Climate change is impacting all aspect of life on Earth, including the Arctic. What can international governments do to protect this delicate region?
Category: Politics & Current Affairs
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Is the UK headed towards a third Covid wave?
With sunny blue skies, the easing of restrictions and exam season coming to an end, an approaching third wave of coronavirus is the last thing we want to be thinking about, but this is exactly what some scientists are warning of. Firstly, the good news… The UK recorded 0 Covid related deaths yesterday, for the...
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Taking Back Your Social Media Privacy In 4 Steps
Social media has reinvented the way we interact with, and look at, the internet. For all the good that it brings, though, there are huge privacy concerns that we just cannot look away from. If not for any other reason, the many scandals of Facebook – the current mother of all social media networks out...
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Drugs and Music: What is the link?
Following the cocaine controversy of this year’s Eurovision, we explore why there seems to be a link between drug use and popular music. *This article does not condone the use of recreational drugs. Eurovision 2021 had the same glamour, glitz and little bit of ridiculousness as always. However this year, there was also the debate...
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What the Cancellation of the Sarah Everard Vigil Meant for Women
The disappearance and death of Sarah Everard has sent shock waves through the Met and across wider society, sparking conversations about the safety of women in the UK, after women were denied the right to hold a vigil in her memory. It was the first week of March that a missing person’s poster started to...
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Could eating disorders be the pandemic’s ignored crisis?
Trigger Warning: This article contains mention of eating disorders and pro-eating disorder communities, and could be triggering. See here for helplines and resources.
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Black MPs tackle vaccine hesitancy
After the pandemic highlighted deep inequalities in UK health, Black MPs are tackling the issue with an encouraging video.
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Covid-19 Contact Tracing Apps: Problems and privacy
Technology has been incorporated into the detection and prevention of COVID-19, but despite their expected benefits, these apps have raised issues, which prompts the question of whether they are truly delivering the desired result. In face of the fluctuating situation in the UK, people up and down the country are waiting for the pandemic to end....
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Rent Brawl: How Students are Lobbying for Fairer Rent Contracts
Since lockdown was announced in early January, thousands of students have been stuck at home, unable to travel to their accommodation despite having to pay standard rent. Students at Urbanest, however, decided enough was enough.
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#ENDSARS: The trauma police brutality has on Nigerian youth
Although #ENDSARS is gaining more exposure in the media, the mental health of those affected by police brutality in Nigeria has been easily ignored.
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UK announces travel ban for South America and Portugal
The UK announced a ban on travellers coming from Portugal and South America a new coronavirus variant was found in Brazil.
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New COVID Variants And More Restrictions
The UK government has planned to cancel Christmas relaxation of restrictions, as most of the country enters Tier 4 as two new variants of COVID-19 emerge.