Evie Selby

The i Paper • 15th March 2026

The hurdles Tesla faces to make a success of UK electricity plan

Tesla’s foray into the UK energy supply market could be doomed to fail, experts warn, as it may struggle to compete with major companies and could suffer from public dislike of its CEO, Elon Musk.


The US-based electric vehicle (EV) and clean energy company has been awarded an energy supply licence by regulator Ofgem, which enables it to provide electricity to households and businesses in England, Scotland and Wales.


However, energy industry experts have predicted major challenges for Musk’...

The i Paper • 14th March 2026

Iran war pushing up UK heating bills - how 'targeted' support could work

The Chancellor has vowed to draw up “targeted” support for poorer households facing skyrocketing heating bills due to the war in the Middle East.


Rachel Reeves said the Treasury is considering “different scenarios” to help “those who really need it” following the global impact of the US-Israel war in Iran.


It comes as fruit and vegetable producers have warned of empty supermarket shelves as rising energy and transportation costs may force them to stop production.Energy prices have soared...

Islington Now • 11th March 2026

Parents in fear as school wars trend on social media - Islington Now

Islington parents said they fear for children’s safety after social media posts encouraged violence between schools across London. 


The posts, which come from an anonymous source, divide schools into opposing “red” and “blue” teams with children being encouraged to use compasses, metal combs and rulers to “be violent” towards each other on named dates.


The “school wars” have spread nationwide and circulated online via TikTok and Snapchat, raising fears about children’s use of social media....

The i Paper • 8th February 2026

My daughter was diagnosed with cancer at 13 - the financial cost was unsustainable

For families whose children are going through cancer treatment, the added financial costs of travelling can be a huge challenge When Martin Desborough took his 13-year-old daughter Bethany to the GP with stomach pain, he didn’t expect that within 24 hours she would begin treatment for a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer.


Over the next ten months, Martin would travel 100 miles a day to visit Bethany in Addenbrooke’s Principal Treatment Centre in Cambridge while sh...

The i Paper • 7th February 2026

I did an apprenticeship – I know I earn more than friends

Emma Nolan took up an apprenticeship rather than going to university and avoided thousands of pounds in debt – unlike many of her friends While most of her friends are struggling under a growing mountain of student debt, 25-year-old Emma Nolan is browsing the property market and planning to buy a house.


Emma began a degree apprenticeship at defence and space manufacturing company Thales in 2018.


For Emma, the apprenticeship was a “win-win. You get work experience and y...

Politics UK - The Home of UK Political News • 26th January 2026

Trump’s New World Order: The End of International Law? - ...

It is well known that New Year’s resolutions are often broken, but this year Donald Trump might have set the record for the fastest yet. Days after declaring that his 2026 resolution was “peace on earth,” the US President invaded a sovereign country and captured its president, threatened to annex an autonomous territory, and invited 60 nations to join a US-led private members’ club seeking power in the Middle East. 2026 is already promising to be a more dramatic year than 2025.


Yet Trump is j...

The Telegraph • 30th July 2025

Pea farmers warn of shortages after driest spring in over 100 years

Farmers are warning of a pea shortage in supermarkets after the driest spring in a century.The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) said pea growers in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and East Yorkshire have experienced up to a 30 per cent drop in the number of peas that have been picked and processed this year.According to the Met Office, the UK had the warmest and sunniest spring on record in 2025, as well as its driest in over 100 years.Russell Corfield, the Commercial Director of Aylsham Growers Ltd...

The Telegraph • 31st July 2025

Jess Glynne hits out at use of viral Jet2 song in US deportation video

Jess Glynne has criticised the White House for using the viral Jet2holiday meme that features her song to promote Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportations in a “sick” video.On Tuesday evening, the White House posted a video on X which showed ICE escorting handcuffed people onto a flight, accompanied by singer-songwriter Glynne’s 2015 single Hold My Hand.The video was posted with the caption: “When ICE books you a one-way holiday to deportation. Nothing beats it!”The audio features...

