The county of Nottinghamshire is home to some of the most deprived communities in the country, with areas in Nottingham East such as Sneiton and St Ann’s being ranked in the top 10% most deprived areas nationally. In the wake of the coronavirus…
The popular crisp brand Walkers has recently adopted a new technique that it claims will reduce the CO2 emissions from its manufacturing process by 70%. The new technology will use CO2 captured from beer fermentation in a brewery, which is mixed with potato…
Hand eczema affects up to 6 million people in the UK and can have serious implications on day to day life that many individuals are not aware of.
Now, with the rise of COVID-19, hand washing, and the use of hand sanitisers has…
COVID-19 has dominated the world news over the last year as well as almost every other aspect of peoples lives. India is no exception: with 9.4 million positive cases and 137,000 deaths, the country has the second highest number of cases globally and,…
Orange is the New Black star Laverne Cox was recently caught up in a transphobic attack in Los Angles. Addressing the issue in a 10 minute video to her Instagram followers, she said that ‘it’s not safe if you’re a trans person’ when…
Despite the country now going into its second lockdown of the year, tensions between drug gangs are amounting to a ‘power struggle’ in the Meadows and St Ann’s in Nottingham. According to the force’s knife crime team, which is based at St Ann’s…
A recent analysis from the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) has suggested that the poorest areas of England have seen the biggest cuts to councils’ public health budgets. What is more, it is these regions that have also been hit the hardest…
BBC Radio 4 recently revealed its ‘Women’s Hour Power List’ for 2020. This year the radio 4 programme focused on women based in the UK who are making a positive contribution to the environment or the sustainability of our planet, in an attempt…
Following on from his critically acclaimed film ’12 Years a Slave’, Steve McQueen is back with a new film series: ‘Small Axe’. The five-part film series explores the lives of people in the London’s West Indian Communities, telling stories of strong fought victories…
A recent engagement report into user engagement with brands on Instagram revealed that throughout the pandemic, particularly at the height of lockdown, this engagement dipped to the lowest level of the year 2020 so far.
Yet, despite this decline in engagement with potential…