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A teenage university student, who is the son of a leading Cambridge academic, died in his halls of residence after suffering with ‘severe anxiety’ during a campus ‘lockdown’, his family say. The 19-year-old student, named by his family as Finn Kitson, was found dead at halls of residence at the University of Manchester. His death, … Read more
President Donald Trump, on the day after his contentious town hall with NBC, got in another round of attacks on moderator Savannah Guthrie and his Democratic rival Joe Biden. Trump called Guthrie ‘crazy, claimed Biden was running a crime family, and , the moderator of Biden’s competing town hall on Thursday, for not asking the … Read more
Biden beats Trump…. in ratings war: Early figures show the former VP raked in 14.1 million viewers compared to the president’s 13.1 million during rival town hall events The early data shows that Joe Biden’s ABC News event attracted an audience of 14.1 million compared to President Trump’s 13.1 million viewers on NBC The Nielsen … Read more
Police have renewed their investigation into the murder of Melanie Hall – 24 years after she first went missing. Avon and Somerset Police have released details about a possible sighting of 25-year-old Melanie arguing with a man outside a nightclub in Bath where she was last seen alive in June, 1996. The force is urging … Read more
Students are branding their university accommodation ‘the UK’s most expensive prison’ as they criticise the food supplied to them in isolation. Undergraduates have branded food parcels as being filled with ‘junk’, forcing them to get their parents to send fresh fruit and vegetables. And some students have claimed that universities have forgotten to give them … Read more
Manchester University student, 19, found dead in halls of residence Emergency services were called to Fallowfield campus around 5pm on Thursday His death is not Covid-19 related and police are not treating it as suspicious Fallowfield is one of the worst-hit student areas for coronavirus outbreaks By Jemma Carr For Mailonline Published: 22:07 BST, 9 October … Read more
Bristol University is latest to lock down with 300 students confined to halls after 40 test positive – as rising cases over 80 campuses soar to 5,000 By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 12:04 BST, 9 October 2020 | Updated: 12:13 BST, 9 October 2020 Three hundred students at Bristol University have been ordered to … Read more
An audacious grandmother has ‘taken a leap’ by moving into halls with hundreds of young students – and has already played the lewd game Cards Against Humanity. Marisa O’Hara, 52, is among the thousands of students to enroll at Aberystwyth this year for her PGCE in Secondary History. And despite her own children being older … Read more
Teenage girl dies after being found unconscious at student halls of residence in Newcastle Medics rushed to Richardson Road where Park View halls are found on Saturday The teenager’s death is not ‘Covid-19 related’, Northumbria Police confirmed Death came days after 800 students tested positive for coronavirus in the city By Jemma Carr For Mailonline Published: … Read more
This is the hilarious moment a student was rescued by firefighters after she got stuck inside her tumble dryer. Rosie Cole, 21, had a few glasses to drink with her housemates when she was dared to get inside the dryer in their shared accommodation. She’d been enjoying Zinfandel wine and honey tequila when their Tuesday … Read more