Record numbers of students are expected to graduate with debts of more than £20,000, according to research.

More than three-quarters of universities are facing real-terms funding cuts, sparking fresh warnings over job losses, rising class sizes and declining standards.

The American space holiday firm Bigelow Aerospace, is advertising for professional astronauts.

The controversial trade union boss Charlie Whelan has accused the Tories of conducting a "witch-hunt" against him.

The Omagh bombers could have been brought to justice if police had shared intelligence, a report has said.

Joanna Lumley, the 63-year-old actress credited with forcing Gordon Brown to behave properly towards the Gurkhas, believes the Government has fostered a "something for nothing" culture.

Tyrone Wood, the son of the Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, seems to be getting itchy feet just weeks after his sister, Leah, hit the headlines when she disclosed that she had emigrated to Australia to make a "fresh start".

John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, is under renewed pressure after a Conservative MP accused him of taking prompts from Government ministers during a debate.

The security services "cannot afford the luxury" of dealing only with countries which respect human rights, the government has said.

A man killed his newborn daughter after social services ignored warnings that he had a history of violence.

A prize-winning homing pigeon has won the race of its life - by escaping the clutches of a Romanian crime gang and flying back to its owner.

The British Airways dispute escalated today as Air France cabin crew announced a four day "solidarity strike".

Government adverts that used nursery rhymes to warn of climate change have been branded by experts as "simplistic communication tools" that have set back the fight against global warming back by several years.

A British Army officer who died in hospital three weeks after being wounded in Afghanistan has been named as Captain Martin Driver.

Greenpeace protesters claim palm oil production is destroying the rainforest.

The former hospital executive at the centre of Britain's worst ever superbug outbreak has launched an appeal at the High Court to claim £175,000 for the loss of her job.

A boy being forced to live with a father he "hates" is to go into foster care because the trauma of moving directly from one parent to another is too much, a court has ruled.

An animal rights enthusiast who piloted a gyrocopter which killed a hunt supporter has been cleared of manslaughter.

Unemployment has continued to soar in Scotland despite the rest of the UK seeing a fall in the number of people out of work, official figures have shown.

Gangs of green-clad revellers took to the streets across Ireland today to celebrate St Patrick's Day.

X Factor twins signed up a day after they were dumped by former label.

Catholic Care has unexpectedly won a High Court battle against legislation forcing it to consider homosexual couples as parents.

The widow of a British man who died after contracting Legionnaires' disease during a Fred Olsen cruise has been awarded a £70,000 financial settlement.

Members of a banned terrorist organisation can claim asylum in Britain, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Teachers who confiscate mephedrone from children have to hand the drug back at the end of the school day, it has emerged.