The answer is Oxford
The University of Oxford widened its lead over Cambridge last night with its 15th win on the BBC quiz show University Challenge. Magdalen College beat the University of York team by 290 points to 85 to register its fourth victory. Cambridge has won the competition seven times; all its colleges were out by the semi-finals.
Stroke drug offers hope
A new drug treatment that helps to protect against strokes could benefit more than a million people. Dabigatran etexilate, marketed as Pradaxa, was found in clinical trials to reduce the risk significantly in all patients with atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm disorder.
About 150,000 Britons suffer a stroke each year, 15 per cent of which are a direct result of atrial fibrillation. The trial findings, which indicated that Pradaxa reduced stroke risk by between 30 per cent and 39 per cent in patients with three different types of atrial fibrillation will be presented today at the American College of Cardiology in New Orleans. European regulators are expected to make a final decision on using Pradaxa in Britain in the next few months.
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Second victim identified
Police investigating the murder of Sian O’Callaghan, from Swindon, have identified a set of remains found at a second site and are trying to trace the victim’s family. An inquest heard last week that Ms O’Callaghan, 22, probably died from head injuries. Christopher Halliwell, 47, a taxi driver, has been charged with her murder.
Shootings: youth held
A second man has been charged with attempted murder following the shooting of a child aged 5 and a man in Brixton, South London, on March 29. Kazeem Kolawoli, 18, will appear before Camberwell Green magistrates this morning. Anthony McCalla, 19, of Streatham, was remanded in custody on Saturday.
M11 closed after crash
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The M11 northbound remained closed last night after an accident involving nine vehicles. It had been closed in both directions, north of Stansted airport, for most of the day after a lorry hit a coach taking passengers from Westcliff- on-Sea, Essex, to Cheshire. The driver of a tanker carrying chemicals managed to avoid the accident. Kevin Oldham, 58, said: “It could have been a really big problem if I had been involved.”
Octogenarian jailed
A wheelchair-bound businessman aged 82 has been jailed for five months by the High Court for contempt of court over a dispute with his brother. Richard Prosser, who has heart trouble, “spirited away” £450,000 into accounts in Hong Kong that he had been ordered to pay Malcolm, 80, after their business folded.