Retired academic’s daughter, 27, ‘hid murderer boyfriend in her parents’ £800,000 home’

The graduate daughter of a retired academic shielded her murderer boyfriend from police after he stabbed his cousin to death using her father’s Scout knife, a court heard today. Former Manchester Metropolitan University student Megan Armstrong-Challinor, 27, moved Jerome Bailey, 38, into her parents’ £800,000 home while they were holidaying in Spain. Croydon Crown Court … Read more

Victory for free speech at Cambridge University: Academics reject demand for ‘respectful’ debate

Victory for free speech at Cambridge University: Academics reject demand that views aired during debates should remain ‘respectful’ because it could crush freedom of expression Cambridge dons opted instead to support ‘tolerance’ of differing opinions They backed amendments making it harder for speakers to be ‘no-platformed’  Revised guidelines ensure right to express ‘controversial or unpopular … Read more

Victory for free speech at Cambridge University: Academics reject demand for ‘respectful’ debate

Victory for free speech at Cambridge University: Academics reject demand that views aired during debates should remain ‘respectful’ because it could crush freedom of expression Cambridge dons opted instead to support ‘tolerance’ of differing opinions They backed amendments making it harder for speakers to be ‘no-platformed’  Revised guidelines ensure right to express ‘controversial or unpopular … Read more

Two top Oxford academics accuse Facebook of ‘censorship’ over article warning

Two top Oxford academics accuse Facebook of censorship for branding their article on whether masks work ‘false information’ Two Oxford scientists reviewed new study on the effectiveness of face masks  Danmask-19 study was highly anticipated as it was a randomised controlled trial  But Facebook put a warning on the link taking viewers to the 694-word article  … Read more

Two top Oxford academics accuse Facebook of ‘censorship’ over article warning

Two top Oxford academics accuse Facebook of censorship for branding their article on whether masks work ‘false information’ Two Oxford scientists reviewed new study on the effectiveness of face masks  Danmask-19 study was highly anticipated as it was a randomised controlled trial  But Facebook put a warning on the link taking viewers to the 694-word article  … Read more

Keeping gyms and leisure centres open is critical to ensuring health and wellbeing, say academics

Gyms ARE Covid-safe: Experts say they pose a low risk of spreading the virus and keeping them open boosts health and wellbeing 487 positive cases were recorded following 62million visits to fitness centres  The study collected data from leisure centres in 14 European countries Academics argued their results revealed that gyms should be kept open  … Read more

Keeping gyms and leisure centres open is critical to ensuring health and wellbeing, say academics

Gyms ARE Covid-safe: Experts say they pose a low risk of spreading the virus and keeping them open boosts health and wellbeing 487 positive cases were recorded following 62million visits to fitness centres  The study collected data from leisure centres in 14 European countries Academics argued their results revealed that gyms should be kept open  … Read more

Cambridge academics estimate more than 400,000 people caught Covid-19 the day before lockdown

Coronavirus infections in England are still more than eight times below the devastating levels they reached in the spring and the country’s outbreak is growing slower than it did in the first wave, according to top scientists. Cambridge University researchers, whose estimates feed into No 10’s advisory panel SAGE, believe 47,000 people are currently catching … Read more

Leading academics write open letter to Boris Johnson warning against second lockdown

A group of scientists and doctors have written to the Prime Minister urging him not to opt for a second lockdown and to stop presenting Covid-19 as a mortal danger. Thirty-two top academics have called on Boris Johnson and his scientific and medical advisers to avoid a knee-jerk reaction to rising cases and hospitalisations. They … Read more

Leading academics write open letter to Boris Johnson warning against second lockdown

A group of scientists and doctors have written to the Prime Minister urging him not to opt for a second lockdown and to stop presenting Covid-19 as a mortal danger. Thirty-two top academics have called on Boris Johnson and his scientific and medical advisers to avoid a knee-jerk reaction to rising cases and hospitalisations. They … Read more