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Trial date set for Oxford student, 21, accused of stirring up racial hatred at pro-Gaza protest

Samuel Williams denies using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour in Whitehall, central London

Evening Standard · Feb 24

Experts warn of threat to democracy from ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media

Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers say

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22

'I Think Bad People Deserve To Die': Hamline Student Says Charlie Kirk Deserved To Be Killed

Charlie Kirk's public shooting death sparks mixed reactions, with a university student claiming it was well‑deserved.

International Business Times UK · Dec 8, 2025

Richard Sharp obituary

Rugby union fly-half who captained England to a Five Nations championship title in the freezing winter of 1963

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2025

How a medieval Oxford friar used light and colour to find out what stars and planets are made of

During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and colour to show that the stars and planets are made of the same elements found here on Earth. In so doing he challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day and pre-empted the methods…

The Conversation · Nov 7, 2025

Just Stop Oil activists acquitted of Stonehenge criminal damage

Rajan Naidu, Niamh Lynch and Luke Watson were involved in the incident in June last year.

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2025

Oxford Union Ousts President Over Insults to Charlie Kirk

The murder of an American activist tore apart Britain’s hallowed free speech club.

Reason · Oct 21, 2025

Oxford Union president who celebrated Charlie Kirk shooting faces being ousted in no confidence vote

George Abaraonye, 20, shared several videos in a WhatsApp group last month, seemingly welcoming the news that the right-wing activist had been shot

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2025

Oxford student who chanted 'put the Zios in the ground' at London rally is arrested and suspended

Samuel Williams, a Politics, Philosophy and Economics student at Balliol College, was filmed among a crowd of people during a Palestine Coalition protest in Westminster

Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2025

Sir John Gurdon obituary

Biologist who won the Nobel prize for discovering that adult cells can be reprogrammed

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025