Islington Now • 30th October 2025

Local businesses concerned about Shoplifting in Camden Passage - Islington Now

Shoplifting on Camden Passage has left local businesses feeling “violated”, with complaints that police and the council are failing to address the issue.  


Susan, who works in B’Atelyer, a womenswear boutique, said there had been a series of “massive thefts” from local shops on the passage.   


She added that the thefts left her “feeling violated, and you become paranoid.”  


Her colleague Tania said “it feels like it’s not being policed. Someone patrolling the passage would be great.”...

Politics UK - The Home of UK Political News • 7th December 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda sign peace deal a...

Political leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace deal at a summit in Washington hosted by US President Donald Trump on Thursday [4th December].


The deal, which aims to end the conflict between the two nations that has been ongoing since 2022, has been branded “historic” by Trump.


The presidents of both the DR Congo and Rwanda have expressed gratitude to Trump for his role in the peace process.


However, analysts have said that the summit saw the endors...

Islington Now • 30th October 2025

Drug crime increases in St Peter’s and Canalside  - Islington Now

Reports of drug offences have increased by 50% in St Peter’s and Canalside over the last five years, according to the most recent neighbourhood police ward meeting. 


King Square Gardens, Duncan Street and Duncan Terrace have been named high priority areas for police due to increased drug use since August 2025. This means there will be a higher police presence in these locations. 


Stickers of a silver hand with a scannable QR code which leads to an online site selling cannabis have appeared...

The Telegraph • 16th August 2025

Dozens of women murdered after police rely on ‘deeply flawed’ domestic violence tool

More than 50 women have been murdered after police relied on a “deeply flawed” screening tool that failed to identify them as high-risk, The Telegraph can reveal.For 16 years, officers and social workers have used a risk assessment called Dash – short for Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour-based violence – to decide which victims get urgent protection.Since Dash was introduced in 2009, women reporting abuse have been asked 27 questions by police officers and social workers to gauge the likeliho...

The Telegraph • 1st August 2025

Pilgrimage route at risk of ruin from ‘prison camp’ style solar farm

An ancient British pilgrimage route is at risk of being blighted by a solar farm that residents have compared to a prisoner of war camp.The green energy site is proposed on St James’s Way – the English segment of the Camino Way, which leads to Santiago de Compostela in Spain and has been used for 1,000 years.Residents in the rural village of Monk Sherborne, in Hampshire, said the 216-acre solar farm and its 9ft-high security wall would make it “look like Stalag Luft III”.There have already been...

The Telegraph • 1st August 2025

Airbnb host cancelled guests ‘because they were Welsh’

Two friends have accused an Airbnb host of “xenophobia” after they were rejected for a room booking because they were Welsh.Jemma Louise Gough, 38, and Jamie Lee Watkins, 37, had been trying to book an £83 double room for one night at the property in Manchester.They were travelling to the city from Cwmbran, South Wales, to see the Australian music producer Sonny Fodera at the city’s Co-op Live Arena.In the reason for their visit, they wrote they were coming “from Wales to see the gig”. Just over...

The Telegraph • 31st July 2025

Airports in chaos after flights grounded across UK

Varsity Online • 31st July 2025

Boat race rowers in danger of sepsis and kidney failure from polluted water

Rowers on the River Thames are becoming ill each week due to poor quality of water ahead of the annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race on 13 April 2025.
Rowing clubs along the course are facing weekly medical absences, with members being informed that they are at an increased risk of sepsis, kidney failure and diarrhoea as a result of pollution.
The 196-year-old tradition of throwing the winning cox into the Thames after the event did not take place last year due to concerns over the presence of E....

