Brighton’s cold age pensioners
Vulnerable people living in the Brighton area are being left in the cold after losing out on a government heating allowance scheme. Pensioners, severely disabled people and those with young…
Leeds Uni bans bottled water
Leeds University Students’ Union has announced that it will ban bottled water on campus in a move towards environmental sustainability. The move, which will cost the University £32,000 a year,…
PC Plod’s un-PC blog
A special constable in Brighton has resigned following the exposure of an online blog containing racist remarks and threats to an unnamed love rival. The trainee, Rob Johnston, 22, was…
iPods: the lessons of the future?
The University of Derby has recently launched a new initiative giving ipods to students, pre-loaded with informative tutorials. The University has given 35 first year radiology students ipods, valued at…
A mid-season report of the 2008/09 campaign
As 2008 drew to a close during the customary hectic festive schedule the Barclays Premier League season reached its half-way mark. For the rest of the season in 2009, the…
Second NUS Extraordinary Conference called – Delegates Needed
The National Union of Students (NUS) has officially called for a second Extraordinary Conference on the 20th of January to ratify the controversial Governance Review. The required twenty-five Unions have…
Wey Hey – It's my first ever blog
I can’t believe I’m writing a blog on the web – This is a real first for me.
The Reader
With “that speech” by Kate Winslet recently becoming the stuff of national debate, The Reader has certainly had its fair share of publicity this new year. Adapted from the novel…