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05 May Life of Gangs

Gang culture has long been blamed for rising crime rates in London, and young adults are often attributed responsibility in forming and operating gangs who are involved with criminal behaviour such as theft, drug-trafficking and fatal injury, writes the Unity Since the 2011 London riots, gang...

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01 May Housing: The Great British Dilemma

As the country’s population grows – and the amount of proposed social or affordable housing developments become scarce – Great Britain’s housing issues are increasingly being dubbed as a crisis. But what are the facts? Asks Ash Houghton. As the general election looms, amongst all of...

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03 Dec Asylum seekers and refugees in the UK

Asylum Aid's Zoe Gardner and refugee coach driver Sylvia Jones give firsthand insight into the reality of the situation. Many of us know very little about asylum seekers and refugees. We don't know what they are, why they've left their countries, why they're coming to the UK...

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04 Nov Edited: The Global Food Crisis and Charity Participation

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="32px"][vc_column_text] A third of the world's food is wasted with millions going unfed, so what is being done to tackle the food shortage? [/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title="by Mark Singleton" title_align="separator_align_left" border="yes" background_color="#7f7f7f" border_color="#8224e3"][vc_empty_space height="32px"][vc_empty_space height="32px"][vc_single_image image="18216" border_color="grey" img_link_target="_self" img_size="650x450"][vc_column_text]Wasted food (credit: Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority)[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="32px"][vc_column_text]Fruits, vegetables, packed...

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04 Nov Edited: The invasion of gambling adverts

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="32px"][vc_column_text] The amount of gambling adverts in the media has increased at a staggering rate, however does this necessarily mean the amount of gambling is on the increase? [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="32px"][vc_text_separator title="by Mark Flexman" title_align="separator_align_left" border="yes" background_color="#7f7f7f" border_color="#8224e3"][vc_empty_space height="32px"][vc_single_image image="18139" border_color="grey" img_link_target="_self" img_size="650x450"][vc_column_text](credit: Peter Wallis) [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="32px"][vc_column_text]In 2005,...

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07 May Through my eyes: A day out with my dad

The aim of this slideshow is for people to know how a day out with my father would normally be through my perspective, written by Rafaela Sousa. My photo-story is based on a day out with my father, Everton, through my eyes. The pictures were taken in...

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