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Burton Albion Community Trust: The five biggest moments

Across the last ten years, Burton Albion Community Trust has raised thousands of pounds, helped thousands of people and won local and national awards. Amongst those wonderful moments, five of them stick out as significant moments in the Community Trust’s ten-year history. Read below to find out the five biggest moments in the Trust’s history […]

Burton Albion Community Trust: Impacting the Community for the last 10 years

Back in 2010, David Cameron was the UK’s Prime Minister, Chelsea were the Premier League champions, Prince William and Kate Middleton got engaged and the Chilean Miners were rescued. It was also a significant year in Burton Albion’s recent history after promotion to the Football League one year prior: the birth of their community trust. […]

Five reasons why Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are taking over Wrexham A.F.C

With the news that Wrexham A.F.C is set to be taken over by famous actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, many are left asking why Wrexham? The Hollywood actors said during a meeting with the fans that they had searched across western Europe in search of a football club to takeover. They then identified Wrexham […]

Hollywood awaits for Wrexham A.F.C as Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney takeover is confirmed

Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are set to complete the takeover of Wrexham A.F.C after the Wrexham Supporters Trust voted unanimously in favour of the move. It was revealed back in September who the ‘two extremely well-known individuals of high net worth’ that Wrexham A.F.C had said approached the club with interest of […]

Cosy cafes and vibrant clothing retailers: Derby’s 5 best independent businesses

As the second national lockdown is lifted, shopping small has never been more important – especially in the run up to Christmas. So to make your shopping experience that little bit easier, StoryHub is bringing you the five best independent businesses in Derby city centre. 1NE.Derby If you are looking for an edgy one-off designer […]

StoryHub Today: Wednesday 16th December (Team 1)

Student journalism from the University of Derby. Reporting by Grete Ubartaite, Tayte Fordham, Ethan Henson and Kyle Lynch. Gamers react to EA’s Takeover of Codemasters In one of the biggest game publisher deals to date, EA known for games such as FIFA are buying out British games publisher Codemasters for £1.2million. Codemasters have had great […]

Britain’s high-streets at risk amidst Coronavirus pandemic and online shopping revolution

With Coronavirus and the rise of online shopping, Britain’s high-streets have been hit particularly hard. And Derby city centre is no exception with its Intu centre collapsing into administration back in June this year. But it is not just the large corporations which have suffered at the hands of Coronavirus and the ‘online shopping boom’. […]

Writer’s Corner: Ep. 1 The Faces Behind Instagram Poetry Accounts

The only place where writers can tell their stories without having to write a book. It’s easy to find a book, but hard to find more about the authors. On this podcast, you will meet poets, writers and authors and understand their world and their work. On this episode, you will meet the poets behind […]

YouTubers Making History – Daily Dose of Football

YouTube might be the most magical place on the Internet. It’s the personification of the motto “dream big, the sky is the limit”. In this podcast, we get the chance to talk to those who are destined to be big. Lucas Ribeiro tells us the story of how he got half a million views since […]

The Foul Language Podcast: To VAR or not to VAR

This podcast discusses all things football. From VAR and kit clashes to the laws in the game itself. Each week there will be new football related guests discussing their views for that week’s topic and games from the previous week. This episode discusses the ongoing issue with video assistant referees and whether or not it […]

PODCAST: Thrills with Dear Oma: NO TO RAPE

Thrills encompasses social and developmental issues in Africa, exposing these ills by letting victims share their stories thereby encouraging more voices to speak up, and help other victims heal, while proffering solutions. No to rape gathered voices from around Africa.

Sitting with Soph: It’s Christmas, with Fennuala!

Soph, a music loving journalism student, sits down every week with new and interesting guests to discuss global events, and more. With Christmas just around the corner, Soph and guest Fennuala talk restrictions and Christmas plans, small business recommendations and Fennuala’s very own clothing line ‘Fennuala Belle’ and we choose our number one Christmas film […]