Douglas Fraser Business/economy editor, Scotland Graeme Ogston Tayside and Central reporter University of Dundee The current principal – Prof Shane O’Neill – was criticised in the report The principal of Dundee University and two senior members of its governing body have quit after a damning report into the financial collapse that led to a £22m...
What is going on at the DNC? It hasn’t even been a week since they decided to hold a do-over election in an effort to get rid of David Hogg. That was preceded by an embarrassing leak in which DNC Chair Ken Martin said he was on the verge of quitting because Hogg was undermining...
James Melley and Alison Holt BBC News, Social Affairs Family handout Alice’s family say she had a big personality and a passion for art WARNING: This article contains upsetting details and reference to suicide There didn’t seem to be anything out of the ordinary when Jane Figueiredo spoke to her daughter that night on the...
The ban on the sale of single-use disposable vapes will come into force on Sunday across the UK, aimed at protecting children’s health and the environment. It means shops and supermarkets will no longer be able to stock them – but they can still sell rechargeable or refillable devices. Disposable vapes have been cited as...
At the beginning of the year, I wrote about a really awful kidnapping incident that happened in France, where a gang of somewhere between 20 and 40 thugs burst into the country home of a crypto firm’s founder. Insult to injury, the fellow didn’t even work there anymore, but no matter. They hauled him and...
Heavyweight Delicious Orie has retired from boxing after a short stint in the professional ranks. Orie, 27, made his pro debut in April, beating Bosnian Milos Veletic on points, but has now decided to walk away from the sport. The Russian-born Briton won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the...
Pep Guardiola has said he will quit as manager of Manchester City if he is given a big squad to select from after the summer transfer market. A number of Man City’s senior players were not included in the squad for Tuesday’s 3-1 win against Bournemouth and Guardiola says he is unhappy at leaving so...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter Liberal Democrats Dylan Tippetts, who was elected as the Labour councillor for Compton in 2022, has joined the Liberal Democrats Three councillors on Plymouth City Council have left the Labour Party, citing concerns over immigration policies, trans issues and cuts to the winter fuel allowance. Dylan Tippetts, the city’s...
  On September 4, 2003, Rolling Stone magazine published an article by Stephen Glass.   Yes, that Stephen Glass.   By 2003 Glass had become one of the most notorious fraudsters in the hostly of journalism. He had outright made up dozens of articles he published in The New Republic in the...
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has resigned and his Social Democrat party is to leave the government after a right-wing nationalist candidate won the first round of the presidential election. George Simion, a eurosceptic who has promised to put Romania first, won 40.9% of Sunday’s vote and is expected to win a run-off vote on...
Brazil’s Social Security Minister, Carlos Lupi, has resigned nine days after police unveiled a major corruption scandal which defrauded pensioners of $1.1bn (£829m). Federal police allege that over the past decade, the National Social Security Institute (INSS) made unauthorised deductions from payments made to millions of pensioners. The money was allegedly paid to several associations...
Julia Gregory BBC News, Devon Agroforestry Research Trust The Agroforestry Research Trust runs a sustainable forest garden to teach people how to grow crops alongside trees Campaigners are battling to save an “irreplaceable” outdoor garden near Totnes after it was given a notice to quit after 31 years by landlord the Dartington Hall Trust (DHT)....