Upton Upon Severn has been dubbed “the most flooded town in Britain” and was one of the worst effected towns in the 2007 floods. Floods are a regular occurrence in this countryside town, with historic major floods recorded throughout the years. With climate change quickly worsening, how safe is this town from heavier rainfall and […]
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Is housing the root cause of the climate crisis?
With the UK housing industry accounting for 27% of the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions, attention turns to what we can do to reduce this figure, while still keeping costs low. The BedZED project has already proven that it’s achievable, albeit expensive. For those of you who aren’t aware, BedZED is the UK’s first major zero-carbon […]
“We can’t take on another disaster like 2007”: How safe is Gloucestershire from flooding?
July 20 2007 will always be an unforgettable day for many in Gloucestershire. Remembered as one of the county’s worst flooding disasters in recent history, the county watched the rain fall as it took their homes, electricity, water and three men’s lives. More than two months worth of rain fell in one day, causing the […]
Flood Flashbacks: what has Gloucestershire learnt from 2007 and is there worse to come?
Extreme flooding isn’t an unfamiliar event in Gloucestershire. The county was hit hard by terrible flooding in 2007 when two months of rain fell down in one day, devastating the lives of thousands of people. Three lives were taken, Hundreds of people were left homeless, several without power, and thousands had no water for weeks. […]
Environmentally Sustainable Housing – Will it help?
The UK housing industry accounts for 30% of the UK’s total energy use, and 27% of the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions. With this, I decided to investigate whether there is something that we can do to solve this, and make housing more environmentally sustainable. I looked into whether these improvements will be worth the money […]
Care Homes under Covid: How life has changed
Care Homes are an integral part of our society and naturally, were turned upside down when the lockdown began. Eight months later, how have care homes adapted to the new way of living? Lloyd Ngochi, 21, from Hereford has worked at Ledbury Market Lodge care home (Shaw Healthcare) for the best part of four years, […]
The future of print magazines: Will they survive the digital age?
“Honestly, I am so battle-hardened, I didn’t feel very emotional about it.” Although these words were written in an email, I can almost sense the impassive expression that Flic Everett has while explaining how she felt after losing another job in the magazine industry. “It was sad of course, but the worst thing for me […]
“When I first read these messages, I felt sick”: The Persistence of Antisemitism in the UK.
Sara* is a young woman living in the UK. Like many, she has a Twitter account and logged in to be met with a barrage of online abuse. Sara is also Jewish and this wasn’t an isolated incident. “Over the months I’ve had some horrible abuse”. The number of messages she received escalated and eventually […]
“There were so many, I wish I could’ve taken them all”- The reality of hundreds of pets being abandoned this Christmas
The RSPCA expect a huge rise of abandoned pets this Christmas as shelters fill up over the holidays. Amy Owen investigates. Willow is full of life. She is a young Staffy-cross with a lot of love and energy to give. But this hasn’t always been the case. Just a few months ago Willow was left […]
Dementia-the illness we can’t afford to forget about
“People describe it as someone’s personality changing, but I don’t like to think of it like that. I like to think of it as they’re desperately trying to hold on to what they’ve got. It must be so scary to not remember a person, or not remember what you were going to say, or what […]