by Mark Harrison | Apr 21, 2021 12:00PM | Long Reads, Sport
On a cold spring evening, as the sun began to dipped behind the bank at the end of a large playing field, people began to gather around a freshly-laid baseball diamond. They dropped off kit bags and picked up metal bats, battered leather gloves and worn-out baseballs....
by Cosmo Teare | Apr 20, 2021 1:53PM | Long Reads, Sport
“Seriously, you have got to stamp on this. It’s a criminal act against football fans in this country. Punish them. They will probably hide in a few weeks, and say it was nothing to do with them, they were only talking about it. Seriously, in the midst of a pandemic,...
by Liv Hill | Apr 20, 2021 1:00PM | Long Reads
With life beginning to return to normal after a series of gruelling lockdowns, charity shops have become the places to be on local high streets across the country. Having time to reflect during lockdown, we are all becoming increasingly aware of the need to be more...
by Ellie Maddocks | Apr 19, 2021 4:10PM | Long Reads
It was a sunny lockdown Saturday in April 2020. With her employees on furlough, Pauline Crawley was alone at her sewing supplies shop in Attercliffe, Sheffield. Like many business owners, Pauline had been worried about shutting-up shop and the impact the pandemic...
by Michael Jones | Apr 19, 2021 3:41PM | Long Reads, Sport
With the summer Olympics just months away, skateboarding fans will be delighted to see the sport feature at the games for the first time. Tokyo 2020, set to commence on July 23rd this summer, has been a long time coming for skateboarders, especially after the pandemic...
by Aditi Rane | Apr 19, 2021 2:44PM | Long Reads
Halima Hussain received a text message inviting her to take the COVID-19 vaccine last month, after pondering over it for a couple of minutes, she proceeded to delete it. She had decided she was not going to accept the vaccine. On why she rejected the invitation, she...
