news Archives - Empoword Journalism https://www.empowordjournalism.com/tag/news/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:39:58 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 UK Government Introduces Crime And Policing Bill To Tackle Rising Crime https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/uk-government-introduces-crime-and-policing-bill-to-tackle-rising-crime/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/uk-government-introduces-crime-and-policing-bill-to-tackle-rising-crime/#respond Thu, 15 May 2025 23:18:56 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=65911 The UK government has introduced the Crime and Policing Bill 2025 to the House of Commons, outlining wide-ranging reforms aimed at curbing serious violence, restoring public trust in policing and ensuring safer communities.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/uk-government-introduces-crime-and-policing-bill-to-tackle-rising-crime/feed/ 0 Hundreds Of Sexual Assault Allegations Made Against Mohamed Al Fayed https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/hundreds-of-sexual-assault-allegations-made-against-mohamed-al-fayed/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/hundreds-of-sexual-assault-allegations-made-against-mohamed-al-fayed/#respond Sun, 05 Jan 2025 12:42:46 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=63383 Over 400 alleged victims and witnesses have accused the late billionaire businessman Mohamed Al Fayed of sexual misconduct.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/hundreds-of-sexual-assault-allegations-made-against-mohamed-al-fayed/feed/ 0 “Don’t Google It!”: How Headlines Fuel Health Anxiety https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/dont-google-it-how-headlines-fuel-health-anxiety/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/dont-google-it-how-headlines-fuel-health-anxiety/#respond Sun, 10 Sep 2023 17:53:07 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=46129 Our initial instinct when feeling under the weather is to do a quick Google search of symptoms. We tell ourselves: “It'll do no harm to check.” Although, in reality, the information we stumble across online rarely lessens our worries.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/dont-google-it-how-headlines-fuel-health-anxiety/feed/ 0 TikTok to Introduce Daily Screen Time Limit for Under-18s https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/tiktok-to-introduce-daily-screen-time-limit-for-under-18s/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/tiktok-to-introduce-daily-screen-time-limit-for-under-18s/#respond Thu, 09 Mar 2023 21:12:11 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=38297 The video app TikTok has created a plan to decrease screen time to an hour a day for those under the age of 18. The app, which was founded in 2016 by the Chinese company ByteDance, has recently announced that they are in the process of setting up measures to limit daily screen time for people younger than 18 years old. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/tiktok-to-introduce-daily-screen-time-limit-for-under-18s/feed/ 0 Eddie Munson: The stranger of Stranger Things https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/eddie-munson-the-stranger-of-stranger-things/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/eddie-munson-the-stranger-of-stranger-things/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2022 15:51:59 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=28940 Stranger Things has been captivating audiences across the globe since its fiery introduction in 2016, but with its latest season comes one particular character that seems to have struck a chord with everyone. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/eddie-munson-the-stranger-of-stranger-things/feed/ 1 Politics For All, Or Just For Moar? https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/politics-for-all-or-just-for-moar/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/politics-for-all-or-just-for-moar/#respond Sat, 15 Jan 2022 17:19:10 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=21733 Last week, Politics For All and its affiliated accounts were suspended from Twitter. No exact reasons for this were given, but a Twitter spokesperson claimed it was for violations of “manipulation and spam” policies.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/politics-for-all-or-just-for-moar/feed/ 0 Grenfell Tower Crisis: Has Anything Changed? https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/grenfell-tower-crisis-has-anything-changed/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/grenfell-tower-crisis-has-anything-changed/#respond Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:27:52 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=8154 This June will mark four years since the UK experienced one of its most catastrophic modern disasters – the fire that destroyed Grenfell Tower. On 14 June 2017, a fire erupted in a kitchen on the fourth floor of this 23-story building. Within minutes, the fire had travelled to the

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