BUCS PROMOTION GAME – Plymouth Marjon vs Surrey
On Wednesday, Plymouth Marjon University took on the University of Surrey in a high anticipated Basketball game. Going into overtime, Surrey managed to upset Marjon University and get promoted to the highest BUCS league. End score being 90-86. Marjon’s squad...
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Plymouth Marjon Christmas Break
Students are starting to pack their belongings to go back home, as the first term is coming to an end. What will campus be like? At Marjon University, the campus is always lively with lots of exciting events and activities going on, however, over the Christmas break...
12 Days of Christmas?
New polls around the actual beginning of Christmas have revealed that opinions on the start date of the holiday are not quite shared by Plymouth’s public. Everyone knows the classic ‘12 days of Christmas’ expectation but few people agree with this time length for...
The locations of all traffic enforcement cameras in Plymouth
Have you been driving in Plymouth and accidentally ended up in a bus lane? Well, you wouldn’t be the only one, as in the last five years Plymouth City Council has fined over 107,000 motorists for bus lane and keep-clear offences. However, since 2017, the amount of...
Are Smart Meters Really a Smart Idea?
Great Britain is in the midst of a cost of living crisis. Food shopping prices have risen, as have fuel prices, public transport, utility bills and almost anything else that can be purchased from a store. As a result, people are understandably stressed about their...
Don’t Look Up: or, just don’t watch.
Don’t Look Up is the most recent hit from Netflix and is the newest film from Adam McKay (The Big Short, Anchorman) also having written, produced and directed the sci-fi comedy. IMDb describes the film to be “Two low-level astronomers [must] go on a giant media tour...
Student Accommodation – Here’s the problem.
Picture this; it’s September first, and you’re moving into your new flat – fresh into your second year at university and experiencing letting for the first time after a year of complete uncertainty. This was me.I got the train down the night before,...
How much do Apple slow iPhones down?
Joe McCormick investigates one of the biggest controversies in Apple’s history. Apple are the pioneers of the smartphone world. When the iPhone was first announced in 2007, the keynote’s audience laughed at Steve Jobs when he said that the primary method...
The Great British bake Off is back!
And we’re off! Tuesday saw the first of this year’s Great British Bake Off and, as always, it started with a bang. I’m slightly stumped by the Bake-Off team’s decision to open this year with the 30-year-old Billy-Ray Cyrus song (that nobody under 30 will even...
Pets to the rescue: The positive impact pets had on their owners during a year of lockdown restrictions
Now, after over a year of lockdowns here in the UK, people across the country have been reflecting on the help they have received from their loyal furry house mates. Sarah, 26, found being stuck at home during the first lockdown “very overwhelming”. After a medical...
A guide to funding a greener home
Have you ever thought about altering aspects of your home because it could be more energyefficient but you aren’t able to fund it yourself? There are a variety of different fundingoptions out there that will help you make your home a greener space. However, many of...