by Amber Smith | Jun 5, 2025 | Offbeat
Here’s a moment that hits, sometimes quietly, sometimes all at once. You’re scrolling on your phone, maybe at a bus stop, in bed, or between meetings, and suddenly the world’s weight lands on your shoulders. War. Wildfires. Politics. The more you scroll,...
by Amber Smith | Jun 3, 2025 | Love & Community
Emaan Hamna Ibrahim is not spending her weekends watching cartoons or scrolling on a tablet. Instead, she’s creating handmade jewellery to raise funds for food and hygiene packs that she distributes to people experiencing homelessness in her hometown. Emaan’s journey...
by Amber Smith | Jun 1, 2025 | Love & Community
In the Somerset town of Frome, something quietly revolutionary is happening, a long-debated piece of land in the town centre officially moved into community hands. This decision marks the beginning of a housing project shaped not by developers or investors, but by the...
by Amber Smith | May 31, 2025 | Science and Nature
More of the world’s oceans may soon be protected, thanks to a major move by the European Union and six of its member countries. This week, they officially ratified a United Nations treaty designed to safeguard the high seas – those vast areas of ocean that don’t...
by Amber Smith | May 28, 2025 | Offbeat, top story
In coastal and rural areas of Bangladesh, climate change has devastated crops, homes, and livelihoods, driving many families to seek desperate solutions. For many, child marriage has long felt like the only way to ease financial pressure- yet with community radio...
