At 15 and three months, Arran Fernandez is set to become the youngest Cambridge undergraduate since William Pitt the Younger was offered a place. Photograph: PA At 15, most teenagers are struggling to get their heads around the algebra and equations of maths GCSE. Not Arran Fernandez. Next month, he will become the youngest student [...]

Students hold on to their hats after graduating from Birmingham University. The CBI suggests top graduates could leave the UK if they are charged for their degrees according to how much they earn. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Tens of thousands of the UK’s best graduates would emigrate if ministers went ahead with plans to charge [...]

A man enjoys his favourite tipple of dandelion and burdock at Fitzpatrick’s Temperance Bar in Rawtenstall, Lancashire. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images I stopped drinking almost 20 years ago, and I sometimes think that my real life began on that day in 1991. Getting sober was one of the best things I ever did, and, strangely, [...]

England’s Jermain Defoe celebrates after becoming the first England player to score a hat-trick at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium. Photograph: Gerry Penny/EPA Jermain Defoe became the first England player to score a hat-trick at the rebuilt national stadium last night and said his rewards were the “sweetest” of his career as Fabio Capello’s side sparked [...]