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Label Volunteer Joshua Gray brings you the latest news on tonight’s vote on Brexit. After a bitter Brexit defeat in the Commons, Prime Minister Theresa May has three days to decide the next steps for a Brexit faltering in its tracks, and a confidence vote to fight on Wednesday. After Theresa May suffered her second Brexit defeat in 24 hours on Wednesday Evening – this time led by her own MPs who forced the Government to provide revised plans within three days rather than 21 – there was little doubt that today’s vote on the Brexit deal would fail.…

Our Label Volunteer, Vicki Phillips is here to help YOU pick the perfect New Years Resolutions for your BEST year of life yet! With 2018 at an end and 2019 already kicked off, I can guarantee that you’re all searching for the best way to have best the possible year and be the best version of yourself. Gym memberships will be purchased, diet plans prepared and promises to spend less money all occur. But even though improving ourselves is never a negative, we place so much pressure on setting new goals that the majority of people simply forget about…

Label Editor, Amie Woodyatt, takes on sports, discussing the accomplishments of four GB Hockey women who received honorary doctorates from Loughborough University in December. Madeleine Hinch, Dr Hannah Macleod, Giselle Ansley, and Nicola White were awarded honorary doctorates by the university in December for their participation in women’s hockey. While the Winter Graduation celebrated hundreds of students, the four women were recognised for their contribution to the sport, after helping bring home Gold Medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Olympic success was the first time in history women’s hockey had taken home Gold, and resulted in a surprising,…

Returning Label volunteers Chris Leroux, discusses an important member of every committee which can sometimes be forgotten. When you think of Hall Committees, you often think of Hall Chairs or Social Secs first. Which is for a very good reason; they are normally the first members of your Hall Committee you meet and are definitely the most vocal. You then normally speak to the Treasurers, the Sports Secs and the Rag and Action Reps. You go to the Welfare Rep for support, you buy clothes off the Stash Rep and you learn about recycling from the FREEC Rep. However,…

12 AU teams are ready to battle against each other in the first ever lip sync battle on 13th February! Tickets on sale soon. [videojs mp4=”https://webvids.lsu.co.uk/2018-19/LSUTV/Promo/lipsync_promo_website_final.mp4″ poster=”http://media.lsu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/final-still.png”]

Label Volunteer Isaac Cave takes a look at the evolution and 20th Anniversary of the video game, Half-Life. Half-life was a first-person shooter developed by Valve and was released in 1998 for Microsoft windows, yet unlike other shooters of this era such as Doom or Quake that followed the simple formula of “run, gun, fun” Half-Life was so much more. Valve co-founder Gabe Newell stated that the team aimed to build an immersive world rather than a shooting gallery, and they succeeded as Half-Life had won over 50 PC game of the year awards and is popularly considered to…

With the new year, comes a new series from Label Music. REWIND will revisit a whole host of old school icons of the music industry, and first up; volunteer Gugundeep Kaur takes you on a journey way back, re-introducing A Tribe Called Quest. With the rise of mumble rappers and mindless trap, I think it’s time we looked back to the classic hip-hop artists from way back when. Listening to old-school hip-hop has recently become somewhat of a millennial trend, but I think both stylistically and lyrically there is much to learn from the older artists; since we wouldn’t…

Returning Label volunteer, Chris Leroux, discusses the different possibilities surrounding Brexit. “Is it over yet?” seems to be the question everyone is asking. Unfortunately, Brexit never seems to be out of the headlines. For the past 2 years Brexit is something that you can’t avoid, whether it be on the news, in conversations, or in popular culture (if anything pre-Brexit Britain seems to have a culture of its own). Much like the ever closer reach of death; Brexit is seemingly omnipresent and whether or not we leave, will be a key part of British politics for at least the…

Returning Label volunteer, Bella Butler, brings you our latest sports piece on F3 driver, Billy Monger. Billy Monger is a remarkable young man with an incredible story. After being involved in a horrific racing car crash when he was 17 years old, he became a double amputee. Yet this didn’t deter Billy in his love of motor racing. Billy started car racing when he was just 6 years old; by the age of 10, he was a British Champion. In April 2017, Billy was top of his game having podiumed frequently; his results being his best to date. At…

Volunteer, Meg Jocson Ong, brings us into the New Year with tips on how you can keep an eye on what you spend this year, while still having fun. The first few months of university can be challenging, especially when you have to start acting like an adult and learn to manage your own expenses. Through experience, I have 7 tips to help you get through the big hurdle that is the student budget! 1. List out your monthly expenses Expenses like your phone bill and rent are easy to tackle, but your shopping allowance and ‘extras’ can be…