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https://www.wagmtv.com • 11th July 2023

Maine becomes first state to legally protect sex trade survivors

AUGUSTA, Maine (WAGM) - On July 11, 2023 Maine became the first state to enact legislation protecting sex trade survivors from arrest and criminalization.

The legislation, called the “Equality Model”, will protect sex trade survivors while still holding their exploiters criminally responsible. Research has shown that many individuals in the sex trade are from marginalized communities and have experienced long-term physical and psychological trauma. This legislation seeks to protect victims from

https://www.wagmtv.com • 11th July 2023

Oakfield community forms neighborhood watch

Community members from Southern Aroostook, ME have formed an online neighborhood watch in response to an increase in crime in the Southern Aroostook area. In the last two days, the group has gained over 1100 members.

https://www.wagmtv.com • 21st June 2023

Houlton expects up to 40,000 tourists for the 2024 eclipse

HOULTON, Maine (WAGM) - The 2024 eclipse is expected to be a monumental event for the County due to the estimated influx of tourists. Preparations for this event are already underway.

The Glasgow Guardian • 7th December 2022

Glasgow A&E wait times surge to all-time highs

At The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH), 65% of patients now have to wait over four hours to be seen.

Between 13-20 November, over 1100 people waited for over four hours to be treated at a Glasgow A&E; 10% of these people waited more than 12 hours. These wait times are at the highest they’ve been since A&E records began.

The issue of A&E wait times is not new. In October, two patients died in the A&E waiting room at QEUH, both from heart attacks. Although QEUH established a rule that

Glasgow University Magazine • 3rd December 2022

Food Insecurity

Oxford Languages describes the term ‘food insecurity’ as ‘the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.’ With the UK’s current financial crisis, this term describes many working-class households in Glasgow. Studies have shown that food insecurity has long-term effects on brain development and behaviour, specifically in late juvenile and early adolescent periods. It has even been shown that childhood food insecurity is linked to learning diffi

The Glasgow Guardian • 1st December 2022

UCU members make their voices heard on the picket

The University and College Union went on strike on 24 November, 25 November and 30 November. The strike included staff from 150 universities across the UK, making it the “biggest ever” university strike in the UK.

The UCU strike was in response to the way the cost of living crisis has impacted university staff. This year, employers implemented a 3% pay rise, against a roughly 11% inflation rate. The strike was also in response to pension and benefit cuts; according to the UCU website, the “cuts

The Glasgow Guardian • 25th November 2022

Number of UK students identifying as non-binary has doubled

New figures reveal that the number of UK students who define themselves as neither male nor female has more than doubled in the past two years.

Figures from Times Higher Education have disclosed that 5,505 students defined their sex as “other” rather than “male” or “female” in 2020-21. This number makes up 0.2 per cent of the student body, which is a 42% increase from the year before. A UCAS study also previously found that students were more open about their gender identity after attending uni

The Glasgow Guardian • 20th September 2022

How does UofG improve the safety of its LGBTQ+ students?

In May 2021 The Glasgow Guardian urged the University to do more to eliminate gender-based violence through improving student safety on campus. Since then, a mandatory gender based violence course has been established on moodle, but there is more work to be done. With LGBTQ+ hate crimes soaring post-pandemic, and increasing hostility to LGBTQ+ people more broadly, we surveyed and conducted interviews with LGBTQ+ students to assess specific issues pertaining to their safety.

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The Glasgow Guardian • 20th September 2022

The streetfoodification of Glasgow

Street food, originating in Asia, has started to spread to all corners of the world. This has allowed people to present a part of their culture to their community and profit from their diverse recipes. Street food has been around for years in Glasgow, in the form of food trucks like MacTassos, or venues like The Dockyard Social. But there has also been a steadfast increase in the number of street food markets and warehouses around the UK, representing a growth of 20% per year. In particular, the

The Glasgow Guardian • 14th September 2022

Vice chancellors speak in favour of raising tuition fees

Vice Chancellors in England and Wales have argued that domestic tuition fees for UK students should be raised to approximately £24,000 per year, an amount which would bring fees in line with the amount paid by international students. Currently, annual tuition fees are capped at £9,250 for students in England and Wales, a policy which has been in place since 2017 after it was raised from the initial cap of £9000 set in 2012.

Inflation is listed as one of the main reasons for the desired increase