After the death of veteran journalist, Giorgos Karaviaz, Josh Bate contemplates the nature and safety of investigative journalism. Should journalists be offered more protection, considering the dangers they face in exposing the truth?
Air Pollution: A Public Health Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
Last month air pollution was deemed to be a material cause of the death of a nine year old girl. Will Nixon investigates air pollution and efforts to combat it.
The Genius of Diego Armando Maradona
Diego Maradona, regarded by many as one of the greatest footballers of all time, passed away on Wednesday 25th November at his home in Tigre, near Buenos Aires. He was, and remains, widely adored for […]
Good Grief: The Society Talking About Student Bereavement
Society has been taken over this week by the Bereaved and Young Student Network (BAYSN). This LUU society are doing their best to support students who have ex-perienced death, by surrounding them with students who […]
Arrest Made In Connection With Hyde Park Death
West Yorkshire Police have made a second arrest in connection with the death of a man in the Hyde Park area of Leeds. Police were called to an address on Harold Grove at 3.28am on […]
Re living LRFS’ TIME.LESS performance
This year’s much anticipated 10th anniversary Leeds RAG Fashion Show took the captivating title of ‘TIME•LESS’, a show incorporating the moments in life experienced by all, ones to remember, ones we would rather avoid and […]
Presenting the LRFS 10th anniversary theme!
It’s finally here! After all that waiting and wondering, LRFS have let us in on their 10th anniversary theme: TIME.LESS The name suggests a certain relationship between the ‘iconic’ within fashion and the concept of […]
Dead Body Found by Police in Hyde Park
Police have confirmed that a dead body was found in Hyde Park earlier this morning. The body of a man was discovered at 17 minutes past 9 collapsed outside a house on Royal Park Avenue. […]
Police confirm Leeds Beckett student died in Manchester bombing
Police have confirmed that Courtney Boyle, 19, died in the terror attack on Manchester Arena. The Leeds Beckett University student was reported missing following the bomb blast at the Ariana Grande concert on Monday night. […]
Hyde Park regular Bernard ‘Brian’ Davey death confirmed
It has been confirmed that Bernard Davey, a homeless man and familiar face to many in Hyde Park, has passed away. Many knew him as Brian, an elderly man who was often in his wheelchair outside the […]
Fatal traffic collision on Kirkstall Road
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was killed and a driver seriously injured in a road traffic incident last night on Kirkstall Road nearby the Cardigan Fields retail park. The 33-year-old […]
History’s mad scientists and their obsession with death
The Ancient Egyptians, Vikings and modern Christianity – all major civilisations and belief systems throughout history have had some predications concerning life after death. In contrast to these beliefs others have attempted to stop or, […]