The Telegraph • 30th July 2025

‘It looks like we’re missing the wedding’

Passengers were left stranded at airports across Europe on Wednesday after air traffic control failures grounded planes in Britain.Hundreds of thousands of people faced travel chaos at the start of the summer holidays after technical issues caused the closure of London’s airspace for more than an hour.Despite being resolved, the failure left travellers facing hours-long delays amid fears that disruption could last for days.Monica Clare, a 68-year-old from London, fears she will miss a wedding af...

The Telegraph • 29th July 2025

Couple move summer house by a metre to resolve council row

A couple were forced to move their £20,000 summer house one metre to settle a planning row with a Labour-run council.Catherine Curran and Martin Keyes, from Greenock, were told their garden house would be torn down after Inverclyde council refused to grant retrospective planning consent.Now having satisfied planning guidelines, they have renamed the summer house the “Victory Bar” as a testament to their success in the long-running battle.The couple were furious when they found out that council p...

Varsity Online • 17th February 2025

‘Childhood ended for us at nine’: the Ukrainian society on the student experience of the Russia-Ukraine war

Sitting opposite each other in a clean, quiet meeting room in the University’s Engineering Faculty, we seem a world away from any form of conflict. But, it is this separation that is one of the hardest parts, I’m told by Viktoriia, Sofiia, and Diana, three Ukrainian students here who are also committee members for Cambridge University’s Ukrainian Society.
For all three, the war with Russia has shaped their entire lives. Sisters Sofiia and Diana were born in eastern Ukraine, where fighting began...

Varsity Online • 28th January 2025

UK universities move towards ‘inclusive’ assessment formats

Top UK universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, are moving away from “traditional” exam formats in favour of more “inclusive assessments” to lessen awarding gaps.
These include open-book tests or take-home papers instead of in-person, unseen exams.
The approach was established under new Access and Participation Plans (APP) set out by the Office for Students. Universities wanting to charge full tuition fees must adopt these to show how they are assisting students from disadvantaged backgro...

Varsity Online • 13th January 2025

Cambridge law journal apologises following paper on Gaza annexation

A Cambridge University Press law journal has apologised following the publication of a paper that explored how Israel may exploit natural gas reserves in Gaza if it annexed the area.
Following significant criticism the editorial board and editors-in-chief of the Leiden Journal of International Law (LJIL) issued an apology for the article. The editors also stated that they “recognise the grounds for criticism” and “are taking steps relating to the future of this particular piece and specifically...

Varsity Online • 12th November 2024

Suella Braverman tells protesters to ‘get a life’ at Tory event

Suella Braverman told student protesters to “get a life” after her talk at the Cambridge University Conservative Association (CUCA) today (07/11).
Over 50 protesters gathered outside the Babbage Lecture Theatre to disrupt her speech, with the noise from their chants and drums being heard from inside the building.
Braverman praised the attendees for “going ahead in defiance of the mob, in defiance of cancel culture, as conservatives on campus”.
“Don’t be bowed down. Don’t be cowed by the mob a...

Varsity Online • 24th October 2024

King’s students disrupt talk from Silicon Valley CEO 

Pro-Palestinian students staged a protest outside a talk with tech entrepreneur Peter Barrett yesterday at King’s College, (23/10) accusing the College of platforming an “investor in genocide”.
The event, hosted by King’s Entrepreneurship Labs, was an “in conversation” with Barrett on “boundaries of deep tech and hard science,” who activists accused of having “direct ties to war crimes”.
Students gathered outside of the College’s Provost’s Lodge where the talk was scheduled to take place, accu...

Varsity Online • 2nd October 2024

Animal rights protest held in Cambridge City Centre

An animal rights demonstration was held outside The Guildhall in Cambridge City Centre on Sunday (08/09) to “educate the public” about the dairy industry.
The event was organised by the activist group Speciesism WTF, an organisation founded in 2023 that uses creative art installations to protest the exploitation of animals.
The installation included a line of “milked women” accompanied by an activist dressed as “the farmer” who addressed onlookers.
The protest aimed to encourage onlookers “to...