Lecturers admit self-censoring classes with Chinese students

Academics are self-censoring to avoid causing offence to students from authoritarian states such as China, a new report has said.Two thirds said they believed

The inside story of Nick Clegg at Facebook — and how much power he really wields

In the summer of 2015, Nick Clegg joined his former cabinet colleague David Laws for a burger and a pint at the Duchy Arms in Kennington, south London. It was j

Mary Beard on erect Egyptians and randy Romans — meet the queen of X-rated art

It starts like some flip-book of phalluses. Eye-boggling pictures flash before your gaze; erect Egyptians and priapic Romans, lascivious Orientals and tumescent

Just one in 20 young adults watch BBC programmes live

The BBC is facing a “demographic time bomb” as young people ignore its programmes at a time when the broadcaster must carry out swingeing cuts

Man charged after BBC journalist Nick Watt chased into Downing Street by lockdown protesters

A BBC journalist was chased into Downing Street after being mobbed by a group of anti-lockdown protesters.Nick Watt, the political editor of Newsnight, was forced to hide behind the security gate after being subjected to abuse at an anti-lockdown...

BBC calls in Met Police over fear of attacks on journalists after David Amess murder

The BBC has requested support from police amid growing fears of a David Amess-style attack

Detective Tesla videos itself being keyed

A driver admitted keying a Tesla parked close beside her car after she was caught by the victim’s onboard cameras in the first prosecution of its kind.Anna Vale

Liverpool bomber ‘reverted to Islam’ in months before attack

The Liverpool hospital bomber had reverted to practising Islam in the months before his attack, investigators believe.One theory is that Emad Al Swealmeen, wh

MPs worry about ‘civil service leaks’ as ex-staff join Facebook

The government’s plan to regulate social media is being leaked by civil servants to former colleagues who work at Facebook, Westminster figures fear.There is co

Woman held at Sarah Everard vigil ‘heard from police on dating app’

A woman who was arrested at the Sarah Everard vigil says that about 50 police officers contacted her via a dating app, leaving her “terrified”.The image of Pats

Sir Clive Sinclair obituary

Sir Clive Sinclair created the world’s first pocket calculator and kick-started the home computing revolution by producing the first PC to retail at less than £100. However, these triumphs were totally eclipsed in 1985 by the catastrophic failure...

UK offers haven to Afghan journalists

Afghans who worked with British journalists during the war and whose lives are threatened by the resurgence of the Taliban will be eligible to come to the UK under a government scheme.

Atheist sacked by West Midlands Trains for Muslim jibe ‘is protected by law’

A train conductor who was sacked after posting on social media that he did not want to live in a “Muslim alcohol-free caliphate” is protected by equality law,

Life under the Taliban in Afghanistan reverts to ‘dark age’

It was only a matter of days after the Taliban swept into Roya Sojod’s district in northern Afghanistan before it reverted to the “dark age” of their rule. Ridi