PM Denies UK Is Facing a Shortage Crisis
Words by Connor Drescher, Staff Writer Boris Johnson has denied that there is a crisis amid an acute shortage of workers, particularly HGV drivers. The ongoing issues, which have seen…
Urgent call for Government to tackle Mental Health Backlog
Words by Beth Pratt, News Print Editor “The impact of the pandemic on mental health could be fatal and wipe out years of progress if there is not a significant…
Labour Party Conference 2021
Words by Jasmine Crowhurst, News Sub-Editor The Labour Party’s annual conference in Brighton, which took place from Saturday 25th until Wednesday 29th September, featured frictions of opinions within the party…
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…
Man Charged with murder of London School Teacher
Trigger warning for male violence, violence against women and death Words by Connor Drescher, Staff Writer Tributes to Sabina Nessa, a London schoolteacher, have continued to be left at a…
Tax Rise for 25 million to cover social care reform
Words By Jasmine Crowhurst The British Government is planning a tax hike for around 25 million people to help fund adult social care and the NHS in the UK. Prime…
Team GB’s ongoing Paralympic success
Words By Maisie Levitt As the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games drew to a close on September 5th, Team GB has continued their Rio and London successes; coming second in the…
Caterpillar causes chaos for British supermarkets
Marks & Spencer has lodged an intellectual property claim against Aldi over its Cuthbert the caterpillar cake. M&S have made the claim that Cuthbert is too similar to their own…
Boomtown cancelled again: Lack of government COVID insurance to blame
The Hampshire hosted festival Boomtown, self-coined a ‘living theatre’, has been cancelled for the second year in a row. Initially scheduled for 11th-15th August 2021 the festival announced on Monday…
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…
Postponed Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner Elections
Elections for the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) will take place on Thursday 6 May, in 12 days time, a year after they were postponed due to coronavirus. Police…
Office for National Statistics calls for students to complete the national census
The Office for National Statistics is calling for students who haven’t yet completed the online 2021 census – which previously had a deadline of March 21 – to do so…
UK comes under fire for its overhaul of the asylum system
On 24 March, Priti Patel announced a New Immigration Plan aimed at stopping unregulated entries in the UK. Under this plan, asylum claims would be assessed primarily on how immigrants…
Brighton cinemas set to reopen
Three cinemas in Brighton are set to reopen from 17 May, with the easing of national lockdown restrictions expected to go ahead. The venues include the Duke of York’s Picturehouse,…
Proposed beach BBQ ban and ketchup crackdown
Measures proposed by Brighton and Hove City Council on 18 March could outlaw single-use BBQs and ketchup sachets in a bid to reduce carbon emissions and pollution rates. Single-use BBQs…
Vaccination tensions slow down as EU sees the light
After a meeting held by the EU commission on 25 March, key EU leaders have stopped short from banning vaccine exports to both the UK and other nations, at least…
Kill The Bill protest tension builds as crowds gather at Brighton Police Station
Hundreds of protesters marched on Brighton police station on Saturday evening in a second local protest defying the new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. The demonstration was laced with…
Cummings criticises Department of Health Covid response, calls for inquiry
Dominic Cummings called the Department of Health a “smoking ruin” on 17 March over its handling of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and called for an investigation into “what…
Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Harry and Meghan
Words by Ellie Doughty Oprah Winfrey’s interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Sunday garnered millions of views and covered allegations of racism inside the royal family, their…
UK festivals go ahead with uncertainty in 2021
The UK Government’s roadmap to ease lockdown restrictions, announced on 22 February, aims to have all social distancing measures lifted by 21 June at the earliest. The news has brought…