama teacher calls state’s new law banning phones in class ‘magic’

‘Has it been this easy a solution the whole time?’ an Alabama teacher asked in a viral TikTok video earlier this month

Society