Author: LSU Media
England have had a perfect start to their qualification campaign for World Cup 2022, but just how is the team shaping up for the Qatar tournament next year? Sitting at the top of table on nine points, Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions appear to be in full control of their campaign, winning three from three against San Marino, Albania and Poland. England 5-0 San Marino Their comprehensive 5-0 win over San Marino kicked off the campaign, with England scoring as many goals as goalkeeper Nick Pope had touches in the first half. There were plenty of positives to take from the…
TW: details of racial abuse and violent hate crimes. On the 16th March, a gunman targeted a number of Asian massage parlours in the Atlanta area, leaving eight dead. With all of the victims Asian, this was a deadly and racist act of terrorism by a white supremacist. The gunman’s motives, which were obviously based on anti-Asian hate, were branded as “sex addiction”. This just emphasises the sexualisation Asian women face, even in the event of a deadly shooting. However, this is nothing new. The Centre for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University released findings in…
Returning Label volunteer writer Leah Langley enlightens us on New Zealand’s next success: the introduction of paid leave following a miscarriage. New Zealand has been in the news once more for making more progressive changes in its legislation. Since being under the leadership of Jacinda Ardern, it has not been uncommon to see New Zealand making the headlines for all the right reasons. This time, the country made the news for unanimously passing legislation that will see mothers and their partners receive paid leave following stillbirths or miscarriages. In what is being called a huge step for women’s workplace equality,…
A milestone was reached at the end of last week as Loughborough reported just 36 cases in the 7 days until Sunday – the lowest case rate since the end of September. The case rate of 51 per 100,000 remains higher than the English national average of 32, but remains the lowest since students returned to campus almost exactly six months ago. The last time a weekly rolling figure less than the current case rate were reported was on September 30th, when 21 cases were detected in the previous 7 days. The closest trough in cases since was in the…
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…