Given that they hold so much influence over our hearts and minds, it’s a bit of a problem for our democracy that the majority of the UK press is owned by a handful of foreign-based billionaires, who predominantly back the Tories.. The proprietors of our favourite newspapers have significant financial interests...
By Courtney Greatrex A man was jailed after he was caught on dash-cam running over his girlfriend’s foot and bundling her into his car. Ashleigh Earl, 25, has released harrowing footage of the moment jobless Jack Cann, 22, reversed into her in December. The brute forced her into his car...
By Tara Carey Fair Funding for Schools representative in Lambeth The row over school funding has taken centre stage in the general election campaign, with parents and teachers across the country rising up in protest against budget cuts put forward by the government and Department of Education. To highlight concerns,...
A high street bank has helped a loved-up couple get engaged this week in what is thought to be Britain’s first virtual reality proposal. Footage has been released of the tear-jerking moment when Robin King produced a diamond ring whilst his girlfriend was immersed in a VR simulation with Dame Jessica...
They haven’t been too accurate in recent times, but if the latest polls are to be believed, Jeremy Corbyn’s ratings are on the up. Growing significantly day by day. For a politician that is routinely ridiculed in the mainstream press, it seemed almost unconceivable three weeks ago that the UK would...
By Mark Brill, senior lecturer in Digital Communication and Future Media at Birmingham City University Social Media has become a key battleground for political campaigning. Ahead of the upcoming UK election the main parties are putting social media at the core of their campaigns. The question is, how will all...
By Samantha Ferrell-Schweppenstedde, Equality Now On BBC One tonight is the first episode of ‘ThreeGirls’, a hard hitting three-part drama that tells the true story of three girls who were among almost 50 adolescents groomed for sex by a gang of men in Rochdale between 2008 and 2012. Aged 13...
By James Clark Despite the hysteric ramblings of the established British press, Jeremy Corbyn is no revolutionary socialist. It takes little consideration to realise that the policies which Corbyn’s Labour propose do not intend to threaten the existence of the capitalist system. The state, money and the wage system still...
By Mohamed Abdirahaman Saman, International Medical Corps, Somalia emergency response team When I met Nalow Hassan two weeks ago, the 30-year-old wife and mother had already lost two children. Aged six and four, the two youngsters had succumbed to acute watery diarrhoea. Now she is on the brink of losing a...