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Dozens watched as two new names were unveiled at Cheltenham’s war memorial service The names of Labour Corps and Pioneer Joseph George Mitchell from the Royal Engineers and Corporal Francis Howard Pargeter of Royal Berkshire regiment now stand among the hundreds of others. This comes 100 years to the month since Cheltenham War Memorial was […]
By Kiera Neal All care home staff in the UK must now be double vaccinated in order to keep their jobs, so they can keep the number of Covid cases in care homes as low as possible. According to a press release that was released yesterday, by the National Care Forum, the government consulted the policy earlier in the year. However, the majority of the general public and patients in care did not support the mandation of compulsory vaccinations for carers. […]
Student Union leaders are meeting tonight to discuss the future of women’s safety in Cheltenham. SU leaders at the University of Gloucestershire have called a general meeting where women’s safety and sexual harassment on campus will be being discussed. Emma Milsom, student voice manager at the university, said the meeting this evening will provide a […]
“People were going nuts pushing each other, falling over left, right and centre.” Music fans are calling for safety concerns to be taken more seriously after events unfolded at the Astroworld festival. Calum Kent, a music business student, remembers his haunting experience at a Ghostemane concert in London back in 2019. The venue only held […]
The number of positive coronavirus cases has decreased by an estimated 57% in two weeks in the UK, despite hospitals still being busy. Whilst positive cases have decreased over two weeks, hospitals in Gloucestershire are still struggling to care for covid patients. The current positive cases are estimated at around three thousand, compared to the […]
News Days are back, this time with a brand new team! After our first year being limited due to COVID-19 restrictions, it’s refreshing to have the opportunity to all be together in the newsroom following guidelines, so we can be present over social media, radio and the web now and in the coming weeks. This […]
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The number of children living in poverty in the UK rises year after year, but the pandemic has revealed a whole new kind of modern day poverty. Digital poverty is where children are without access to appropriate hardware, software or reliable access to the internet. This creates a divide between kids with and without internet […]
“All in all, the worst Oscars ever, and that’s quite an accomplishment.” The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ scaled back pandemic version of the Oscars on Sunday, could be described as either incredibly refreshing or incredibly awkward; depending on what you thought of Glenn Close doing Da Butt, among other moments. But the […]
Students are currently set to return to school on the 8th of March as part of the government’s roadmap into leaving lockdown. ParkLife will be looking back on all of the key announcements that have been made about schools over the Covid-19 pandemic. We will also be bringing you all the latest updates coming in […]