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Universities will face severe financial consequences if a tuition fee cut is given the green light, peers have warned. Reduced tuition fees, the loss of EU grants and post-Brexit visa difficulties for academics could threaten university research in the UK, t…

A man has been charged with raping and murdering an 89-year-old woman in her London home. The victim was found dead in Waltheof Gardens, Tottenham, on Sunday morning. She was described by her family as a "wonderful, beautiful woman who was full of life". W…

Fancy spending the night in your very own private jet? How about an evening in the master cabin of a restored 19th century clipper ship on the banks of the River Thames? These unique getaways are just a handful of the out of the ordinary retreats listed on t…

Retail sales saw the weakest average rise on record in the past year, a survey has shown, raising questions over one of the economys few bright spots. The value of sales grew only 0.5 per cent per month on average in the 12 months to 27 July, the British Ret…

A man has been jailed for life for murdering a student midwife whose body has never been found. Joy Morgans mother pleaded for Shohfah-El Israel to reveal her final resting place after police searches covering hundreds of acres of land. Israel, whose birth …

Thousands of fish have died after an unknown source polluted a 9.3 mile stretch of the River Sheppey in Somerset. The Wessex branch of the Environment Agency said it had tracked the pollution to a probable source and were working to protect the lower end of …

The six-year-old boy thrown from the 10th-floor viewing platform at the Tate Modern gallery is no longer in a life-threatening condition at hospital. The Metropolitan Police said the unnamed youngster injured in the incident was now critical but stable. He …

We have all become used to politicians' utterances being less than 100 per cent truthful, however it is hard to reconcile the government's plans to spend £2.1bn on what they have described as the vanishingly small possibility of a no deal scenario. Their late…

Image caption The project is expected to be completed by the end of October Work is under way on a £400,000 project to preserve the history of buildings on a site which once housed a secret Roman Catholic seminary. The small community at Scalan was create…

George Galloway has asked Pope Francis to intervene over a tweet by Alan Sugar in which he compared Jeremy Corbyns shadow cabinet to the skulls inside a Roman Catholic chapel. The former Labour politician said the post by the businessman and host of The Appr…