3 h. ago Chinese student was fatally stabbed as she 'tried to attack boyfriend with a knife' after wrongly believing she had contracted an STI from him, court hears

An American student has described how he fatally stabbed a 'demented' lover after she came at him with a knife and had a 'wicked look in her eye'.

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6 h. ago Basketball player, 27, accused of murdering man in student accommodation came to Britain a child refugee from war

Congolese national Benjamin Katabana, 27, is accused of stabbing to death Ucheena Okirie who was aged in his 30s at Somerleyton House, Norwich, Norfolk.

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11 h. ago Twin tower student block sparks 'red on red' clash between Sadiq Khan and Westminster council

The 600-bed canalside development near Paddington station will be 90m tall and ‘block out daylight’ in surrounding homes

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11 h. ago 'Exceptionally bright' medical student plunged 500ft to his death on Snowdon after getting lost in 'beyond atrocious' weather conditions

A university student who continued walking up Mount Snowdon in poor weather even after the rest of his family turned back plunged more than 500ft, an inquest heard.

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19 h. ago Driver who killed student and her dog while going more than double to speed limit is jailed for five years

Lucy Atkins died after being struck by a car on West Boulevard in Quinton on 24 June last year. The family's Lakeland Terrier, Simba, was also killed in the collision.

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35 h. ago American student, 26, stabbed girlfriend to death as 'he tried to defend himself while she attacked him', court hears

Chinese national Zhe Wang, 31, was found in her bedroom in a pool of blood after police broke in to her flat in Manor Park, Hither Green, on March 20 last year.

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38 h. ago Student 'carried drunk woman home from nightclub before raping her at uni digs'

Waleed Alharbi is on trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of raping the woman in his halls of residence in Portsmouth

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56 h. ago ICE detained teenaged US citizen during school lunch break, family says

Christian Jimenez, Oregon high school senior, faces possible obstruction charges after traffic stop by immigration agentsImmigration officers detained a student at a high school in Oregon during his lunch break on Friday, according to the student’s family.Seventeen-year-old Christian Jimenez, a US citizen and senior at McMinnville high school, was driving his father’s vehicle around 12.30pm during lunch when agents from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stopped him, his older brother, Cesar Jimenez, told Oregon Live. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago People from Pakistan are using holiday, work and student visa 'loopholes' to lodge record number of UK asylum claims, new figures show

Almost 10,000 people from Pakistan have entered the UK with work, student or temporary visitor visas before switching to claim asylum in a bid for permanent residency last year, data shows.

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3 d. ago Student with rare brain cancer feared she wouldn't see Christmas this year

Joscelyne Kerr, 20, was diagnosed with the rare cancer anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma and was the first to be recorded having the disease in Scotland

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3 d. ago Three schoolchildren injured in grizzly bear attack as ‘heroic’ teachers tried to fight it off

Male teacher reportedly got the ‘brunt’ of the bear attack

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3 d. ago Murder probe launched after man stabbed at student flats in city centre as arrest made

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene

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4 d. ago Scots student who feared not seeing another Christmas urges support to find cure

Joscelyne Kerr, 20, from Kinross, was diagnosed in 2023 with an ultra-rare and aggressive brain cancer, the first recorded case of its kind in Scotland.

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4 d. ago Scots student battling rare brain cancer feared she wouldn't see Christmas

Joscelyne Kerr, 20, from Kinross, was diagnosed in 2023 with an ultra-rare and aggressive brain cancer, the first recorded case of its kind in Scotland.

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5 d. ago California fraternity under investigation after student drowns in pool during massive party

19-year-old died at ‘overcrowded’ party where police said there was evidence of ‘heavy alcohol consumption’

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5 d. ago Student torn apart by wolves in savage attack made final haunting call to mum

Kenton Carnegie went for a walk by a lake - but it wasn't long before the pack began stalking their prey

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5 d. ago Student 'torn apart by wolves' after ignoring 'final' warning

Kenton Carnegie was on a university placement when he was mauled to death while out for a walk in Canada

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5 d. ago Student torn apart by wolves in savage attack after ignoring warning

Kenton Carnegie was working for a geological survey programme in Canada when he was mauled to death

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6 d. ago Student doctor killed after 'being hit by speeding car' during journey from Edinburgh

The alleged hit-and-run driver knocked 19-year-old Ashton Kitchen-White down in Middleton, Leeds, causing him to die, before returning back to Scotland.

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7 d. ago Teacher begged her prison student lover to 'kill my husband' in 'juicy' letter

Elena Bardin began the inappropriate relationship with the 17-year-old student, and eventually pleaded with him to kill her husband – a move that implicated her even further

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