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RHUL CIVIL PARTNERSHIP MARRIAGES EGHAM’S QUIRKY SPA RunnymedeWe are pleased to announce that RHUL has upon-Thames hotel in Egham has a new recently been approved venue to conduct both spa activity: Hot Tugging. It’s a motorised, civil wedding and partnership ceremonies in its canary-yellow boat with built-in jacuzzi, beautiful historic function rooms. travelling along the River Thames.
92% OF STUDENTS MENTALLY DISTRESSED A survey carried out by the NUS with 1,200 higher education students in the UK found 92% were ‘mentally distressed’ and 13% experience suicidal thoughts. The biggest cause of stress was exams and study, followed closely by financial difficulty.
REDUCED FEES FOR STUDENTS WHO COMMUTE? The government has recently
Thicke’s hit single has been accused by Rape Crisis, a charity dealing with sexual violence, of “reinforcing rape myths.” Check out the University of Auckland and Bart Baker parody responses.
EGHAM ELDERLY ASSAULT Edwin Tolfree of Egham, 79, has been placed under a 12-month supervision order after assaulting his wife, Maureen, 71. He hit her over the head with a bottle because “she went on and on,” but they have now “patched things up.”
PLASTIC MONEY Smaller, wipe-clean plastic banknotes could be introduced by advised a fee cut for students taking vocational the Bank of England from 2016, matching university degrees (£5000), choosing to stay at currency across the world. They’ll survive home. The catch? No government grants. the washing machine, too! ISSUE 2
‘BLURRED LINES’ OF CONSENT Robin
PORN BANNED David Cameron has announced
that Internet Service Providers now require a filter for internet pornography. This only affects new customers and are turned off through internet settings or ringing your internet provider. THE
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