Lucinda Dodd

News A total of 56 north west London Metropolitan Police officers were accused of sexual assault between 2017 and 2023, data showed. An FOI request showed a significant rise in sexual misconduct allegations against North West Basic Command Unit (BCU) officers throughout the five years, with 21 accusations of misconduct and public complaints coming in 2022-23. This was over three times higher than reported incidents between 2017 and 2019.

The entire University of Nottingham community is devastated by the loss of two of our students, Barnaby Webber and Grace Kumar. The two 19-year-olds were walking home in the early hours of Tuesday 13th June when their lives were tragically cut short. They had just finished their first year of study at the University.

Lucinda Dodd Impact and Platform’s investigation, Project Winter, has put the spotlight on the massive financial hardships experienced by Nottingham students as the cost of living crisis took hold over this past winter. This ranges from living in housing that is covered in mould through to skipping meals to save money. Some students have even had to take on full-time jobs on top of their studies. And some have felt no choice but to turn to sex work to fund their degrees.