It won’t be the first time the Union’s been called a zoo but this week it may have been justified as Old Bar dished out zebra sausages. The annual Sausage and Ale Festival, organised by […]
News | Nightclub bouncers attack student
A Leeds student has accused bouncers at a York night club of an assault which left him with a head wound. The ordeal took place outside of The Lowther bar in York in the early […]
News | Students demand Living Wage for Uni staff
Dozens of students gathered on Parkinson steps on Wednesday to demand the University introduces the Living Wage. On a Facebook page promoting the event Leeds Labour Students stated one of the protest’s aims was for […]
News | Hundreds face TV license fines
Over 450 young adults were caught watching live TV without a licence in Leeds last year. Of the 25,000 adults under the age of 25 in the UK found without a licence in the past […]
News | Climbers saved from cliff side
Two students were rescued by emergency services, including using an RAF rescue helicopter, following a rock climbing fall in North Wales last Saturday. The pair were climbing up a popular route called ‘Christmas Curry’ approximately […]
News | Lift prank prompts Pulse evacuation
The Union were forced to evacuate Pulse last Friday night during Fruity after a student found themselves trapped in a lift used by staff. The unidentified student was able to climb into the lift contraption, […]
News | Students compete in University Challenge trials
Nearly one hundred students tried to prove their intelligence this week in an attempt to make the University Challenge team. Students reported queuing outside the Old Bar for upwards of an hour and a half for […]
News | Brotherton still wasting electricity
Energy efficiency in the University has again below par, with the Brotherton Library’s energy rating being so poor it is off the chart. Following a recent LS investigation into energy efficiency in the Edward Boyle […]
News | Fruity phone theft suspect goes to court
A man detained by Union security suspected of stealing 14 mobile phones has appeared in court this week charged with 12 counts of theft. The 22 year old male was arrested on Friday September 27 […]
News | RAG step into the line of fire
The Union was ablaze for charity this week as students walked across flaming coals for RAG’s Charity Week. Almost two dozen participants braved 1236 degrees Fahrenheit to raise money for the RAG Community Fund. RAG […]
News | Student saviour stops attackers
A heroic branch manager has saved the day by tackling a man who attacked a female student in broad daylight opposite the Parkinson steps. The victim had been walking along Woodhouse Lane at approximately 3:45pm […]
News | Students call for page 3 ban
A student has submitted an idea to the Better Union forum to ban Page Three from the building. The latest ideas have been put forward as part of the Better University, Better Union and Better […]