A British university has been forced to withdraw plans to commercially rent out...

A British university has been forced to withdraw plans to commercially rent out its student accommodation in a small town to illegal immigrants after over 1,400 objections to the planning application were submitted by local residents.

The University of Derby had applied to rent out the 274-room High Peak Halls building in the spa town of Buxton to a third party, with the expectation the rooms would then be occupied by migrants new to Britain.