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'Startling' mental ill health rates in LGBTQI community

Australians who identify as part of the LGBTQI community are significantly more likely to deal with mental health issues, a study has found.

AAP · Oct 2

Navigating conversations with children about war, conflict and other traumatic events

Experts say adults can help children cope with the latest conflict in the Middle East by making space for conversation, validating their feelings and limiting exposure to frightening or inaccurate information

The Independent UK · Mar 4

MPs repeat plea for Government to lift two-child benefit cap ahead of budget

Work and pensions minister Andrew Western says Government are considering a number of ‘levers’ to bring child poverty down.

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025

Parents face asking councils for permission to homeschool at-risk children

MPs debated the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill on Wednesday

Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2025

British Airways bars passengers from flight for not having valid ID – despite them having passports

Exclusive: BA has now apologised after blaming mother and daughter for not having passports – even though they didn’t need them for a domestic flight

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2024

Ex-soldier among several jailed over riots in Rotherham and Southport

Peter Beard, sentenced over disorder at asylum seeker hotel, is told his conduct was ‘astonishing’ given his army past

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2024

Rural working-class history is being glossed over – with Farrow & Ball paint

Letters: To the new inhabitants, the farms worked by my family are mere commodities with ‘great potential’, says Amanda Harvey

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023

Here’s what’s missing from the history of rural Britain: the hidden stories of women who shaped it

Forestry wives, farmers’ wives, coalminers’ wives: they were the backbone of communities, says author Rebecca Smith

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2023

‘The sleeping giant has awoken’: The legacy of the 2023 Women’s World Cup

As the record-breaking 2023 Women’s World Cup ends, many see an exciting future – and many challenges – for the game

Al Jazeera · Aug 21, 2023

Two men arrested after death of baby boy in Lancashire

Baby taken to Blackpool Victoria hospital in ‘unresponsive’ state on 27 July and later pronounced dead

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2023