By Stuart Mills, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Leeds
Millions of motorists across the UK could be in line for payments of around £700 after car dealers mis-sold finance to earn commission. Finance providers stand to lose billions compensating consumers after the scandal.
The UK regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), recently announced that lenders must compensate buyers who took out finance for a new or secondhand car. Millions paid more than they should have because of secret…
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By Phil Wilkinson, Principal Academic in Communications, Bournemouth University
The media have been freaking out about children’s use of technology since at least the days of radio, and it doesn’t make parenting decisions any easier.
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By Jessie Hamill-Stewart, PhD Candidate in Cybersecurity, University of Bath
Russia is targeting UK space infrastructure, and in particular military satellites, on a weekly basis, according to the head of UK Space Command.
In an interview with the BBC, Maj Gen Paul Tedman said that Russia was “shadowing” UK satellites. Shadowing involves orbiting and aligning a satellite close to the target satellite, in order to be near enough to jam communications or intercept signals to steal critical information.
Tedman said Russia’s satellites had “payloads on board that can see…
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By Clodagh Harrington, Lecturer in American Politics, University College Cork
Twenty five per cent of US voters think that the Republican party has a better plan for women’s rights than the Democrats, according to new polling.
While many liberal female voters are critical about Donald Trump’s remarks about women as well as his policies related to women’s rights, it’s worth noting that between the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections, Trump increased
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By Mari Ellis Dunning, PhD Candidate, Languages and Literature, Aberystwyth University
Women in early modern Wales typically dressed in long skirts, large woollen shawls, and tall, black hats. Could they have inspired stereotypes of the witch?
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By Peter John McLoughlin, Lecturer in Politics, Queen's University Belfast
Ireland will elect a new president on October 24. But not all Irish people will get to vote. Residents of Northern Ireland are not eligible. A Northern Irish candidate can stand in the election – indeed, the Belfast-born Mary McAleese served as president from 1997-2011 – but not vote for themselves, unless they live in the Republic.
This time, one of the two remaining candidates in the race is an Ulster Protestant. Heather Humphreys is a Presbyterian from county Monaghan – one of three Ulster counties that were not included in the formation of Northern Ireland. She is, therefore, a…
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By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
If you’ve had chickenpox, the virus never fully leaves your body. Years later, it can reappear as shingles. Here’s what causes it — and what doesn’t.
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By Lucy E. Hyde, Lecturer, Anatomy, University of Bristol
Historical anatomy textbooks are built on the bodies of prisoners, the poor and the powerless – and we’re still using them today.
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By Esther Kettel, Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
The slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
This is the first-ever recorded global bird extinction from mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia. An accolade that no species wants. Yet, sadly, here…
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Monday, October 13, 2025
The escalating political crisis in South Sudan is driving renewed armed violence and making the already dire humanitarian and human rights situations there worse, UN investigators said on Monday.
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