The long awaited sentencing of South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius for the killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013 was finally passed on 21st October 2014. Judge Thokosile Masipa sentenced…

Bloodhound SSC is an engineering project that aims to break the 1000mph World Land Speed Record with a rocket-propelled car. Since starting in 2008, the project has been widely praised for its ambition…

The Wessex buses are often the only way for students to get to uni, but for as long as the collective student memory can stretch the service has been terrible. This year however, they are outdoing themselves….

A collection of suggestions as to why Conservative politicians are defecting to UKIP at an impressive rate Alright, maybe not racist, but Eurosceptic xenophobes doesn’t have the same ring to it. Conservative…

The Home Secretary has ordered that those involved in extremist parties such as the Radical Islamist Extremists and neo-Nazis should be banned from making television appearances and broadcasting to the…

On Friday, 10th of October, it was announced that the UK Independence Party (UKIP) had claimed its first seat in the House of Commons. The seat in Clacton was taken by ex-Tory Douglas Carswell, who defected…

On Friday 26Th September 2014, the House of Commons voted in favour for British military to intervene against Islamic State in Iraq. Whilst Britain is only currently intervening militarily in Iraq, David…

Will Pitts tells WesternEye what he expects from his first Freshers week… It’s on the tip of a lot of tongues and the cusp of a lot of lips right now: the convoluted hybrid of excitement and terror…

Freshers’ week can be, for many students, the first time away from home and for some that means fun, freedom and parties. However despite the high expectations felt by a majority of students, there are…

Anna Osborne investigates the increasingly important issue of surveillance. Each time you upload a photo, write a status or tweet onto a social networking site you are consciously selecting information…