THE LATEST: The LSR News Podcast

We're back with a bang as more Downing Street parties emerge and the Prime Minister's position looks perilous. Izzy, Tom, Will and Becca take a look at the allegations and their consequences. 

Join the LSR News Team as they explore all things festive in Leeds and London! Astrid and some of her Hometime team take us round the Leeds Christmas Markets and onto the Leeds Ice Rink. Then Tom and Izzy explore London, including Covent Garden, Trafalgar Square and Winter Wonderland. Merry Christmas! 

The news team look back on the top stories of 2021 including the Capitol Riots, the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, the Euros, Girls Night In and the Downing Street Christmas party.

Tom and Izzy travel to Westminster to speak to Michael Fabricant MP about Boris, the Downing Street Party and his career in parliament and in radio. Plus, there's a cheeky story about a spliff!

Tom debates the ongoing UCU lecturer strikes with Alaric Hall, treasurer of the UCU's Leeds branch, Aysha Burton, Union Affairs and Communications officer at LUU, and students Izzy and Shola.

Tom and Jay watch Kevin Sinfield finish his 101 mile run in 24 hours, raising money for Motor Neurone Disease charities. They also talk to Lindsey Burrow, wife of Leeds Rhinos legend Rob Burrow who suffers from the disease, about what impact the money will have.

Izzy, Joscelin and Isabel from Girls Night In join Becca in interviewing Jess Phillips MP. They discuss the recent rise in spiking and what can be done to combat it from a government level, as well as the broader issue of the safety of women in society today. It was incredible to hear from Jess who has been fighting these issues for so long, and to get advice on where the Girls Night In movement c...

Tom is joined by Andrew Edwards, presenter on BBC Radio Leeds, Jasjit Singh, Associate Professor at the School of Philosophy and Religion, Benji Goldstein, presenter of Have a Little Faith on LSR, and Bella Lomas, member of LSR News. They discuss religion in Leeds, whether it has been impacted by the pandemic, whether the university does enough to accommodate different religious groups, and what w...

Astrid, Josh and Holly talk to protesters at the Millennium Square climate protest about COP26, including a representative from the Green Party. Astrid, Tom and Izzy then wrap up the conference, what it achieved and whether it will make a difference.

Astrid and Izzy sit down with Hilary Benn the Labour MP for Leeds Central since 1999. We discuss his views on climate change and how we can combat it here in Leeds, and the situation of COVID-19 at the moment and his opinions of Boris Johnson the leadership of this country. We also ask Hilary whether he would support a tuition fee reduction for students and how important students are to his policy...

In this special episode Tom travels to parliament to meet Nigel Evans, MP for the Ribble Valley and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons. He talks about sitting in the speakers chair, working inside parliament, how he went from selling newspapers in Swansea to being elected as an MP, and the death of his friend David Amess.  Thanks very much to Nigel for inviting me down and being so honest...

Tom and Izzy sit down with Leeds North West MP Alex Sobel. We discuss how he got into politics, what his key priorities are right now, the role he is playing at COP26 and how he spent his time as a student here in Leeds! 

Tom and Izzy look back on Girls Night In, the boycott of clubs and bars due to a rise in injections and spiking. They hear from people boycotting on the night, the founders of the movement in Leeds (including Izzy herself!), responses from staff and bouncers from the clubs and bars as well as people who have been spiked themselves.

Tom and Alex visit clubs and bars on the night of the Girls Night In boycott in Leeds. They receive some worrying responses from staff and bouncers.  Please subscribe to 'The Latest' for more responses and an overview of the night next week. This was originally broadcast as part of the Girls Night In programme on LSR.

Bella talks to staff and students involved with the worldwide Restart a Heart programme, and gets involved herself!

We speak to students about their experiences (both good and bad) of going out in Leeds, and what can be done to improve nightlife and safety for women. We're joined by George from Reclaim the Night Leeds for a chat about what they're doing to help the situation.

Tom and Izzy bring you the reaction to the death of David Amess, as well as updates on the investigation into his murder.

Tom, Izzy and Alex discuss the murder of Sir David Amess, MP for Southend West, and what it means for MP's security.

This week we've teamed up with LSR Sport to bring you the best of Yorkshire's Olympics Homecoming, speaking to some of Yorkshire's top Olympians and Paralympians. They include gold medallists Kadeena Cox, Jess Learmouth, Georgia Taylor-Brown. Plus, we had a cheeky chat with Alastair Brownlee about retirement and what it's like to watch your brother win gold!

We've been talking to Bing Jones from Insulate Britain about what the group hopes to achieve and why they think it's ok to block the M25. It's a fiery one!

This week we've been speaking to Gary Graham, a supply chain management expert from here at the University of Leeds about why the country is seeing nationwide shortages of petrol, whether your energy bills may go up and will we see shortages at Christmas?!  This is a great listen if you want to get your head around all the supply shortages at the moment and what they mean for you.

Tom and Izzy report from the Seven Promises, Zero Action climate protest held at the University on Friday. We speak to the organisers, students and staff about why they're protesting, what we can do to combat climate change and whether the university is acting fast enough.

Welcome to The Latest from Leeds Student Radio News, where we take a deeper dive into the biggest stories in Leeds and around the country.

Tom and Izzy chat to Times Radio Political Correspondent Charlotte Ivers about everything going on in the political world at the moment. From Keir Starmer's upcoming make or break conference, to what are Boris Johnson's true colours? Sorry about the quality of the audio-the line wasn't the best!

Tom and Izzy go exploring at Leeds Freshers fair! We chat to the biggest and best stalls at Leeds Freshers fair, including a wizard, a caver and some freshers on a bus!