Sources claim houses were filled with smoke coming from the electrics. On Thursday the 19th of November, a fire started in popular student area Hessle Place lasting a few hours. Hessle Place, situated between Headingly […]
“Residents were put at risk of death or serious injury”: Leeds Student Halls in Breach of Fire Safety Orders
Newly built student accommodation Trinity Hall, on Holburn Approach, Woodhouse in Leeds, has been found to be in breach of fire safety orders. The property is sold as a 96-bedroom ‘luxury’ student community spread over […]
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 […]
Grenfell Inquiry Cost Over 100 Times the Cost of Cladding
So far, the inquiry for the Grenfell fire has cost over £40 million, which is over 100 times more than the savings made by using cheaper cladding instead of fire-retardant cladding. Most of the £40 […]
Notre Dame Recovery: Money Well Spent?
For fifteen hours one of France’s most well-known landmarks stood ablaze: the Notre Dame cathedral, engulfed with flames, made headlines across the world. Empathy from political figures has been pouring into France, from Theresa May’s […]
“Disgusting” Halloween Attacks Condemned by Fire Chief
Fireworks were thrown at firefighters on Halloween night as they attended reports of a fire in Hyde Park. Fireworks and rocks pelted fire engines leaving scrapes and burn marks. Thankfully nobody was hurt. Around 30 […]
Sentinel Towers cladding fails combustibility tests
Cladding from Sentinel Towers was found to have ‘not met the national combustibility standard’, The Gryphon can reveal. The discovery was made as part of a range of precautionary assessments following the Grenfell Tower tragedy. […]
Fire at The Edge
The Edge sports centre had to be evacuated last Friday, after a small fire broke out in one of the offices. At around 9.50am the alarm was sounded, following which all gym goers evacuated on […]
Engineering Havoc: Civil Engineering building evacuated three times in one week
The University of Leeds’ Civil Engineering Building on campus has been evacuated and cordoned off by fire services and police on three separate occasions this week following an reported leak of a ‘respiratory irritant’. West […]
Student halls shuts after fire safety inspection
Trinity Hall student accommodation, a 94-bedroom luxury student development in Woodhouse, has been shut down following an inspection by a West Yorkshire Fire Service Marshal. The brand new residence was due to open to tenants […]
Fire and Ice: Light Night returns
From the 6th -7th October, locations around Leeds will be transformed by an array of art instalments and performances for the city’s annual Light Night, with the University of Leeds hosting 13 of the 53 […]
Fire breaks out at Leodis
A fire broke out at Leodis halls of residence this evening, forcing the inhabitants of block D to evacuate. Two fire engines arrived on site to put out the substantial kitchen fire, which caused smoke […]