by Agency Reporter | Jul 22, 2023 | Briefing
MORE THAN eight out of ten young carers (82 per cent) feel lonely during the summer holidays, according to new research released by Action for Children and Carers Trust. The survey of young carers aged 11-18 also reveals that because of the increase in their caring...
by Staff Writer | Jul 21, 2023 | Briefing
CND has condemned the multi-billion pound announcement for additional spending on Britain’s nuclear weapons, as outlined in the Defence Command Paper 2023 by the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. It notes that further to the extra £3 billion over the next two years,...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 21, 2023 | Briefing
STEEP price gaps between healthy and unhealthy foods, coupled with the unavailability of a variety of healthy foods, are driving rising obesity rates in both urban and rural areas of developing countries, according to a literature review released by the International...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 20, 2023 | Briefing
AN INSPECTION of a Kent young offender institution (YOI), HMYOI Cookham Wood, found an establishment that was deteriorating fast, with weapon-making and violence rife and boys held in solitary confinement for extended periods. Some staff members seemed to have ‘given...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 20, 2023 | Briefing
A YEAR after the UK broke national heat records and reached a new all-time temperature high, heat maps from five of England’s biggest cities reveal the huge benefits of trees and green spaces in helping to cool urban areas. Innovative new analysis, carried out by...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 19, 2023 | Briefing
THE UK PARLIAMENT has passed the Illegal Migration Bill which is at variance with the country’s obligations under international human rights and refugee law and will have profound consequences for people in need of international protection, say the UN High...
