A day in the life: The LRC night team
Nancy Smith
Arriving at the LRC at Penrhyn Road campus an up-beat team are behind the desk greeting students with big smiles. It is 10pm, not late really, but for those of…
2015
KU graduate creates jobs for women in Ghana with handbag line
Priyanka Mogul
KU fashion graduate Akosua Afriyie-Kumi has founded her own handbag brand and is employing women in Ghana to help with manufacturing. Having graduated from womenswear fashion in 2009, she said…
Kingston’s VP Student Life holds onto post despite petition for her removal
Tonje Odegard
VP for Student Life, Naveena Satter, is to remain in her position at KUSU after an emergency executive meeting failed to provide a majority vote to remove her from her…
Kingston Council to invest £1.2m in extra police resources
Elizabeth Stromme
Kingston Council has announced that it will invest in 12 more police officers to enforce night time safety in the town centre. The decision to invest £1.2m in extra police…
Local Green Party candidate pledges to scrap tuition fees
In her talk at Kingston University, Green Party candidate for Kingston and Surbiton, Clare Keogh, promised of no tuition fees, no student loans and a citizen’s income to cover living…
Kingston smash Middlesex at Allianz Park
Anthony Waterworth
KU rugby enjoyed a 55- 0 win over Middlesex University on Wednesday at Allianz Park, home to Premiership side Saracens. Following a delayed kick off, President Paddy Murphy scored four…
Pancake Day special: recipes
Ilona Mosejeva
Pancake day, known as Shrove Tuesday, is the last day before Lent when people could fill up their tummies with fatty, sweet and rich food. And it happens to be…
Students kicked out of KUSU meeting
Students were upset after being excluded from a KUSU executive meeting only one hour after a motion was passed to allow students to participate in executive meetings. Several students stayed…
Two men charged in wake of Surbiton homophobic attack
Authorities have charged two men after a homophobic attack outside the KFC restaurant on Brighton Road, Surbiton, early Saturday morning on November 1, last year. Alan Banks, 26, from Kingston,…
Kingston resident charged with manslaughter after drugs death
A Kingston man has been charged with manslaughter after a father of four died of a suspected drug overdose. 43-year-old William Boots died inside a flat in Perry Court, on…