Near death experience still overshadows all
Given the shock-waves still emenating from Scotland, Labour’s more or less given up on getting mega publicity for more than one day this week. It’s putting all its hopes in tomorrow’s leader’s speech.
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Writer, columnist and girl power advocate Caitlin Moran on why she’s using her fame to campaign against FGM – and why celebrities trying to do the right thing get a harder time.
Girl Guides and feminism – not such an unlikely combination, writes 19-year-old Julia Peters who is part of the Girlguiding Girls Matters campaign that is fighting for equality.
A government pledge to improve access to mental health treatments by bringing in targets is widely welcomed. But it falls short when it comes to talking therapies for teens and children, say experts.
Will demonstrators return to work or stay out to prolong their protest? As China stiffens its tone, Hong Kong’s chief executive mulls a momentous decision.
Protester numbers dwindle in Hong Kong as the pro-Beijing government demands people clear the streets and go back to work next week.
An aid agency warns that the US-led bombing campaign against the Islamic State group could knock out the electricity supply to Syrian hospitals.
Police were called in to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham after the discovery of high levels of chlorine in water and concerns of a possible link to the deaths of two patients.
Given the shock-waves still emenating from Scotland, Labour’s more or less given up on getting mega publicity for more than one day this week. It’s putting all its hopes in tomorrow’s leader’s speech.
The Scottish referendum is a populist political phenomenon. But is it also just an island in a sea of sloppy apathy, cynicism and disengagement?
Ministers back a recommendation to create a crime unit that will have special powers to tackle food fraud, following a government report into the horsemeat scandal of last year.
Nick Clegg insists lunch is crucial for children to learn, as his universal free school meals scheme begins. But critics say the money is wasted on families who can afford to pay.
Schoolchildren start a “tough” new curriculum this week, which will see five-year-olds learning computer programming and a foreign language made compulsory for children aged six.
Britain is “deeply elitist” and top roles in society are dominated by Oxbridge graduates, according to a report.
One in three working parents cut back on food to pay for housing costs, while one in ten say they or a partner skips meals says a new Shelter report. But the government says repossessions are falling.
Murder, torture and rape – a UN report catalogues the “unimaginable” horrors being heaped upon the people of Syria by the government, rebel groups and the Islamic State.