How COVID-19 changed the world

It’s always an interesting thought exercise for anybody wondering about the scale of change and reaction across the world to the Covid-19 pandemic, to simply cast their minds back one month and try and remember what life was like.

The 2020 budget: Is it doing enough for the North?

Last December, the conservative party won the biggest majority since the 1930’s and this was largely credited to the party gaining traditional labour seats in the North of England and Wales. It’s easy to see why - not only did they promise to deliver Brexit once and for all in their 2019 manifesto, but they also promised to finally level the playing field between the North and South

How is the world responding to the rising sea levels?

The massive issue of global warming is having an unprecedented effect on the rising sea level. From the ice caps melting, to the loss of Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets and the thermal expansion thanks to warmer waters – its clear to see there’s an issue, but what exactly are we doing as a collective to stop this?

Coronavirus Drives Investors to Safety

Amidst the panic and scaremongering surrounding the ominous Coronavirus, there is an interesting paradox unfolding in the meeting rooms of the world’s most powerful people – how do they balance the protection of the population with the protection of the world economy?

The race to challenge Trump

It was early in the morning of Tuesday 4th February that people all over the world started to tune into the latest developments of the Iowa caucus results, expecting to find out who had struck the first blow in the race to be the Democratic Party nomination to run for President of the United States in November of this year.

Facebook, Deepfakes and Donald Trump

We’ve only just entered 2020, and social media conglomerate Facebook has already been in the news for a number of different reasons. Two of the biggest stories coming from the California-based company have been the banning of deepfakes and the controversial ad policy that played a big part in the election of Donald Trump.

HS2 to be reviewed

In what is perhaps the least surprising news of the year, the future of HS2, England’s new high speed rail line linking London to the North, appears to be in doubt…