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Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our November/December Issue

A note from the interim editor-in-chief

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Letters by Oliver Sacks review – valuable insight into a curious mind

From loving letters to his parents expressing early anxieties to later exchanges with scientific heavyweights, this collection of correspondence only cements Sacks’s legacy as a man of great compassion

The Guardian - UK

Parents trapped in special needs tribunal backlog as disputes surge by 50%

Waits of more than a year for hearings into councils’ failure to meet growing needs of Send children

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‘No one will save you’: tourists warned as volcanic site reopens in Iceland after six eruptions in a year

Local safety chief’s stark advice as visitors return to Grindavík – with more activity expected

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UK scientists fear £1bn funding cut for new research

Concerns that future projects may be axed in budget to help pay for rejoining EU’s Horizon programme

The Guardian - UK

Thousands are fined by HMRC even though they don’t owe any UK tax

Campaigners call for reform after more than 83,000 low earners are hit by HMRC penalties

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Revealed: water firms in England ‘passed’ pollution tests that were never carried out

Self-monitoring regime will change to plug loophole that allowed failing sewage plants to pass pollution checks

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Letters by Oliver Sacks review – science, sex and motorcycles

The kaleidoscopic world and polymathic interests of a great neurologist brought to life in his correspondence

The Guardian - UK

Psychedelic Outlaws by Joanna Kempner review – a compelling case for the use of magic mushrooms in pain relief

The US sociologist’s study of psychoactive fungi to treat little-known medical conditions such as cluster headaches is well researched and wide ranging

The Guardian - UK

Netanyahu, the brutal chancer, will keep on bombing, but his brinkmanship may go too far

The notion that he will claim a victory and stop now is deluded. He will press on until there is the political will in the US to stop him, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator

The Guardian - UK

Pumping the unemployed with weight-loss drugs echoes Victorian attitudes to the poor

Shifting blame to the victims of economic policy is an old trick by politicians. Now they’re using obesity to tackle joblessness

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Scientology-linked UK rehab centre falls foul of charity regulator

Charity Commission finds ‘range of shortfalls’ at Narconon facility after Observer investigation

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves will tax businesses to plug £9bn black hole in NHS

The chancellor is set to announce a revenue-raising budget designed to reset Britain’s public finances

The Guardian - UK

‘Appreciate winter for what it is, without wishing it were something different’: psychologist Kari Leibowitz on beating the seasonal blues

The researcher spent 10 years studying how attitude affects mood and behaviour, and her new book shares ways in which we can learn to value the colder months

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Private school campaigners liken education secretary to Nazi over VAT plan

Bridget Phillipson has been targeted with personal abuse on Facebook by campaigners opposed to Labour’s tax policy

Texas Observer

The GOP Megadonor Behind the Bid to Break Dallas City Government

Conservative hotelier Monty Bennett and a California-based company that offers protesters-for-hire have seeded an “astroturf” right-wing influence network that has kicked into overdrive to push controversial “Dallas HERO” city charter amendments.

Texas Observer

In Texas’ High Criminal Court Races, the Stakes Are Life or Death

Bipartisan opposition to planned execution highlights power of state’s top criminal appeals court as Paxton candidates and Dem opponents vie for open seats.

The Guardian - UK

‘They are ruining my life’: how the shadowy world of debt collection can wreck your finances

A stranger’s bill can be passed, in your name, down a chain of companies until it reaches the courts without you knowing anything about it. The result can be catastrophic

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Free holiday or visa chaos? Housesitting firm accused of misleading advice after claims of deportations

Members of TrustedHousesitters who claim they were detained while travelling abroad say the company’s visa information is misleading

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James Cleverly warned MPs that tactical votes could kill his leadership hopes

Dismayed senior Tories predict second contest for head of party will be needed amid chaos after centrist’s shock ejection from race

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‘Russia’s dirty money will hijack our democratic process’: how tiny Moldova fears Kremlin is fixing EU referendum

Officials believe €100m has been funnelled into the country to influence the pivotal vote and the presidential election

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Private equity barons lean on Rachel Reeves to water down proposals for higher taxes

With the budget and Starmer’s investment summit approaching, the industry’s lobbyists are in full cry over ‘carried interest’

The Guardian - UK

UK overseas aid budget faces £900m raid to pay for housing asylum seekers

Witt the amount spent on refugees and asylum seekers this year on course to hit £3.6bn, the sum available for international projects must be cut again, warns thinktank

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UK academies ‘very sorry’ for policies saying pupils must attend when unwell

Parents force U-turn on hardline approach that included ban on absence for period pains without medical information

Texas Observer

Texas Is Taking Back the State Highway 288 Tollway—at a Steep Price

The private firms who have operated the tollway will be paid $1.7 billion by TxDOT, adding to the profit they’ve already made in toll revenues, construction contracts, and sales of shares.

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