33 h. ago University of Virginia students told to run and hide amid reports of 'active shooter'

UVA's police division sent out an alert just after 3pm on Monday telling students to run, hide, and fight amid the active shooting situation.

Events

33 h. ago University of Virginia LIVE: 'Active shooter on loose' as students told to HIDE

Police issued an alert suggesting there was an 'active attacker' on the loose on University of Virginia in Charlottesville following reports of a gun near Shannon Library

Society

33 h. ago 'Shots fired' at library with gunman on the loose as people told 'run, hide, fight'

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Events

33 h. ago Students told 'run, hide, fight' over gunman fears as they 'barricade inside library'

An investigation into a false report is ongoing after police were unable to find a gunman said to have been on the loose at the University of Virginia on Monday afternoon

Politics

2 w. ago 'Super fit' student, 20, suddenly dies at uni hours after complaining about stomach

Manchester Metropolitan University finance student Joshua Adiefeh told fellow students he had an upset stomach prior to being discovered unresponsive by his brothers

Events

3 w. ago Teacher had 'conversations about orgasms and sex toys' as student 'caught by gran'

One student at Westleigh School in Wigan claimed Kathryn Matthews told her class 'about someone who stuck a dildo with a suction cup on the end of it on to the back of his bedroom door'

Society

last month Home Office grants extra visas for UCL international students told to defer

Hundreds of students with promised places had been left in limbo after university exceeded its visa allocationsHundreds of international students will be able to take up their promised places after negotiations between the Home Office and University College London ended with the government granting extra visas.Hundreds of students, many from China, had been left in limbo after UCL underestimated the demand for places this year and exceeded its allocation of confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) electronic documents allowed by the Home Office. Continue reading...

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