The Northern Meadows, one of the last wild spaces in Cardiff, is under threat from a multi-million-pound development. In this climate- and Covid-anxious age, Sophie Standen talks to the urban Cardiff community campaigning to save the Meadows.

The Danish parliament has recently adopted a controversial text asking universities to ensure that "politics is not disguised as science". The Local's contributor Sophie Standen examines why Denmark's politicians are criticising university researchers.

With the pandemic causing high levels job insecurity and ever-changing immigration laws, gaining permanent residency or citizenship in Denmark could give many foreigners peace of mind. But what’s the difference between the two and how do you know if you are eligible?

Uncertainty, strict residency requirements and difficulty accessing the labour market are a few of the reasons why some foreign nationals have left Denmark. Here, three people explain why they left to seek opportunities elsewhere.

Safe streets, opportunity in the workplace and a great quality of life are some of the reasons graduates choose to stay in Denmark. Here, four graduates talk about their journey from student to working life.

In Kenya, as in other parts of the world, talking about periods is taboo, due to a wide range of social and cultural customs. These social taboos often stem from a mixture of Islamic and Christian beliefs as well as Kenyan tribal tradition. Seen as polluting and dirty, and coupled with a lack of access to safe menstrual products, having a period negatively impacts educational prospects and young girls’ futures.

In 2018 we met Oskelly Matute, a 17-year-old girl growing up in a crippling economic, social and political crisis; one that has entrapped Venezuela in poverty, corruption and crime for the past decade. She lives in Carapita, a favela in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, where just twenty minutes away from parliament, women and girls use scraps of old cloth to manage their periods.

“Moria is a bad place, a very bad place,” Mahmoud tells me, grimacing slightly as he looks to the ground. “Yesterday, I waited for one hour to get a water bottle and there are fights every night. The rain runs into my tent. I cannot sleep.”

Lasting from roughly January until Easter, the Catalonian tradition of a Calçotada springs up, quite literally, in a variety of places in and around the area of Tarragona. Put very simply, a Calçotada is a big barbecue that pays homage to the spring onion. This annual event, however, actually celebrates the harvest of the calçot (spring onion), and combines a heady mixture of calçots, delicious Romesco salsa, wine, grilled meat and of course the gentle sun of a Spanish winter.

The Tab took to the streets of Belfast to spend the night with the SOS NI bus. And it’s not just about giving away free soup to the drunken student!