Do you always stifle a sneeze in public? Student doctor reveals what social anxiety really looks like – and how to spot it in a friend or family member Student doctor Zachery Dereniowski revealed the telltale signs of social anxiety He said it can be as subtle as avoiding eye contact during a conversation Others … Read more
Pest and trace… Call handler abused his position to send messages on social media to a female student A call handler at NHS Test and Trace sent messages on social media to student Phoned undergraduate to check she was quarantining after returning from Italy Contacted the 22-year-old on Instagram just an hour later He said … Read more
Penny Lancaster has revealed that a suicidal young man she saved on a bridge was a university student struggling with Zoom calls during the pandemic. The model, 50, who has been working with the City of London police as a Special Constable since obtaining her badge in April, explained how she calmly spoke to the man when … Read more
The government is sitting on more than £18 million in student loan over-payments which have been unclaimed by nearly 60,000 graduates, it has emerged today. Just under 60,000 former students in England overpaid on their student loans since 2015-16 and are owed refunds, averaging more than £300 per person, according to Student Loans Company (SLC) data. … Read more
A teacher at a high school in Oklahoma has been placed on administrative leave after she was seen using the N-word in a tense standoff with a black student on Friday. The incident at Holdenville High School has gone viral after it was posted on Facebook, with social media users identifying the teacher as a … Read more
A teenager whose boyfriend is 29 years her senior revealed how the pair met while she was on the same tennis team as his daughter. Natalie Noble, 19, of Kentucky, US, met Bobby Lindsey, 48, in 2015 after joining his tennis team and while their relationship was initially platonic, it took a romantic turn last year … Read more
Student watchdog’s new head vows to end ‘deeply unhealthy’ university cancel culture by dishing out fines and bans for institutions that fail to uphold free speech Lord Wharton of Yarm last night put universities on notice they face harsh fines The Tory peer said the Office for Students is prepared to wield sweeping powers He … Read more
Scottish student, 20, gets ‘worst haircut of his life’ on first visit to a barber after four months of Covid lockdown Andrew Riley, of Glasgow, visited hairdresser in Bearsden on April 7 – two days after they were allowed to reopen across Scotland He paid £12 for mid-skin fade – a tapered cut that ends between … Read more
Police confirmed a body found in Epping Forest is missing 19-year-old student Richard Okorogheye. Officers from Essex Police found the body on Monday but the remains were only formally identified this afternoon. Detectives have said they do not suspect any third-party involvement in his death ‘at this stage’. Police have confirmed the body of a … Read more
The best friend of missing student Richard Okorogheye says she ‘can’t eat or sleep’ as the teenager’s loved ones anxiously await formal identification of the body found in Epping Forest earlier this week. Hala Mohamed, who has known Richard, 19, since birth, admitted she was struggling to come to terms with the events of the last … Read more