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    The Apprentice’s Avi Sharma: From Barclays To The BBC

    Throughout Season 17 of The Apprentice, we’ve come to love the candidates, following them through their journey on the show and in their endeavours after. Vivika Sahajpal was fortunate enough to interview Avi Sharma, getting an insight into his enlightening experiences before and on The Apprentice, including his time...
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    The Rise in Anti-Trans Legislation Since the Start of This Year

    Caitlin Kelly   On March 4th 2023, right-wing political commentator Michael Knowles spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington DC. He said that ‘transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely. The whole preposterous ideology’ adding that this would be ‘for the good of society.’ Whilst the...
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    Berlin Goes Topless

    City authorities in Berlin have allowed topless swimming for everyone at public pools, “because it establishes equal rights for all Berliners”. The decision comes after a woman, whose identity has not been revealed, complained after being ejected from a public pool for sunbathing topless in December 2022. Another woman...
  • #ProjectWinter: The Blame Game – Whose Job Is It To Help Students?

    Impact and Platform’s investigation, Project Winter, has put the spotlight on the massive financial hardships experienced by Nottingham students as the cost of living crisis took hold over this past winter.

    This ranges from living in housing that is covered in mould through to skipping meals to save money. Some...
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    Nottingham was named the 18th most dangerous place to live

    Jessica Couchman  According to official statistics and new data from the Office for National Statistics, it was revealed that Nottinghamshire was named the 18th most dangerous place to live in the UK.  Whilst local residents have made it apparent that this figure came as a surprise, it appears that...
  • Celebrating 50 Years Of Nottingham Nightline

    Holly Philpott If, during your time at university, you’ve taken a closer look at your student ID card and seen the number of ‘Nottingham Nightline’, you may have wondered what this mysterious phone number can lead to. Perhaps you’ve searched up Nightline and done a bit of reading from...
  • Someone puts money into a white piggybank there is text over the image saying - project winter platform x impact at best it's a careless decision at worst it's downright neglectful, no amount of scrimping and saving will make the loan enough to live on the government has cut the maintenance loan by stealth

    #Project Winter: Save the Student call for government to help save students from financial “turmoil”

    Laura Scaife, Adam Eaton and Will Hugall explore the “absolutely unworkable” maintenance loans and one student group's petition to change it....