Category: News
English universities could miss out on millions from tuition fee increase
Some universities in England could lose out on millions of pounds from increased tuition fees because their contracts with existing students may prevent changes to [more…]
Post Office campaigner Alan Bates says he’s been waiting a month for reply from PM about compensation delays – as it happened
4.07pm and 4.23pm.) 4.07pm) because the government wants to take time to get it right. Asked about Bates’ comments to the business committee, the prime [more…]
Post office operators may sue over compensation delay, Alan Bates says
Alan Bates has suggested post office operators could take fresh legal action if the government fails to set a deadline for compensating them. The campaigner [more…]
Tube drivers call off planned strikes after ‘improved offer’
A planned strike by tube drivers that threatened to halt all London Underground services on Thursday has been called off, their union announced. Talks between [more…]
Treasury may have broken law by failing to reveal £9.5bn spend in Tory budget, MPs told
Treasury officials may have broken the law when they failed to alert the Office for Budget Responsibility about £9.5bn of spending that should have appeared [more…]
Tropical Storm Rafael gains intensity in Caribbean as it nears Cuba
Tropical Storm Rafael has grown more powerful in the Caribbean Sea and is poised to reach hurricane strength on Wednesday, carrying the risk of damaging [more…]
Netflix adapts Pedro Páramo, the great Mexican novel that inspired Márquez
“I came to Comala because I was told that my father lived here, a certain Pedro Páramo.” Many Mexicans know the first sentence of Juan [more…]
World watches with bated breath as US votes for Harris or Trump
From Brazil to Ireland and Germany to the Caribbean, this year’s knife-edge – and more than usually momentous – US presidential vote will be watched [more…]
Tropical Storm Rafael triggers hurricane warning for Cayman Islands
Forecasters posted a hurricane warning in the Caribbean on Monday afternoon after a late-season disturbance south of Cuba strengthened into Tropical Storm Rafael and set [more…]
Incendiary device plot targeting UK may have been dry run for US and Canada
An incendiary device hidden in a DHL package that caught fire in Germany in July was due to be sent by air to the UK [more…]
