VoL news debrief vol. 3
Here’s the London local news that you need to know: Hyde Park in London evacuated after WWII device was found an hour ago Hyde Park in London has been evacuated this afternoon after an unexploded…
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NHS could be short of 350,000 staff by 2030
The staffing crisis in the NHS is deepening so severely that it could face a shortage of around 350,000 staff by 2030, three leading health think tanks in the country have warned, saying that workforce…
Who are the MPs that resigned following #Brexit?
Senior and junior members of parliament have quit over the #Brexit deal. Voice of London lists all MPs who have resigned because of the on-going turmoil of Britain’s exit from the EU. We have created…
Police asks public to identify a Westminster slash attack suspect
Metropolitan Police revealed a CCTV footage of a man slashing an unsuspecting woman across the bottom with a sharp object, late at night on Sunday, 28 October. On the evening of Sunday, 28 October 2018,…
University receives £1 million emergency loan
The higher education watchdog Office for Student (OFS), has given an emergency loan of £900,000 to a university this summer to help it get through a financial crisis. The anonymous university was running out of…
Virgin Media and EE fined £13.3M for overcharging customers
Ofcom fined the two companies for overcharging roughly 500,000 broadband and phone customers for wanting to leave their contracts early. According to the BBC, Ofcom says that nearly 500,000 customers are affected by excessive exit…
Are fewer officers to blame for rising crime?
The Voice of London spoke exclusively to a Police Constable on the condition of anonymity regarding cuts, and how the police keep our streets safe. The officer revealed the environment the police have to work…
Nightlife too expensive for a third of Londoners
36% of Londoners say that it is too expensive to go out at night, according to a new report by the London City Hall. The findings show that, outside of work, two-thirds of Londoners are…
Michelle Obama on Trump: “I’d never forgive him”
Expected to be released on November 13th, Michelle Obama’s memoir Becoming details her experience throughout Donald Trump’s constant advertisement of his birther conspiracy theory. The Washington Post published a snippet of the memoir: “The whole…
In November, talk to a horse: doctors prescribe nature to patients
Shetland island has started prescribing nature in conjunction with other treatments to their patients. This news comes after a successful pilot at Scalloway GP surgery, the largest island within the Shetlands. The prescription will acknowledge…