McDonald’s has launched an investigation after a video released on social media shows a security guard kick a man in the head outside Leeds McDonald’s on Merrion Street. The incident took place outside the McDonald’s […]
UK Universities Recall Hong Kong Exchange Students Over Safety Concerns
Over the past week, as many as 13 UK universities, including Edinburgh and Warwick, have recalled students studying abroad in Hong Kong due to the increasingly violent protests in the territory. The last few days […]
Academic Staff Moving Towards Strikes on 25th November
The University of Leeds is one of sixty higher education institutions where members of the trade union UCU have voted in favour of taking industrial action. UCU represents most academic staff, including lecturers and professions,managerial […]
Man Hospitalised After Falling from Armley Bridge
A man was taken to hospital after falling from a bridge over the Armley Gyratory in Leeds yesterday afternoon. He is being treated for leg injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening. Emergency services […]
Leeds Announced as 22nd Hardest Working City in the UK
A brand new online tool has been created to show which cities are the hardest working throughout the UK. It uses factors like average hours worked, unemployment rate and commute time, to determine the working […]
French Student Sets Himself on Fire in Response to Student Poverty
Thousands of French protestors have taken to the streets of France in a show of solidarity- a student from the University of Lyon set himself on fire to highlight undergraduate financial insecurity. Further demonstrations and […]
Calls for Leeds Bus Services to be Back Under Public Control
Leeds City Councillor, Judith Blake (Lab), has called for Leeds buses to be brought back into public ownership. The calls come for the services to be renationalised after statistics emerged estimating that Leeds buses have […]
Leeds City Council Announces Plans to Raise Minimum Pay for Council Staff to Match ‘Real Living Wage’
Leeds City Council has announced it will raise the minimum wage for staff in line with the new ‘real’ Living Wage. This move is despite having its budget cut by £266m over the last decade. […]
Tory Candidate Says “Nuisance” Council Tenants “Should Live in Tents”
A Conservative candidate has released a controversial video on Facebook in which he criticises the “nuisance” tenants living on the Carsic estate in Ashfield. Lee Anderson is contesting the marginal Nottinghamshire seat of Ashfield, which […]
Leeds Ranks 8th in the UK for Number of Sugar Babies
There has been an exponential rise in the number of UK university students seeking sugar daddies and mommies throughout 2019, including the University of Leeds. According to seeking.com, the University of Leeds ranks 9th in […]
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University of Exeter: Former member of IT department jailed for selling drugs to students A member of the IT department at the University of Exeter has been sentenced to prison for selling drugs to students […]
‘It’s an Air-Mergency’: Leeds Protestors Install Oxygen Masks at Local Bus Stops
Groups of families began protesting the dangerous levels of air pollution in Leeds last Wednesday. The anti-pollution campaign group refer to themselves as ‘The Air Team’ and gathered on Infirmary Street to show their growing […]