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during Yom Kippur, when Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, drove into pedestrians before stabbing and killing two Jewish men, Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66. The attack also left three other worshippers in serious condition. According to Greater Manchester Police, one victim was accidentally struck by police gunfire “as a tragic and unforeseen consequence” of officers shooting the attacker.olor mag-
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he Life and Mind building is one to the University’s largest building projects to date, having opened on 15th October 2025. This facility will be the home to the Departments of Biology and Experimental Psychology, as well as the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research. Developed and funded by Legal & General (L&G), it will enable researchers to investigate the most fundamental questions of today; addressing topics from what it means to be human, to dealing with the global challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, mental health,
and food security. With its opening coinciding with the new academic year, the building offers over 269,000 square feet of spaces for teaching, research, innovation, and public engagement and will provide a home for more than 1,400 scientists, academics, researchers, support staff, and postgraduate students. It will also provide a central teaching location for around 1000 undergraduate students with its new lecture halls and teaching spaces. Designed by internationally-renowned architecture practice NBBJ, it includes among its facilities: sleep labs, a virtual reality and motor lab, experi-
mental classrooms, multi-sensory labs, rooftop glasshouses, and a dedicated home to the University’s botanical collections of approximately one million specimens. These facilities will allow researchers to study ‘life’ - through the natural world - and ‘mind’ - by exploring the workings of the human brain and behaviour. Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Professor Irene Tracey, described the opening of the building as a “wonderful milestone for Oxford”, saying: “It isn’t just a world-class facility - it’s a place designed to bring people together”.
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he comeback of the British Left was rather like a poorly planned surprise party. On 3rd July, Zarah Sultana posted a statement announcing… not a party. Rather, she announced that she would ‘‘co-lead the founding of a new party’’, along with Jeremy Corbyn. Only, the surprise guest was curiously absent. Not only that, but apparently Corbyn was ‘‘furious and bewildered’’
at the way Sultana had handled the announcement. Fast forward a couple of months, and there is still no party. Rather, there is Your Party, which has no policy, no leaders, and is still not a party. However, it has reportedly 600,000 signups, which seems to be the only thing going for it. It’s been widely reported that the rollout of whatever Corbyn and Sultana are planning has been messy and underwhelming.
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Jeremy Corbyn. Credit: Garry Knight