Gay and transgender students offered their own halls in at least seven universities across the UK for courses starting in September Unis including Sheffield, Cardiff & Bristol offer separate halls for LGBT students Move criticised by LGB Alliance as ‘patronising’ to homosexual students   Universities across the UK are offering separate accommodation for gay and trans students […]

Irishman, 41, who dragged his uncle’s ‘lifeless’ corpse into a post office to withdraw dead relative’s €246 pension is jailed Declan Haughney, 40, of Pollerton Road in Carlow, pleaded guilty to deception Gareth Coakley, 38, also of Carlow, also admitted his role for the same offence  Pair had attempted to claim the deceased man’s pension […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. For the past couple of months, I’ve been experiencing a strange phenomenon where everyone has been obsessing over The Ashes (cricket) while I’ve been counting down until July 15, the date we would scatter The Ashes (my grandmother). […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Over the past few years, dog ownership in the Melbourne CBD has increased by a staggering 36 per cent. And although I just made that statistic up, you can agree that this is a significant number. We’re certainly […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. School grounds can feel like unsafe places. It’s something I’m aware of because I am an education reporter – but also because I am Jewish. At school I had coins tossed at my feet, in the anticipation that […]

‘EWOK VILLAGE’ homeless encampment appears in trees high above Seattle Upon venturing into the encampment on Friday, journalist Jonathan Choe was stunned to find a resident living high up in the evergreen trees  In addition to the tree dwelling individual, Choe discovered a man building an intricate underground cave tunnel system What initially drew attention […]

Office manager who stole more than £900,000 from her bosses to fund luxury lifestyle blew £40,000 on Halloween party at 16th century castle Emma Hunt, 37, scammed property firm McLean Properties in Edinburgh Office manager treated friends and family to extravagant VIP days out at events Hunt also took her mother to a five-star all-inclusive resort in […]

Family of Scottish teenager, 18, pay £33,000 to fly her home from Spain after she catches pneumonia and falls into coma on holiday Bryony Duthie suffers from a rare chronic kidney condition She had been treated by doctors at a private hospital since July 16  The family of an 18-year-old woman put in a coma after […]

BRITS have been hit with warnings for rain in a weekend washout and holiday getaway chaos – but at least the cricket is back on. The Met Office is issued a yellow rain warning for north Wales and much of northern England throughout tomorrow. It made for a soggy start to the school holidays on […]

England will be battered with a whole month’s worth of rain in just 48 hours … as Europe swelters in summer heatwave The Met Office predicts that heavy rain will affect much of the UK for two weeks Forecasters said there are signs conditions may improve later in August   Britain is facing a fortnight’s washout […]