While stuck inside, isolated from our families and reading article after article with more contradicting facts about lockdown and Covid-19, it’s difficult not to feel stressed and anxious. When was the last time you read a news story that made you smile? That’s what we all need right now, something to make us smile. Covid-19 […]
The Leader of the Western Circuit, Kate Brunner QC, has compiled a report showing how justice is being denied to users of the criminal justice system in Gloucestershire. The report, ‘This Doesn’t Look Like Justice’, outlines the national problem: cuts to court sitting days and how this reduction in operating hours has led to complainants […]
The entertainer will perform sketches from his new ‘Philly Pilly Wang Wang’ show at Gloucester Guildhall in February. The winner of the 2010 Chortle Student Comedy Award is back, fresh from a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run, and ready for his new tour which kicks off on the 2nd Feb at Bristol Old Vic. He’s best […]
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 […]
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 […]
If you have ever lost a relative or close friend, whether it was to illness, old age or disease, you understand the difficulties of grieving and dealing with aftermath of death. But what if the loved ones in your life, be it your Father, Sister, Aunt or best friend told you they were going to […]
“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 […]
At yesterday’s Parliamentary General Election, I was a presiding officer at one of the hundreds of polling stations across the UK, and here’s a round-up of my observations.
It was a great moment for the local Conservative Party last night with the party winning all six seats across the county. This is the first time it’s happened since the 2010 general election, when Neil Carmichael won the Stroud seat from Labour MP David Drew. History has appeared to repeat itself, with Conservative candidate […]
Today was the start of another set of newsdays! We’ve moved on from the Cheltenham 2020 project and are now on the Crisis project, where we’re all producing content on different crises in society. We’re tackling a whole range of issues, ranging from euthanasia to car pollution. We’ve been split into four different teams, based […]