by Agency Reporter | Sep 20, 2023 | Briefing
A GROUP of leading charities, lawyers, care experienced children and young adults have worked together to produce a new guide for lawyers, Dare to Care. Care experienced children are up to six times more likely to be criminalised than other children. In 2022, one per...
by Staff Writer | Sep 19, 2023 | Briefing
SCHOOLS in England are reeling in the face of rising child poverty, with a large majority of staff (79 per cent) reporting that they and their colleagues are increasingly having to divert from their allocated roles to deal with its impact, a survey by the Education...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 19, 2023 | Briefing
AUTHORITIES across the world are increasingly resorting to unlawful use of force and repressive legislation to crush protests, Amnesty International said as it launched an interactive digital map that exposes the shocking rise in the repression of protesters by...
by Staff Writer | Sep 18, 2023 | Briefing
SIX climate activists go on trial at Southwark Crown Court today (Monday 18 September) for conspiracy to commit criminal damage to HM Treasury building on 3 October 2019, when 1,800 litres of fake blood were sprayed over the premises from a fire engine. The fake blood...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 18, 2023 | Briefing
NEARLY 400 children in Gaza – or at least two a day – were denied access to critical healthcare in the West Bank in the first six months of 2023, leaving them without access to life-saving surgery or urgent medication, says Save the Children. Nearly 100...
by Staff Writer | Sep 17, 2023 | Briefing
INTERNATIONAL development charity Christian Aid has launched an emergency appeal to help people impacted by the devastating flooding that struck Libya in recent days. At least 8,000 people have died and thousands are still missing after a catastrophic storm burst two...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 16, 2023 | Briefing
VIEWS around obesity are closely tied up with political values and wider social attitudes, suggesting that tackling weight stigma may require tackling other forms of stigma, new research led by the University of Bristol has found. People with obesity experience...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 16, 2023 | Briefing
LGBT Humanists joined other LGBT rights campaigners outside the Houses of Parliament on 14 September to protest against the ongoing delays to the publication of a draft bill on banning conversion therapy. They were joined by members of the All-Party Parliamentary...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 15, 2023 | Briefing
ONE in four people in the UK (27 per cent) are currently behind on at least one bill, with Citizens Advice warning that the situation only looks set to deteriorate in the coming months. Citizens Advice estimates household debt, covering things like essential bills and...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 15, 2023 | Briefing
AT LEAST 177 land and environmental defenders were killed last year for trying to protect the planet – one person every other day – according to a new report by Global Witness, working in collaboration with global partners. The new figures bring the total number of...
