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The Brit Awards 2021 nominations were announced last week prior to the scheduled ceremony in May, with a whole host of artists and bands nominated for awards. Label volunteer, Leah Langley, provides a full list of the nominees, alongside some of her predictions for the ceremony. The Brit Awards are set to take place on May 11th, 2021, after being one of many events delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the leading artists for this year’s awards include the likes of Dua Lipa, Celeste, and Joel Corry, although there is clear variety across the nominations which has…
144 days. That’s all we had to wait between Masters tournaments as the 84th instalment of the Augusta National tournament finds its way back to the classic spring slot. Many questions will be answered this week. Will DJ be able to become only the fourth player to defend his green jacket? Will Bryson be able to tame Augusta with his explosive power? Or will it be an outside favourite who will don the green jacket, as Danny Willet did back in 2016? Last Year’s Antics For some people Dustin Johnson’s Masters victory in 2020 came with an asterisk. The competition…
Having caused great controversy, the ‘Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill’ has been hailed by some as a necessary step and criticised by others as a drift towards authoritarianism. Ada Ughanwa runs through the argument in more detail. The Crime bill emerged following the Metropolitan police crackdown at the vigil held on the 13th of March to commemorate the life of Sarah Everard, a woman found dead and suspected to have been murdered by a police officer. Police dispersed the crowds that had gathered as they were breaching lockdown rules, but the crowds responded violently to their actions which led…
LSU CASH’s Workshop Coordinator and volunteer writer, Megan McKone, breaks down the importance of love languages and how they can be utilised in a relationship. Not everyone feels loved in the same way and that is okay, the way you might feel love might be different to how your partner, your best friend, or your family member might feel love. People tend to show their love through their own love language and if their love language is different from their partner’s they may not feel loved. Have you ever wondered why you do not always feel loved, or have you ever wondered…
The eyes of the boxing world were firmly set on the fight between Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin, on March 27th, 2021, as the pair were back to battle it out against each other once more. They had originally taken to the ring on August 22nd, 2020, after their fight had been postponed due to the pandemic. Whyte arrived at the battle having won several fights over the years, winning his last 11 fights in a row, and he was on the brink of a world title shot if he could take the Russian down. Whyte was the WBC interim…
Although the protests have been mentioned in the news, COVID-19 once again dominates the headlines, leaving many not sure about what is actually happening in Myanmar (or Burma), and why. Leah Langley takes a look, and summarises the events thus far. Myanmar has been experiencing a state of civil unrest for several weeks due to a Coup D’état occurring in the country and protests breaking out in response. On February 1st, 2021, it was announced on the official TV station of the Army that the military were now in charge of the country and a year-long state of emergency was…
News Editor Izzie Naish explains the aims of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and why it is so important in today’s society. TW: Sexual Assault Text them when you get home safe. Phone someone while in the Uber. Don’t wear short skirts or low-cut tops. Leave before it gets dark. Cover your drink. Get a male friend to walk you home. Stay on brightly lit pavements. Don’t get too drunk. Make sure to know whose around you. Hold your keys between your knuckles. Many women, including myself, follow these statements as though they’re a rulebook, and many women, including myself, have…
In what is said to be a historic turning point in US industrial relations, Sebastian Wieneke takes a look at the efforts by Amazon workers to unionise, and the (often dubious) tactics used by upper management to thwart this Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama are currently at the centre of a landmark vote to establish what could be the first unionised Amazon Warehouse in the United States. This vote is one of the first of its kind in Amazon’s 26-year history. Voting closed this Monday, but due to potential contest around vote counts from both sides, the outcome isn’t…
This is only loosely based on fact. A sheep has been resc-ewe-d from the boot of a car after a vehicle was seen running a red light. Stop me if ewe’ve herd about this before. A Peugeot was stopped in Loughborough High Street at 20:50 BST on Friday by PC Katie & PC Will. The driver and passenger claimed the animal was legitimately purchased – in fact, they insist they got it for a baa-gain, they “practically fleeced the guy who sold it.” The officers were unable to confirm this, due to a significant lamb-guage baa-rrier with the third occ-ewe-pant…
Having virtually disappeared from the political arena since his replacement took office, the question of everyone’s minds is still ‘what next for Donald Trump?’. Volunteer writer Ishaq Adams gives us his view on the situation and his prediction. Another failed impeachment, a landmark wall on the southern border with Mexico and the accusation toward the emerging global superpower, China, of crimes that have not been seen for over half a century. These were the last days of the 45th President of the United States, a presidency that will without a doubt go down in history as perhaps one of the…