A brand new click and collect system for food parcels is being introduced to a Nottingham foodbank. It’s a part of the Radford based Himmah food bank’s new programme, “The Nottingham People’s Pantry”, to reduce poverty levels in the area. Every month, Himmah distribute more than 850 food parcels throughout Nottingham to vulnerable families. Their brand new online portal will allow people to pre-buy food from the Nottingham People’s Pantry, a discounted food hall run by the charity.

‘Paddling’ is the second release in the build up to their debut album, and finds Squid further pushing experimental punk in a confused haze of building synths, drum machine beats and spiking guitar sounds. This is shown best in the leading melody, which burrows deep into both the mind of the listener and the leading lick of the track.

Richard McCrae, mayor and councillor for Stapleford, directed traffic on Moorbridge Lane to “do his bit to help the community”. Emergency services were called in the early hours of Wednesday morning after a man recieved multiple stab wounds. A woman has since been arrested under suspicion of murder. The police have since confirmed it was an isolated incident, and there is no concern to the public. Moorbridge Road, which had been cordoned off yesterday, has been re-opened to traffic. A police

Arlo Parks’ first full album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, is all at once a musical autobiography, a realist play, a self-help guide, and a celebration of the struggles of the human being. It uses some of the highlights of Arlo Parks’ releases over the past year, especially her single, Black Dog, which grew popularity for its honest depiction of mental illness. Throughout the record, she discusses depression, love, heartbreak, burnout, and reflects on her own and other’s experiences with queerness and the struggles of discovering and appreciating one’s own identity.

As of 15th February, everyone arriving in the UK from any of the 33 “red-list” countries is required to isolate in a government-specified hotel for ten days. Travellers have to pay £1,750 for the accommodation and will have all of their needs covered, including food and room service. This system of quarantine was implemented across the globe nearly ten months ago in other countries but was only proposed in Parliament on the 13th of February. What took the UK so long?

Australia’s collective of psych-rock bands has just gained another promising contender. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have modernized, energized, and mastered their hypnotic prog-rock craft on the new album, SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound. An impressively confident follow-up from their less assured previous album, SHYGA! is a solid competitor for the position of their top release. It has the speed and guitar-heavy energy of the first two albums that brought them to fame, High Visceral Parts 1 and 2, whilst tying in the more creative and fun-loving elements of their previous, And Now For The Whatchamacallit. For fans of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s more rock-influenced albums and those who always said, “Gee, I wish Tame Impala used more guitar”, SHYGA! is a confident psychedelic delight from start to finish.

NTU Rent Strike are leading a campaign to fight for students who are having to pay £150+ per week for accommodation that they cannot return to, due to the national lockdown. The campaign was launched on Wednesday and since then over 450 students have signed the open form, pledging to withhold rent unless the university agrees to the following terms: • No-penalty contract releases with full deposit for anybody who wishes to move out of halls before the end of their contract. • 40% rent reduction