by Agency Reporter | Aug 19, 2024 | Briefing
PEOPLE are being encouraged to ‘Make a Difference’ where they live, through a new career working for their local council, ahead of the launch of a national recruitment campaign. Essential services which residents rely on every day, ranging from working with adults and...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 19, 2024 | Briefing
ON the Feast of the Transfiguration (6 August 2024) Israeli Police refused to allow Christian worshippers to take part in religious services on Mount Tabor, as is traditional. In response on 16 August, the Jerusalem Patriarchate released a statement, “on...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 18, 2024 | Briefing
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said on Friday that the transition in Bangladesh was an historic opportunity to ensure governance is anchored in human rights, inclusivity and rule of law. He also stressed the need for accountability for all those responsible for...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 17, 2024 | Briefing
GROWING numbers of children in care are being moved to children’s homes and foster carers far from family, friends, school and community, due to a shortage of suitable homes locally. These moves often happen without warning and have a devastating impact on children’s...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 17, 2024 | Briefing
TWO rounds of a polio vaccination campaign are expected to be launched at the end of August and September 2024 across the Gaza Strip, to prevent the spread of circulating variant type 2 poliovirus (cVDPV2). The World Health Organisation and UNICEF request all parties...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 16, 2024 | Briefing
A new report from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) reveals how the experience of being a carer influences the courses young adults want to study. The report is based on insight from UCAS’ application and survey data, and a new set of widening...