A far cry from The Young Ones! Luxury student flats are world away from dingy digs

For years student accommodation was known best for the grubby carpets and stained sofas of dingy dives portrayed in television sitcoms like The Young Ones.  But the next generation of learners can now enjoy a £225million pampered lifestyle a world away from the stereotype of undergraduate poverty – decked out with karaoke rooms, sky lounges and private … Read more

Student, 26, who posted bombs in iPhone boxes in bid to con Amazon is jailed for 21 months

A former Amazon worker who sent packages with improvised explosive devices through the post as part of a plot to get fraudulent refunds has been jailed. Ovidijus Margelis, 26, sent the packages to depots around the UK, causing site evacuations, road closures, and disruption to more than 50,000 people. Kingston Crown Court heard that the … Read more

‘Neo-Nazi’ student, 23, wrote an essay titled ‘Join your local Nazis’, court hears 

A neo-Nazi student was responsible for a string of tweets, including an anti-Jewish post on Remembrance Day which featured a picture of a German SS soldier, a court has heard. Andrew Dymock, 23, allegedly promoted the extremist right-wing group System Resistance Network (SRN) through a Twitter account and a website before it was banned. The … Read more

Tongue-eating louse discovered in the mouth of a fish by a student in South Africa

It is an idea so horrifying that it sounds made up: A parasite which bites off its host’s tongue and then replaces it, living inside its mouth for the rest of its life. But in fact, the tongue-eating louse is real and lives inside the mouths of fish – one of which was discovered recently … Read more

‘Neo-Nazi’ politics student accused of 12 terror offences called for ‘racial holy war’, court hears

A university student allegedly wrote ‘we did not finish the job’ in regard to the Holocaust on an extreme right-wing website, a court has heard. Andrew Dymock, 23, wrote articles on the now banned group System Resistance Network’s (SRN) website in 2017 and received donations for the organisation, the Old Bailey was told. The defendant, … Read more

‘Neo-Nazi’ politics student accused of 12 terror offences called for ‘racial holy war’, court hears

A university student allegedly wrote ‘we did not finish the job’ in regard to the Holocaust on an extreme right-wing website, a court has heard. Andrew Dymock, 23, wrote articles on the now banned group System Resistance Network’s (SRN) website in 2017 and received donations for the organisation, the Old Bailey was told. The defendant, … Read more

Coronavirus: Student areas make up majority of worst-hit places in England’s second wave

Student areas in Nottingham, Manchester and Durham were the worst-hit places in England in the second wave of Covid with up to one in five people getting sick, MailOnline can reveal. Figures showing the areas hardest hit by coronavirus between September and April reveal that a staggering 18 per cent of the population was infected … Read more

Man jailed for murdering Korean student 20 years ago hopes new CCTV will prove he didn’t do it

South Korean student Jong-Ok Shin, 26, known as Oki, was stabbed to death in 2002  A man jailed for nearly 20 years for a murder he says he did not commit hopes that new CCTV footage discovered by a BBC investigation will give him an alibi and clear his name. South Korean student Jong-Ok Shin, … Read more

Man jailed for murdering Korean student 20 years ago hopes new CCTV will prove he didn’t do it

South Korean student Jong-Ok Shin, 26, known as Oki, was stabbed to death in 2002  A man jailed for nearly 20 years for a murder he says he did not commit hopes that new CCTV footage discovered by a BBC investigation will give him an alibi and clear his name. South Korean student Jong-Ok Shin, … Read more

Girlfriend of missing Bristol student, 20, appeals if ‘anyone saw him at 4am by the harbour’

Girlfriend of missing Bristol student, 20, asks if ‘anyone saw him at 4am by harbour’ on morning he disappeared – three hours before he was last seen at his home in city on Saturday Olisa Odukwe, 20, was last seen leaving home in Redland on Saturday morning Since then the student has not been located … Read more