Emily is from East Leeds, studies journalism at Leeds Trinity University and is a history graduate from Greenwich University. Her hobbies and interests include creative writing, learning about different cultures, spirituality, and both historical and modern fashion.
Alison Hammond has been making the British nation laugh with her charming, humorous personality and Brummie tones on ITV’s This Morning for 17 years. But inspired by the appalling tragedy of George Floyd’s death on 25 May 2020, and the acceleration of the Black Lives Matter movement across the globe, she decided to put her […]
There is a widely held view that the North of England is a Brexit stronghold and indeed, in the EU referendum, just under 58 percent of voters in Yorkshire and Humber, 58 percent of voters in the North-East and 53 percent in the North-West voted Leave. The continuing enthusiasm for Brexit in the northern ‘red […]
Dr Kate Lister, course leader for creative and professional writing at Leeds Trinity University, inews columnist and published author, has been shortlisted for the ‘most innovative teacher of the year’ award at the Times Higher Education Awards 2020. She was nominated in recognition of a project in which her students worked with Basis Yorkshire, a […]
An A-level student from Barnsley has written a letter to the prime minister and the health secretary, as well as her new Conservative MP Miriam Cates, about the A-level results shambles. Her letter pleads for justice for this year’s A-Level cohort, after being subjected to a failed algorithm that appears to favour private schools over […]
The UK climate activism group Youth Strike 4 Climate launched a petition on 26 July 2020, calling for Leeds City Council to halt the Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) expansion plans. Youth Strike 4 Climate Leeds is pleading to the council, saying that if this expansion goes ahead, Leeds cannot meet its carbon reduction target of […]
A report published by Tell MAMA, UK Islamophobia Hate Crime Service, and Newcastle University has concluded that the community spirit shown throughout lockdown needs to be retained to improve relations between different groups in the North East. The team surveyed 111 people of various faiths and backgrounds from the region, from October 2019 to February […]
The next round of devolution deals comes to West Yorkshire, with a proposal for a new directly elected mayor and £1.8bn of funding into the area over the next 30 years. The deal, signed by the region’s council leaders and the government in March 2020, will see residents in West Yorkshire vote for their mayor […]
The agriculture bill had its second reading in the House of Lords on Wednesday 10 June 2020. But UK farmers remain uneasy and fear that the bill has been rushed through parliament without any clarity that food imports will meet UK production standards. The reading was led by Lord Gardiner of Kimble. He described how […]
Behind the scenes of this global pandemic, the tidying-up of Brexit and trade negotiations continue. The agricultural bill was passed through its third reading at the House of Commons on 13 May. It was the first to be voted on electronically by MPs, to comply with the Covid-19 social distancing measures. The bill had amendments […]
Covid-19 has resulted in challenges for most of us due to the social distancing rules. But what is the impact on the estimated 850,000 people with dementia in the UK? People with dementia need to do things regularly to keep refreshing their memory. Social contact, stimulation and routines are important for helping them to maintain […]