Deadly Crush at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Show Leaves 8 Dead
Words by Maisie Levitt, Online News Editor Trigger warnings for violence, death. A huge crush at a Travis Scott concert on the 5th of November has left 8 people dead…
Refugee Puppet ‘Little Amal’ Arrives in London
Words by Megan Whitehead, Staff Writer The streets of London last week welcomed Little Amal, a 3.5 metre puppet who has made a journey of 4,970 miles across Europe in…
Hundreds Strip Nude Near Dead Sea to Highlight Climate Crisis
Words by Jasmine Crowhurst, News sub-editor The statement was a photoshoot that involved 300 people stripped naked – covering themselves only in white body paint – to pose together in…
Kan Ye Do That? Ye(s) He Kan
Words by Georgie Marriott, Staff Writer On the 19th October, rapper, religious leader, attempted politician, reality star and father of four; formerly known as Kanye West changed his name to…
Alec Baldwin Shooting – One Dead, One Injured in Prop Gun Accident
Words by Connor Drescher, Staff Writer Trigger warnings for violence and death. A tragic accident on the set of the new film ‘Rust’ has resulted in the death of the…
Priti Patel Outlines Plan to Criminalise Protests
Words by Maisie Levitt, Online News Editor The Home Secretary Priti Patel has caused controversy with civil liberties groups by announcing plans to ban protesters with a history of causing…
What is AUKUS?
Word by Jasmine Crowhurst, News sub-editor A new defence alliance between the UK, USA and Australia was announced on September 15 2021. Britain’s new pact with the United States and…
Las Palmas Volcanic Eruption Continues
Words by Jasmine Crowhurst, News Sub-Editor The volcano initially erupted on September 19, 2021, and continues to spew large amounts of lava across the island. It has continued along The…
Pandora Papers Leak Financial Information of the Ultra Wealthy
Words by Maisie Levitt, Online News Editor Over 600 journalists from 140 media organisations led one of the largest financial investigations ever attempted in order to leak 11.9 million documents,…
FBI accused of failing to investigate Nassar abuse allegations
Words by Beth Pratt, News Print Editor Trigger warning for sexual abuse. On Tuesday 14th September, a US senate hearing was held, diving deeper into the Larry Nassar abuse scandal…
Texas Abortion Ban Ruling put to the Test for the First Time
Words by Robyn Cowie, Online Production Editor A doctor in Texas has recently admitted to breaking the state’s new and deeply controversial law in regards to abortion and has been…
Climate change generational gap discovered to be a myth
Words by Amy Holden, Staff Writer With over 100 UK cities, towns and villages experiencing school strikes and 18 year old Greta Thunberg becoming the face of the new climate…
The starkest warning yet; takeaways from IPCC’s latest climate report
Words By Jasmine Crowhurst The UN’s climate science body published a major report on August 6th, detailing the physical changes happening to our planet and the changes projected to occur…
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN KABUL?
Words By Prerana Sengupta On August 15 Taliban fighters took control of the Afghanistan capital Kabul, after sweeping to power across much of the country in a week-long offensive. The…
Chad’s President Idriss Déby dies from combat wounds
Chad’s President Idriss Déby died from combat wounds on 20 April, the country’s military has confirmed. The 68-year-old died while visiting troops in northern Chad, where the army is fighting…
Russia announces withdrawal of forces from Ukrainian border
After a month-long military build-up Russia has announced it will begin to withdraw its forces from the Ukrainian border. The build-up, which Russia has claimed is part of military inspections…
Czech Republic blames Russia for explosion at arm’s depot
Czech authorities have announced that two Russian nationals are linked to an arms depot explosion that occurred in 2014. The explosion resulted in the deaths of two people. The two,…
Bomb found in Northern Irish police vehicle
Earlier this month, Northern Ireland saw 12 days of sporadic violence, with crowds of predominantly young people rioting in towns and cities almost nightly since the end of March. Armed…
The US heads nations in pledging new climate goals
In a virtual summit held on 22 April, Joe Biden has pledged to cut US carbon emissions by 50% below 2005 levels by the year 2050. This doubles the amount…
Derek Chauvin found guilty for murder of George Floyd
On 21 April, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering civilian George Floyd on 25 May 2020 during his arrest for allegedly using a fake 20$ bill.…