Furious locals slam Winchester University’s plan to erect £24,000 statue of Greta Thunberg who has no links with city and demand they put up a tribute to cult hero Kev the Big Issue seller instead Winchester University commissioned a life-sized sculpture of Greta Thunberg The teen activist’s statue will be erected in the new £50m … Read more
Student, 19, is banned from Aberdeen University’s union for two weeks after saying ‘Rule Britannia’ during a debate on the British Army Elizabeth Heverin said ‘Rule, Britannia,’ during a debate at Aberdeen University Debate was discussing presence of British Army recruiters on university campus She was banned from all student union buildings and debates for … Read more
First dose of Oxford University’s Covid vaccine causes twice as many side-effects as a single shot of the Pfizer jab, analysis of 700,000 Brits suggests More than three in ten of those getting the Oxford vaccine suffered side-effects But less than two in ten suffered symptoms in those getting the Pfizer jab Scientists say side-effects … Read more
Cambridge University’s Churchill college – which is ‘smearing’ the wartime PM by calling him the ‘perfect embodiment’ of ‘white supremacist philosophy’ – should give up its name, says his grandson Sir Nicholas Soames College held an event called The Racial Consequences of Churchill amid others Wartime leader’s grandson Sir Nicholas Soames says it should give up … Read more
Dr Ashish K Jha (pictured), dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, has issued a warning about the new ‘super-covid’ variants A top public health expert says the new ‘super-covid’ variants could make the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. up to five times deadlier. The new strain, known as B.1.1.7 – which was … Read more
Pressure is mounting for Britain to approve Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine to stop the spiralling outbreak that has wrecked Christmas for millions. Oxford and AstraZeneca‘s jab may now be the UK’s last hope for lifting lockdown rules before spring 2021 because the country can’t get enough doses of Pfizer‘s or Moderna’s – which won’t come … Read more
More than a quarter of students ‘self-censor’ because they fear their views will clash with the ‘woke’ values promoted by their university, according to a shocking new survey. In the latest evidence of the free speech crisis engulfing campuses across the country, 27 per cent of students said they have actively ‘hidden’ their opinions when … Read more
Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine triggers a ‘robust’ immune response in the elderly, a study has shown. It suggests the group at highest risk of serious illness and death from the disease could be protected if given the jab. The study found the vaccine prompted the release of antibodies and T-cells, which fight Covid-19, in people over-55. … Read more
Scientists are asking why the US arm of Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine trial are still on hold as the rest of the world races to test its efficacy. AstraZeneca, the drug giant which owns the rights to the experimental jab, stopped global trials on September 8 because a British volunteer was hospitalised. She has now been … Read more
US President Donald Trump could fast-track the coronavirus vaccine being made by Britain’s Oxford University to get it into use before the country’s election. White House insiders say Mr Trump is considering pushing for approval for emergency use of the jab, which is one of the world’s most promising candidates. Early trials of Oxford’s jab … Read more