by Agency Reporter | Jan 17, 2024 | Briefing
THE latest data from the Office for National Statistics reveals that there were 4,907 drug-related deaths registered in 2022 in England and Wales, an increase from the 4,859 deaths registered in 2021. Once again, this is the highest on record. Of these deaths 3,127...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 17, 2024 | Briefing
FOUR hundred years after the birth of Quaker co-founder George Fox, celebrations are planned throughout 2024 to recognise that Quakers are still working for justice with peace. There would almost certainly be no Quakers without Fox, born to a weaver and his wife in a...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 16, 2024 | Briefing
WARRING parties in Yemen, including Houthi forces, the Yemeni government, and the Saudi and UAE-led coalition, carried out serious international human rights and humanitarian law violations in Yemen in 2023, Human Rights Watch said, releasing its World Report 2024....
by Agency Reporter | Jan 16, 2024 | Briefing
NEW research published by the Sutton Trust has found that there are 155 secondary comprehensives in England that are more socially selective than the average grammar school. The Trust’s Selective Comprehensives 2024 report finds that, on average, pupils who are...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 15, 2024 | Briefing
LOW-INCOME families in Manchester are to be protected from being chased by bailiffs over Council Tax debt, following a ground-breaking decision by Manchester City Council. On 11 January, Manchester City Council’s Resources and Governance Scrutiny Committee voted to...
by Staff Writer | Jan 15, 2024 | Briefing
THE Scottish Government has been urged to help end a “decade of torment and tragedy” and reunite a refugee with her shattered family. The plea to assist Kaltouma Haroun Ibrahim, whose husband and two surviving children are trapped in war-torn Sudan, was made by...
