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The sight of worried students waiting outside UCL clutching sheafs of cramming notes as HuffPost Students casually strolled to work with a morning coffee in hand quickly brought the terror of exams back into sharp focus.
Many will be thinking of the injustice of it all - the sun finally...
(66) Comments | Posted 18 April 2013 | (15:58)
A British TV crew were held and questioned at a police station in Bahrain as they filmed ahead of Sunday's Grand Prix.
The ITV team of five had travelled to the Gulf nation on an official visa but were detained by the authorities earlier on Thursday.
(37) Comments | Posted 14 April 2013 | (12:48)
Rumour is rife in Formula 1 and the sport would be much the poorer without it but the latest speculation surrounding Red Bull driver Mark Webber and his possible defection to sportscars may well be worth listening to.
Soon after the chequered flag was waved at the Chinese Grand Prix,...
(0) Comments | Posted 12 April 2013 | (16:30)
It was a sign that the evening was going to be different to the usual awards events I'd attended when I found myself sat next to 'Blind Dave' at the 2013 JustGiving Awards ceremony.
Dave Heeley - or Blind Dave as his magnifying glass business cards read -...
(47) Comments | Posted 12 April 2013 | (15:22)
Whatever you say about Lady Thatcher - and much has been said in the past few days - you couldn't deny her time in power was colourful and eventful.
And when she was deposed, she was replaced by a man more grey than anyone thought grey could be and suddenly...
(7) Comments | Posted 10 April 2013 | (17:17)
Updated: 12 April 2013 information from race organisers
Tension in Bahrain is rising again as the country prepares for next weekend's Grand Prix, 12 months after Formula One caused a worldwide furore by staging a race in the Gulf kingdom.
As the Bahrain International Circuit announced that ticket...
(87) Comments | Posted 6 April 2013 | (00:00)
Somehow sport is always different.
It doesn't matter if you hold extreme views that ultimately trample over others so long as the job gets done and the paying spectators get their money's worth.
Dan Jones in his Evening Standard column (4 April 2013) wrote about the 'confected outrage'...
(620) Comments | Posted 3 April 2013 | (20:48)
North Korea's army has been given final approval for a 'merciless' strike against the USA as tensions between the two powers and South Korea continue to rise.
Pyongyang also said that war could break out in the Korean peninsula as soon as Wednesday or Thursday, adding that the use of...
(0) Comments | Posted 28 March 2013 | (13:16)
A seven-year-old boy who raised more than £2,000 for the emergency services that rescued him, a committed fundraiser who died whilst running the London Marathon and a 10-year-old girl who helped raise thousands to feed children around the world after blogging about the quality of her school dinners are just...
(5) Comments | Posted 26 March 2013 | (11:33)
Livestock farmers are becoming increasingly fearful for their livelihoods as the heavy snow and wintry weather threaten their animals.
It's believed that the snow which has fallen in the past week over large parts of northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland may have killed thousands of stranded sheep and cattle...
(410) Comments | Posted 19 March 2013 | (17:13)
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban, has attended her first day of school just weeks after being released from hospital.
The 15-year-old participated in lessons at the Edgbaston High School for girls in Birmingham on Tuesday.
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(1) Comments | Posted 15 March 2013 | (09:56)
London is full of attractions that draw in visitors from all over the world but unsurprisingly most of these are on dry land.
However, one landmark is clearly visible to anyone that may take a boat trip along the Thames or strolls across London and Tower Bridges - HMS Belfast...
(324) Comments | Posted 5 March 2013 | (21:04)
Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president for nearly 14 years, has died after battling with cancer.
The man who led a leftist revolution in the South American country had been suffering from the disease since 2011 and only recently returned from Cuba, where he had been undergoing treatment.
(6) Comments | Posted 22 February 2013 | (23:00)
The incredible journey is nearly over and we're just about done, but it's still not really sunk in: Bradford City are in a major cup final for the first time in 102 years.
Don't tell the boss but my concentration levels have suffered in a cup run that began on...
(0) Comments | Posted 22 February 2013 | (12:41)
The most unlikely cup final is nearly upon us with Premiership club Swansea City preparing to take on Bradford City of League Two on Sunday.
The paths that both clubs have taken to set up the 'fairy tale' final in the words of Swansea manager Michael Laudrup, have been well...
(74) Comments | Posted 5 December 2012 | (11:10)
Church leaders in the north of England have joined together to condemn government spending cuts and welfare reform that is 'stigmatising' communities.
Led by the the Bishop of Bradford, the Right Reverent Nick Baines, 30 leading religious figures signed an open letter to the prime minister, the chancellor,...
(0) Comments | Posted 3 December 2012 | (15:39)
At last the Royal announcement that many had been anticipating has been made - and for many it brings back memories of 30 years ago when Prince William was born.
Although the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have not been as quick off the mark as William's parents...
(126) Comments | Posted 21 November 2012 | (16:33)
Organisers of a Chinese motor show have rejected criticism for allowing girls as young as five to model alongside the exhibits dressed only in bikinis.
Photographs of the girls have been posted on the internet next to adult models at the Chutian Auto Culture Festival in Wuhan, Hubei province, but...
(8) Comments | Posted 12 November 2012 | (15:33)
Bahrain authorities have launched an investigation into alleged police brutality after officers were secretly filmed beating up an unarmed man.
The film shows a man, believed to be an anti-governement protester, being attacked by a number of officers, who repeatedly kick and strike him whilst dragging him across an open...
(14) Comments | Posted 9 November 2012 | (11:00)
The father of a nine-year-old girl from Scotland who created an internet sensation with her blog on school dinners has spoken about how the pressures of the past few months have been "difficult to handle".
David Payne was speaking on BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour on Friday with...

(0) Comments | Posted 25 April 2013 | (12:01)