Rising sea temperatures are turning baby sea turtles female
By Angel Woo. With the temperature of the global climate rising, the number of female baby sea turtles is increasing. The temperature during incubation has the ability to change the…
Researchers discover new way to detect breast cancer five years before clinical signs show
By Joel Renouf-Cooke. Researchers from Nottingham University have unveiled the results of a study that claims to be able to detect the onset of breast cancer up to five years…
Parents vote against academisation at Moulsecoomb Primary School
More than 2,500 people signed a petition protesting against the proposed academisation of Moulsecoomb Primary School in Brighton.
Calls for Boris Johnson to remove Alun Cairns as Tory candidate
Boris Johnson is facing calls to remove Alun Cairns as a Conservative candidate after it was revealed that Mr Cairns was aware of his former aide Ross England’s role in…
Are The BBC failing Scottish voters?
The SNP have levelled criticisms at various media outlets for their failure to fairly and adequately report on Scottish politics.
Another Wave of Strike Action to Hit Sussex Campus
Sussex University and College Union (UCU) members are among those at sixty UK universities to vote for another wave of industrial action.
Sussex students told to return home from Hong Kong
University of Sussex students currently studying at partner campuses in Hong Kong have been told to return home by University officials. An email forwarded to The Badger by a student…
The Markle debacle: Are the British media racist?
Becca Bashford, News Editor, discusses the British press' treatment of Meghan Markle.
Scotland bans smacking children
By Joel Renouf. Scotland has become the first UK country to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children. The ban, which gives children the same rights…
Carl Beech case continues to unravel
By Anna Sterling. In July this year, Carl Beech was jailed for eighteen years after making false allegations against high profile public figures – such as politicians and military officers…
Nobel Prize 2019 Roundup
By Sam Shaw. The Nobel Prize in Physics The Nobel Prize in Physics this year was awarded to three scientists; One half of the prize to James Peebles, and one…
Hong Kong protests take a violent turn
By Evelyn Richards. Protests in Hong Kong began on the 31st March this year. They started over concerns that the local government was set to pass a bill allowing individuals…
Extinction Rebellion: The Global Movement
By Alana Harris. Extinction Rebellion is an international crusade which has been generating headlines ever since their Declaration of Rebellion in October 2018. The group’s first peaceful civil disobedience took…
Duke and Duchess of Sussex Take on The Tabloids
By Jude Whiley-Morton. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have this month launched respective lawsuits against the owners of UK tabloid papers. The Sun, The Daily Mirror and The Mail…
Extinction Rebellion protests banned by police
The Metropolitan Police have issued a statement banning all Extinction Rebellion protests in London, under the Public Order Act.
Oliver’s Brighton: Two years on
“There were shops selling robes, shops selling telescopes and strange silver instruments , windows stacked with barrels of bat spleens and eels’ eyes, tottering piles of spell books, quills and…
Two new student-led campaigns join the SU
In the lead-up to the Change Sussex Forum taking place in the Research Centre on October 22, The Badger provides the low down on the Students’ Union’s two most recently…
Vegan Activists Disrupt Brighton
Vegan activists have been targeting supermarkets and corporations that profit from the sale of animal products, using a radical yet entirely nonviolent form of protest.
Brighton buses become the first in the UK to run in zero emission mode
This October, the UK’s first zero emission buses - The Enviro400Er’s - will debut in Brighton & Hove.
Sussex graduate wins UK Dyson Award
Lucy Hughes, a University of Sussex product design graduate, won this year’s prestigious James Dyson Award for her innovative plastic alternative.