Mordechai Vanunu, the whistleblower under house arrest in Jerusalem, will today be nominated by the Glasgow University Palestine Solidarity Committee for rector in a vote next month. Past rectors include Winnie Mandela, Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone.
Hoax woman stays in custody
Magistrates remanded Angela Sceats, a 19-year-old Australian living in London, in custody until Monday after she pleaded not guilty to falsely claiming there was a bomb on a Ryanair flight to Stansted on Monday.
Bail for player on rape charge
Magistrates granted bail to Graham Stack, 23, an Arsenal footballer on loan to Millwall, charged with raping a 21-year-old at his home in Beckenham, south London, in September. Allan Smillie, 22, was also given bail on a charge of sexual assault.
New Year's Eve tube deal
London Underground station staff are to get a 35-hour, five-day week in a deal that permits all-night services on New Year's Eve and paves the way for later running on Friday and Saturday nights.
Airport strike at Christmas
Amicus is balloting staff at Birmingham airport for action over their final salary pension scheme and says the airport faces a shutdown at Christmas.
