Politics

https://youtu.be/SUAz0rz0ueY As of the beginning of March, over one million Ukrainian residents have left their country to seek shelter from the ongoing Russian invasion. With over half a million refugees having crossed the border into Poland and hundreds of thousands into surrounding European countries, these people are in need of...

Ambulance wait times across Lincolnshire for the most serious conditions can be more than double the national average. Category 1 incidents are the most severe and most life-threatening incidents that the NHS 999 call line receives. In the best areas, mostly closer to Lincoln, the wait times are as low...

Photo credit: Meghan Green/Matt WarmanMatt Warman MP outside a constituency event A Lincolnshire MP says that “the armed police model in Westminster would not work well in constituency surgeries". Conservative MP Matt Warman, who represents Boston and Skegness, says that in an ideal world constituency surgeries “are just walk in...

The passing of May 25th marked the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, a 46 year old black man, at the hands of those who were sworn in to ‘Protect and Serve’.    Black Lives Matter Protests occur all over America. Photo Credit:Clay Banks   Not Long...

Fly-tipping was high on the agenda before Marc Jones was re-elected as Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner. It's described on the government's website as 'illegal dumping of liquid or solid waste on land or in water.' Marc Jones has made it clear to LSJ News that this is an issue...

The statement on the website of Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), a Switzerland-based cotton organisation, about forced labour in Xinjiang disappeared, whilst H&M’s remains unchanged. The China Office of the organisation said in March they have conducted second-party credibility investigation and third-party verification since its registration in 2012, but found no case...

On the 22nd of May, organisers of a pro-palestinian protest in London announced a turnout of 180,000 people in support of Palestinian Liberation. Organisers and Activists described it as the ‘largest protest in support of Palestine in UK history’  Photo Credit: Peter Needham Photo Credit: Palestinian Deep Dive This mass...

Young people have stood up for issues like climate change in recent years, but is more of an interest needed in local politics?

From May 7, all council meetings across England will be required to hold meetings face to face rather than virtually, thanks to a decision made by High Court. Council meetings will take place in City Hall committee rooms and inside Lincoln Cathedrals Chapter House. Credit: David Iliff.  Councils will need...

An LSJ news poll shows only 1.6% of women feel safe everywhere in Lincoln, while 49% don’t feel safe anywhere. This follows a report that showed 97% of young women have experienced sexual harassment of some kind in the UK. Women have been showing solidarity in the wake of the...

Residents of Fallowfields halls, at the University of Manchester, woke to see that their accommodation had been surrounded with 7ft high metal fencing with one student describing it as “prison-like”. Officials say the fencing was put in place to address security concerns, "particularly about access by people who are not...