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Check Yourself: Young People and Breast Cancer

14Jul

By Eloise ArcherNo Comments

Health, Plymouth

Check Yourself: Young People and Breast Cancer

Copyright Eloise Archer BY ELOISE ARCHER According to the NHS website, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in the UK, and almost 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer within their lifetime. These are some very daunting statistics, but when detected early on, survival rates are proven to be much higher. The Breast Cancer Support Charity also states that, “more than 90% of women diagnosed with breast cancer at the earliest stage survive their disease for at least 5 years, compared to around 15% for women diagnosed with the most advanced stage of disease”. Detecting breast cancer early can be massively helped by checking your breasts regularly. After speaking to some university students, it became very clear that there is a huge lack of awareness for th...

Plymouth’s Arts Community: The Rise out of Lockdown

8Jul

By Melissa HawkinsNo Comments

Culture, Entertainment, Plymouth

Plymouth’s Arts Community: The Rise out of Lockdown

BY MELISSA HAWKINS Copyright - Amii Illustrates Theatre-goers bustle into the warm auditorium, hugging their damp coats and fistfuls of confectionery as they take their seats amongst the wine fuelled chatter that floats around The Drum. A few doors down, ticket holders patiently wait in line for tonight’s band, a buzz of excitement trailing way beyond the doors and giggling queues of the Pavilion. Set back from the eclectic energy that seeps through the city centre, small groups gather to review their most recent book club read; a tricky dystopian page turner that appears worlds apart from our own. I think back to the last time I went to the theatre – I caught a one woman show at the Barbican Theatre on a whim after lectures one evening; it was raining outside so I was very...

4Jul

By Lucas VossNo Comments

Health, Plymouth

Get Movember 2020 Ready

BY LUCAS VOSS Behind the scenes, work is underway in preparation for this year’s Movember, with ambassadors ready in their roles for the upcoming campaign in November 2020. Despite months until the foundations’ annual peak of awareness, the importance in the present day could not be more relevant. Social immobility across the globe has significantly changed everyone’s lives, increasing loneliness, depression and anxiety. The Guardian reported that "young men aged 18-25" mainly required admission during the pandemic. “What’s happening now is impacting us all in different ways” - Brendan Maher, Global Director of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention for Movember. On average men die nearly six years earlier than women, with poor mental health, and testicular and prostate cancer ...

The Fight Against Racism Takes More Than a Two-hour Protest

26Jun

By Emily BrownNo Comments

Black Lives Matter, Editor's Pick, Plymouth

The Fight Against Racism Takes More Than a Two-hour Protest

BY EMILY BROWN Photography by Lucas Voss A few weeks have now passed since the people of Plymouth took part in the Black Lives Matter Solidarity Protest, where 1000 people were estimated to have gathered. The organisers of the two-hour demonstration iterated on their Facebook page that it would be “a peaceful protest for the racist killings of Black people and those affected by police brutality,” which is not just a reality for those living in America, but also for Black people living in the UK. Black people make up 3% of our population yet 8% of all those who die in police custody are Black. Even in the middle of a pandemic, racism and police brutality could no longer be brushed aside in the UK, and white people could no longer choose to ignore racism which continues to occur. D...

18Jun

By Lucas VossNo Comments

COVID-19, Plymouth

Is Remote Working the Future We Want?

BY LUCAS VOSS Image: © Lucas Voss Lifestyles have been turned upside down, and the norms of daily routines challenged. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken everyone up, despite plenty of warning signs and time to prepare for the arrival of the virus that severely struck China, Italy, Iran and Spain, as authorities hurried to set lockdown law in the respective nations. Amongst twiddling thumbs, and twenty-second long cries of “happy birthday” echoing from the SU toilets, there was a quiet unease trembling beneath the surface of the Plymouth students. As the new week commenced, it seemed we would be left lingering a little longer, so normal work proceeded. This was soon to change before the end of business that same day. All was thrown up in the air, as everyone hurried to adapt to hom...

11Jun

By Emily BrownNo Comments

COVID-19, Plymouth

Five Things I Have Learnt In Lockdown

BY EMILY BROWN ©ayapach Since the UK entered a national lockdown, there has been added pressure on social media to be proactive and productive. This endless free time pushed me to finally commit to learning sign language, something I have been wanting to do since I was given my late granddad’s ‘Dictionary of Signs’ as a little girl. Despite this, lockdown has left me feeling unmotivated. Now should be the time for me to practice French again, to read, to get in shape, but, even simple tasks such as putting away laundry or cooking something other than cheesy rice seem to be an impossible feat. Should this make me feel guilty? No. I haven’t seen my family since December and had to be updated on my dad contracting and defeating COVID-19 via WhatsApp. These are not ‘normal’ times, s...