ParkLife Podcast: Online safety

Should Christmas Bonus be Increased?

Every year, people claiming Universal Credit receive a Christmas Bonus, worth £10. However, with the rising cost-of-living crisis, should this payment be increased? The increases in the costs of consumer goods, underpinned by strong demand from consumers and supply chain bottlenecks, have been factors causing rising inflation, which almost makes the £10 payment seem redundant.  […]

Properties across Gloucestershire damaged by stones

Properties in Tetbury, Gloucestershire have been targeted by stone-throwers. One shop in particular on London Road has had its windows smashed three times in the past two months. A person has been seen picking up stones off the ground, throwing them at the property and then running away. They have been described as tall, slim […]

The Last Normal: Greta Thunberg’s Bristol protest

Alice Knight explains what it was like attending Greta Thunberg’s first climate change protest in the UK Yesterday marked 300 days since England was thrown into its first national coronavirus lockdown, with the country now in its third. It’s beginning to feel like we’ve been in lockdown for years, so it can be strange to […]