by Caitlin James | May 14, 2025 3:39PM | Campaigns - LGBTQ Alcohol
Gay bars have long served as a sanctuary for queer people, but behind the glowing lights and echoing music, alarm bells are ringing as a culture of drink and drugs encourages substance abuse within the community. “The club experience can be described as a...
by Demi Koutouzi | May 3, 2024 10:34AM | Campaigns - Drink Spiking
A victim of drink spiking has spoken up about her ‘terrifying’ experience after being spiked and falling down the stairs at a Leeds venue. Sarah Horsley, 36, a behaviour support worker, went out for a meal with friends before continuing her night at a well-known bar...
by Alycia McNamara | May 2, 2024 3:56PM | Campaigns - Drink Spiking
A 33-year-old woman has claimed she was unable to try for a baby after being spiked with heroin at a Leeds club. The victim was allegedly left unconscious in a locked toilet for hours before being rescued by a friend. She called the police the next day and then...
by Holly Phillips | Mar 18, 2024 11:10AM | News
The Leeds-Hull indie rock band bdrmm will be returning this spring to Sheffield as part of their UK and Europe tour to promote their new album ‘I Don’t Know’. The band will be performing at Yellow Arch Studios on 19 March. Speaking of their Sheffield gig, the lead...
by Holly Phillips | Mar 4, 2024 3:12PM | Campaign - Disabilities, Long Reads, News
Niamh Ingram a DJ, who regularly appears at The Boiler Room and Wire in Leeds, as well as a weekend editor at the the world’s biggest dance music and clubbing magazine, Mixmag, speaks out about what it’s like to live with a long-term, chronic illness....