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Shahnawaz and Sofiya Patel of Preston took their sons to India to see their sick grandfather — and were prosecuted under the UK's term-time absence rules.
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Going deaf in his 20s, science writer Frank Swain hacked his hearing aids with a Nesta grant — turning London's Wi-Fi signals into clicks and melodies.
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In September 2014, pediatric hematologist Myles Bradbury pleaded guilty to sexually abusing 18 child cancer patients at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
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A rare and candid account emerged from a scientist who had voluntarily worked in the sex industry during her graduate studies — not out of desperation but as a…
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In 2011 Aldi's UK business swung from a 56 million pound loss to a 57.8 million pound profit. Here is the discount model behind the turnaround.
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The UK Border Agency revoked London Metropolitan University's visa licence in August 2012, leaving 2,600 international students 60 days to find a new sponsor.
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Charantoor Kultar Singh, a 22-year-old Liverpool John Moores student, pleaded guilty in 2012 to unauthorized computer access after a Police e-Crime Unit arrest.
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In May 2012, nine men were jailed for a child sexual exploitation ring in Rochdale — sentences of 4 to 19 years in a case that forced Britain to confront
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Theresa May’s March 2011 student visa overhaul hit Indian students hardest: stricter English and money rules, curbs on post-study work, and a crackdown on
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The BBC spent £1.6 million on a stretch of pavement outside Broadcasting House. What the outrage said about procurement at publicly funded institutions.
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A 2011 UK report found grooming gangs were disproportionately Pakistani-origin — and that fear of seeming racist had silenced police and social workers.
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December 9, 2010: Parliament voted 323-302 to raise tuition fees, and London erupted — the royal car attacked, the Cenotaph defaced, hundreds arrested.
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As British students protest the proposed tripling of tuition fees, Indian universities — Pune among them — are pitching themselves as the affordable
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