内容摘要：The agency said it is working hard with its contractors to resurface the slip road and it is hoped it will reopen about lunchtime.

The agency said it is working hard with its contractors to resurface the slip road and it is hoped it will reopen about lunchtime.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of the US justice department said the agents were searching for evidence that the university was "harboring and concealing illegal aliens on its campus"."That investigation is ongoing, and we are also looking at whether Columbia's handling of earlier incidents violated civil rights laws and included terrorism crimes," he said.

Columbia Interim President Katrina Armstrong said in ato the campus that she was "heartbroken" to inform them of the federal raid."No one was arrested or detained. No items were removed, and no further action was taken," she said.

The Trump administration has also pulled $400m (£310m) of federal funding from Columbia University, saying it failed to fight antisemitism on campus.A university which is currently trying to plug a £35m shortfall is looking to open a new campus in India.

Newcastle University said it was in the "very early stages" of creating "education partnerships" in the country.

More than 1,000 staff at the University areA hospice charity says a new city centre concept store has been built around sustainable shopping and social conscience.

LOROS Hospice opened This + That on 21 November in High Street, Leicester, which area manager SJ Waites said was "probably four times the size" of their next biggest shop.Ms Waites said the shop's big space - spread over two floors - and big rent made it a "massive gamble".

However, she told the BBC that This + That had made the same amount of money as four traditional shops in the space of a week, adding that the hospice "needs money".The shop sells a range of items, including games, bridal gowns and homeware.