You can’t just press ‘undo’ on your life. To move forward, you must first feel your grief and rage Many of us try to reframe our disappointments, to put a happy face on sad circumstances. But the path to growth is paved with difficult emotions, and we have to experience them honestly

This is so important www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

NHS ignored warnings on children’s hearing tests for a decade Health bosses in England knew about testing failures in 2014. Hundreds of babies with severe hearing problems were left without help, leading to delayed development

🚨 Exclusive: New leaked document proves @NHSEngland was warned a decade ago about failures in child hearing test centres across England.
Hundreds of children have been harmed, some left with lifelong problems:
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’Prepare them for the slump’: emergency planner Lucy Easthope shares the best ways to support a loved one in a crisis Lucy Easthope is an emergency planner whose job is to support survivors of major disasters, including earthquakes, fires and floods.

Because a lot of people are finding this week hard….

Pleased to see readying for storms, floods and power outages continuing to become so mainstream. Out today in HomeStyle magazine October edition ⭐️

Season 9 of the We Society podcast is here! Episode 1 sees Will Hutton joined by disaster recovery expert @lucygobag.bsky.social to explore the hidden world of emergency planning incl. the long-term implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on societal resilience. podfollow.com/the-we-socie...

Season 9 of The We Society is here!
In Episode 1, Will Hutton is joined by disaster recovery expert @lucygobag.bsky.social to explore the hidden world of emergency planning, incl. the long-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on societal resilience.
🎙️ media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/lucy...

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Just saying, I helped establish or grow
Some of those initial programs. Interesting times.

Three weeks into the school run and my new radicalising thing is cars ever so gently rolling forward as my daughter scooters over the zebra crossing. What are you doing. Take your foot off the accelerator there’s a fucking four year old in front of you

Drivers, don't do this. To anyone on a zebra crossing, not just little kids going to school. You're supposed to *stop*, not slow down to a crawl and play chicken with the pedestrians. Related, if a driver does this to me, I start walking extremely very slowly, all the while maintaining eye contact.

Covid school closures in UK damaged ‘very fabric of childhood’ Inquiry hears of children exposed to pornography and suffering ‘grievous’ harm without protection of schools

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Disasters like wildfires and floods are multiplying. US schools are training students to combat them From California to North Carolina, high schools and colleges are offering classes in fire science, search and rescue, and ecological sustainability

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Universities are — and must continue to be — a force for good From funding squeezes to political attacks, higher education is in trouble in many parts of the world. Fresh ideas will allow the sector to thrive and deliver value for society.

Universities enable people to explore their interests and passions and prepare for the world of work. They have become the go-to institutions for research and the generation of ideas, and therefore are engines for both economic growth and social mobility. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Our lost teenage boys need mentors and role modes. Football can help Too many teenagers have no one to turn to when life gets tough. The Lost Boys Taskforce wants to change that

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How I found the confidence to leave my abusive husband after 47 years Highland woman Eve Graham endured physical, mental and financial abuse during her long marriage.

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Starving Children Eat Animal Feed in Besieged Sudanese City

One of the worst catastrophes in the world. “At least 260,000 civilians trapped in El Fasher face a dire choice: risk being starved or bombed if they stay…, or killed if they flee…Rape is commonplace. The [last standing, bombed-over-30x] hospital treats about 40 sexual assault victims every week.”

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Conviction: The Case of Lucy Letby review – documentary probes Britain’s most notorious baby killer Channel 4’s film follows the fight to overturn Letby’s conviction, questioning expert testimony and exposing deep divisions over whether she is guilty or the victim of a miscarriage of justice

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have to say I think #StrandedOnHoneymoonIsland is pretty manipulative and quite cruel. A car-crash watch, but it's making some of the cast really unhappy

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Jan Molby: Hillsborough Law Is a Victory That Should Never Have Been Needed It took decades of pain and persistence, but the families never gave up and now the truth can no longer be buried.

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Sort as you go and don’t rush: six steps to clearing out a loved one’s home when they die From telling the insurers to accepting you may need to get the experts in, tips on dealing with the deceased’s property

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UK inflation remains at 3.8% but food prices continue to surge While UK inflation held steady in August, the pace of price rises for food surged, increasing cost of living pressures.

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Hillsborough, Grenfell, Windrush, the Post Office scandal: the guilty escape justice. Well, not any more | David Lammy The Hillsborough campaigners have always said those who harm and mislead the public must be held to account. A new law, in their name, will do that, says justice secretary David Lammy

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Hillsborough law will mean serious wrongdoing is punished, says Lammy Deputy PM says legislation will ensure public officials have duty to act with ‘honesty and integrity at all times’

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Ignore Labour’s fake rage over vile messages about Diane Abbott. It knew there was toxicity. It condoned it | Nadine White I’ve seen the unredacted chats and other internal conversations, and I know the context. Believe me, there is more trouble to come, says journalist Nadine White

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‘A relentless, destructive energy’: inside the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon The long read: How did the daughter of an aristocrat end up at the Old Bailey with her partner, charged with killing their two-week-old baby?

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A Husband in the Aftermath of His Wife’s Unfathomable Act Patrick Clancy’s wife killed their children during a postpartum mental-health crisis. Prosecutors describe a clear-headed scheme, but Clancy says, “I wasn’t married to a monster—I was married to someo...

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Happy to see our latest work together published in Millenium. After disaster a return to the status quo isn't inevitable. It can be an opportunity to resist journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Always a joy to work with
@kandidapurnell.bsky.social @jennyedkins.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social

So your child has seen the Charlie Kirk video. Here’s how to support them Footage of the shooting has spread across social media

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