Ravenside flooding and natural disasters
Jack, from the Dunston Primary Academy YJA team, discusses the aftermath of the 2023 Ravenside flooding and the time it took for businesses to reopen. Jack goes on to mention another significant natural disaster. Listen below to find out more.
Hardwick Hall: History and secret rooms
Harry, from the Dunston Primary Academy YJA team, takes you behind the scenes of Hardwick Hall, including the secret rooms!
What’s making the news across the world?
Luca, from the Dunston Primary Academy YJA team, gives you a quick update on all the headlines catching his eye from across the world.
Dunston YJA: Meet the team
The Young Journalist Academy has begun working on an exciting project with Chatsworth House and Dunston Primary Academy, Chesterfield. The project will provide YJA training for pupils who will produce 50 oral history recordings, with staff and volunteers behind the scenes at Chatsworth House. Listen below and find out more Continue Reading
Debt, Despair, and DLCs: The predatory practices of the gaming industry, explained.
Over the last decade, gaming has expanded from a niche hobby into a mainstream pastime enjoyed by millions worldwide. This rapid growth, however, has not been entirely positive for the industry – in fact, it has been exploited by many game companies seeking to increase their profits, no matter the Continue Reading
The Aesthetic of Agony: Rethinking the ‘tortured artist’ trope
Throughout history, the ‘tortured artist’ has been a trope long discussed and perpetuated. From the infamous moment when Vincent Van Gogh severed his ear amid thoughts of failure, to Sylvia Plath, who detailed her depression in unique poems, this archetype suggests that great art emerges from great suffering. This framing Continue Reading
Budget Breach
On Wednesday 26 th November 2025, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the UKBudget 2025 at the House of Commons. However, the Office for BudgetResponsibility (OBR) had mistakenly published the details of the Budget on theirwebsite about 40 minutes before the speech was due to be delivered, according tothe BBC. Reports of Continue Reading
A Green Future?
Zack Polanski has been rising in popularity amongst the left since he was appointed as the new Green Party leader on the 2nd September 2025. By the 30th October 2025, just over a month after Polanski took leadership of the party, they reached 150,00 members for the first time since its inception in 1990. Continue Reading
Australia Bans Social Media for Teens
Australia have now put in a ban that will be in place from the 10th of December 2025, social media companies will have to take “reasonable steps” to ensure that under-16s in Australia cannot set up accounts on their platforms and that existing accounts are deactivated or removed. A study Continue Reading
Russia & Ukraine – A Decade of Destruction
In January 2022, The Lavada Centre, a Russian independent, non-governmental polling and sociological research organisation, found that 65% approved of Putin personally, and 71% who approved of the Russian president in February 2022 (shortly before the Russian invasion of Ukraine). For over a decade, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been alarming citizens Continue Reading