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Parents are taking on second jobs, as well as sacrificing holidays and new cars, to cover their childrens university costs, according to new research.   More than a quarter of parents have had to, or are planning to, cut back on spending on home improvements…

Charlotte Huggins, 33, stabbed. Leanne Unsworth, 40, head injuries. Christy Walshe, 40, shot. Alison Hunt, 42, stabbed. Rosie Derbyshire, 27, head injuries. Laureline Garcia-Bertaux, 34, strangled. Allison Marimon-Herrera, 15, strangled. Rachel Evans, 46, bea…

Gay people are being subjected to forced marriages to spouses of the opposite sex by families in the UK, police have warned amid a national crackdown. Officers are being stationed at major airports across Britain this week in a bid to prevent victims being t…

Its not easy to move through the world as a butch lesbian. It never has been. For as long as I can remember, Ive been subject to the most vile abuse for challenging what it means to be a woman misogyny is a right pain in the tits.  But never…

In her last moments in office, Theresa May has an easy solution to the Sir Kim Darroch affair. Put him in the House of Lords and leave the question of his successor to her successor. A personal confession here. I worked with Darroch in my eight years in the …

Joy! The phone rings, tearing me from happy slumber and putting an abrupt end to dreamtime. Its a private number. So I know, even before I answer, that this will either be some earnest call-centre type concerned by the accident in which I was recently injured…

After all these years  like the most annoying, amnesic gadfly  Im still going on about it because the message clearly isn't resonating: diverse companies make better companies, so gender issues are everyones business. Though were intelligent enough to build…

Yang Guang took his first steps outside in his new home on Wednesday after he and the female panda Tian Tian moved in last week.The former Corstorphine Hospital next to the zoo is being redeveloped, meaning the pandas have been moved to ensure they feel no di…

A breeding centre in south-west China has welcomed the world's heaviest twin panda cubs, state media reported. Their mother, who was named Po after the beloved character in the animated blockbuster Kung Fu Panda, was filmed giving birth to the set of mixed-s…

With their portly stature, extremely slow movement and passion for napping, pandas are not the most athletic species around. But one bamboo-eating bear has stunned Chinese web users with its extraordinary running speed and was even compared to world-record-h…