Guy Adams

It's a heartwarming tale straight out of Hollywood: how Professor Jason Arday forged a path from South London council estate to the ivory towers of Cambridge University.

The forthcoming autobiography, Great and Unfortunate Things, tells of Jason Arday's transformation from an autistic child who could not read or write until the age of 18.

GUY ADAMS: The ensuing social media kerfuffle on Wednesday night marked a fitting end to an utterly surreal scandal in which almost nothing proved to be quite as it seemed.

A scandal-hit Cambridge professor appeared to pass off an inspirational quote as his own in an early draft of his memoir – before editors had to step in to clarify that it was actually said by tennis legend Rafael Nadal

Jason Arday, 41, tells of a dramatic fundraising journey in his forthcoming autobiography, which saw him run an impressive 30 marathons in 35 days after just a few months' training.

A former Cambridge professor's dazzling claim he ran nine marathons with a broken leg that 'ballooned twice its size' was called into question after photos of the finish line appear to contradict his story.

One was there to mourn Alex McCarthy, a 16-year-old member of a Traveller family, who was one of five young men killed in a car crash in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Two very different tribes gathered in Carlow, a market town just over an hour's drive south of Dublin, last night.

Two very different tribes gathered in Carlow, a market town just over an hour's drive south of Dublin, last night.

On the 6th floor of a gleaming office overlooking the Barbican, where square-jawed men wear gilets and bark into telephone headsets, the endless computer monitors are a sea of red.