3 d. ago 'I gambled away thousands from my student loan before I started university'

A 23-year-old university student opens up about their harrowing journey with an online gambling addiction, which began with playing video games as a 12-year-old

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4 d. ago Norway lottery operator apologises to 47,000 players over prize mixup

Norsk Tipping informed thousands of people they won big sums of money after mistake in currency conversionsNorwegian lottery bosses have sent a text message apologising to tens of thousands of disappointed players who were accidentally told they had won large sums of money.Norsk Tipping, the state-owned gambling operator, had admitted “several thousand” people were mistakenly told on Friday they had won life-changing sums of money after an error in converting from euros to Norwegian kroner. It was not until Monday, three days later, that a text message was sent to 47,000 people apologising for the error. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Student finance and best bank accounts: Your money guide for starting university

MoneyMagpie Editor and financial expert Vicky Parry shares her top tips for new students starting university in September to avoid debt and stay financially afloat

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7 d. ago ‘Positive cascades could help accelerate change’: social tipping points expert on fixing climate crisis

The world has been too optimistic about the risk to humanity and planet – but devastation can still be avoided, says Timothy LentonTimothy Lenton is a professor of climate change and Earth system science at the University of Exeter. He started working on tipping points in the 1990s, making him one of the first scientists in the world to study this form of planetary risk. In an upcoming book, Positive Tipping Points: How to Fix the Climate Crisis, he argues the Earth has entered an “unstable period” but humanity can still prevail if we can trigger positive social and economic tipping points to reverse the damage that has already been done. On 30 June, he will host a global conference on tipping points. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Return of the Mack: Hansen ‘living the dream’ on Lions trip back to Australia

Lions winger born in Canberra and with a tattoo of Andy Farrell has ‘no regrets’ about his decision to play for IrelandMack Hansen says he feels like is living in “an alternate universe” on the eve of his first start for the British & Irish Lions in his native Australia. The winger, qualified for Ireland through his Cork-born mother, was a youngster in the crowd when the Lions last toured Australia 12 years ago and cannot wait to line up against one of his old housemates this weekend.The 27-year-old represented his homeland at under-20 level but says relocating to Europe was “the best decision I ever made”. Nevertheless he has been pinching himself ever since flying in as a member of the 2025 Lions squad. “It feels like I’m properly living the dream,” admitted Hansen before Saturday morning’s fixture against Western Force, for whom his former Brumbies colleague and good friend Bayley Kuenzle now plays. Continue reading...

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1 week ago One in three student loan borrowers risk default as delinquency rates soar

Sharp rise in delinquency comes after education department resumed collections on defaulted federal loansNearly one in three federal student loan borrowers are at risk of defaulting on payments as early as July, as delinquency and default rates soar in the wake of pandemic-era repayment relief ending.About 5.8 million federal student loan borrowers were 90 days or more past due on their payments as of April 2025, according to a new analysis from TransUnion. That’s roughly 31% of borrowers with a payment due, up from 20.5% in February and nearly triple the 11.7% delinquency rate reported in February 2020, just before the pandemic began. The April figure represents the highest delinquency rate ever recorded. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Full list of DWP changes to PIP and Universal Credit due to start next year

DWP has announced additional protections for millions of vulnerable people on benefits.

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2 w. ago ‘Making sure everyone can see the plays’: can Hugh Jackman make theater less elitist?

Together with Sonia Friedman and Ian Rickson, the Hollywood star has helped to create a new initiative aiming to provide high-quality theater for a low priceOne night last month in the West Village, I had the pleasure of being nervous for Hugh Jackman. On stage at the Minetta Lane Theatre, the 56-year-old movie star and Broadway veteran appeared startlingly undefended and vulnerable. In character as a middle-aged university professor infatuated with his 19-year-old pupil, Jackman addressed the audience for a play called Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes with the lights up, as if helming a lecture full of shy students put on the spot; when one viewer sneezed during Jackman’s monologue, he paused to say bless you.I fretted a few rows from Wolverine, more aware of my fellow audience members’ faces and cellphones than I’ve ever been at a New York show and acutely attuned to the fact that this all could go awry at any moment. Theater is always a contract between audience and perfor...

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2 w. ago 'Highly talented' university lecturer, 53, killed herself after husband started affair and wanted a divorce, inquest hears

Dr Claire Dinan began suffering from anxiety and depression following the breakdown of her 28-year marriage when husband Frank O'Friel revealed he had met someone at work.

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3 w. ago Peregrine falcon chick in Glasgow Uni tries to soar on its first flight with limited success

Recently hatched Peregrine falcon chicks Jack and Victor, nesting at Glasgow University, are starting to test their wings.

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3 w. ago Scottish Handball launches ‘Handball Scholarship’ programme in Edinburgh

The Scottish Handball Association (SHA) is teaming up with Oriam, Scotland's Sports Performance Centre at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, to start an exciting new program called the ‘Heriot-Watt University Handball Scholarship Programme’

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3 w. ago DWP confirms group that won't have £300 winter fuel payment restored under new rules

After a hugely unpopular decision to strip universal payments and start means-testing pensioners last year, the government has confirmed more people will get support this winter - here is everything you need to know

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3 w. ago US quantum computing company IonQ to buy Oxford university start

Acquisition of Oxford Ionics for $1.1bn shows advances in processing are kick-starting dealmaking

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3 w. ago I’m in my 20s with lots of online friends, but can’t seem to connect IRL

There’s this idea that friendships should just happen, but they need input and confidence• Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a problem sent in by a readerA couple of years ago, I moved to a new city. The pandemic put my university plans permanently on hold, and I’ve recently started working full time. I built up a sizeable network of online friends during and after the pandemic, but I’ve found myself craving real-life friends to interact with more often.I don’t drink and I’m struggling to find activities for people my age that I’m interested in. Apart from a few at my job, I haven’t been able to make any new friends, and my contact with old school friends has become less and less frequent. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago I’m in my 20s with lots of online friends, but can’t seem to connect IRL | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

There’s this idea that friendships should just happen, but they need input and confidence• Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a problem sent in by a readerA couple of years ago, I moved to a new city. The pandemic put my university plans permanently on hold, and I’ve recently started working full time. I built up a sizeable network of online friends during and after the pandemic, but I’ve found myself craving real-life friends to interact with more often.I don’t drink and I’m struggling to find activities for people my age that I’m interested in. Apart from a few at my job, I haven’t been able to make any new friends, and my contact with old school friends has become less and less frequent. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The moment I knew: she was giving birth to another man’s child – I was in absolute awe

When Laura went into labour, her new sort-of boyfriend Adam Dalzotto never left her side. Watching her give birth sent his opinion of her stratosphericFind more stories from The moment I knew seriesIn 2018 I had just started lecturing in nursing at a university in South Australia. It was the start of the academic year and I was new to town, so a colleague and I decided to check out the open-day stalls. I’d been vegan for a few years and was hoping to meet some like-minded folk.A person in a Sea Shepherd hoodie pointed me in the right direction and I was immediately struck by this woman sitting in the middle of the stall. It’s a moment captured in resin in my mind – there was a crowd of people and cupcakes on the table. I would say I was 13 paces away from Laura when I first clapped eyes on her. She was just breathtaking; smiling, happily chatting to people. She seemed to have this immense gravity to her and I could feel myself getting pulled into her orbit. I chatted to her and a fe...

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