News and views from Journalism students at De Montfort University in Leicester
By Lauren Sedgley At the age of seventeen, not a lot of teenagers know what they want to do for the rest of their life. At this age they are constantly being pressured to make decisions; do I go to university, do I get an apprenticeship, what other options are there, if I go to […]
Life is all but ordinary for Dan and Joe Thompson who spilt their time between school and racing Speedway
By Kiran Bedder-Patel “I still remember the bleeping sound of the cash point asking me if I wanted more time. Time is the last thing I wanted at that moment. I was put in a cell and cried all night long I’m not afraid to say it.” Hardly a sequence of events you’d expect […]
An Oadby and Wigston-based community group aiming to promote and educate healthy emotional well-being has started an initiative to knit a scarf long enough to go around the world.
By Kiran Bedder-Patel The Riverside festival returned to Leicester this weekend, with a range of food stalls, live bands and boat trips for the whole family to enjoy. The free two-day festival which has proved a success for the past 20 years, starts at Bede park and goes along Western Boulevard where a range […]
