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…
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…
Numerous hurdles force international students to face a delayed start at University
Words by Ritika Srivatsan, Staff Writer The new academic session beginning in September 2021 was heavily marketed for and highly awaited, as it brought with it the return of normalcy…
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…
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…
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…
Report finds increasing Student Loan based interest rates would save Government billions
Words by Robyn Cowie A recent report created by the architect of the current system of student finance, Nick Hillman, has found that the current loan repayment scheme for students…
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…
Campus learning returns for Sussex students
Words By Jasmine Crowhurst Whilst some universities are continuing with online or blended learning, University of Sussex students should expect a full return to in person learning, as the academic…
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…
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…
What’s On: Freshers Week!
Words By Rebecca Chitolie Freshers’ week 2021 has finally arrived and it’s jam packed with a variety of events to meet other Sussex students! The main programme for Fresher’s week…
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…
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…