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By reviewing the name of the Baden-Powell Award, Scouts Australia is grappling with its colonial past

Scouts Australia is considering changing the name of its most prestigious youth award, the Baden-Powell Scout Award.

The Conversation

Retired businessman will lead Boy Scouts of America as it emerges from scandal-driven bankruptcy

The new president of the Boy Scouts of America plans to reverse the trend of declining membership and improve safety programs as the organization emerges from bankruptcy following a sexual abuse scandal

The Independent UK

‘Our voices will be heard’: survivors herald court ruling against tactics used by Australian churches to avoid abuse claims

Lawyers and abuse survivors call on institutions to cease using stays and for legislation to reopen past cases where tactic was used

The Guardian - AU

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UK must get ambition back on environmental pledges, says WWF chief executive

Tanya Steele was made a CBE by the King at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

‘Vastly worse than other scandals’: new film explores sexual abuse in Boy Scouts

In a Netflix documentary, survivors of sexual abuse and the whistleblower who spoke out share harrowing testimonies

The Guardian - US

‘Scouts Honor,’ a Netflix doc on troop leaders’ abuse of boys, inspires and infuriates

Film focuses on the Boy Scouts’ extensive files of abuse allegations that often were withheld from law enforcement.

Chicago Sun-Times

He survived sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America. Now he wants justice

Ron Hunter was repeatedly assaulted and sex-trafficked as a child. At 63, he’s telling his story – to protect others and heal himself

The Guardian - US

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Court Rejects Lawsuit by Sorority Members Against Sorority for Admitting Transgender Member

The sorority, the court held, had a First Amendment freedom of expressive association right to choose which students to admit (logic that suggests that a sorority would equally be free to exclude transgender members).

Reason

After pounding South Korea with rains and winds, storm Khanun weakens as it blows into North Korea

Flights and trains resumed and power was mostly restored after a tropical storm blew through South Korea, which was preparing a pop concert for 40,000 Scouts whose global Jamboree was disrupted by the weather

The Independent UK

Mother of Scout who raised thousands to attend South Korea jamboree says troubled event ‘clearly wasn’t safe’

Excited teenager became disheartened amid ‘perfect storm’ of failures, including lack of food and medical facilities, ‘filthy’ toilets and showers, and mosquito ‘infestation’

The Independent UK

Wednesday briefing: What went wrong at South Korea’s World Scout Jamboree?

In today’s newsletter: As thousands of scouts are evacuated from their quadrennial global get-together, the host nation’s handling of the event is in the spotlight

The Guardian - UK

Heat sickness, snakes and then a typhoon - how the World Scout Jamboree turned into a disaster

The more than 40,000 attendees had been promised a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience - instead the event quickly descended into chaos, Tara Cobham writes

The Independent UK

South Korea evacuates thousands from World Scout Jamboree as typhoon nears

More than 1,000 vehicles are moving the estimated 37,000 scouts ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Khanun.

Al Jazeera

South Korea begins evacuating thousands of global Scouts from its coast as a tropical storm nears

Buses began moving thousands of global Scouts from their campsite on South Korea’s coast to inland venues ahead of a tropical storm that is forecast to bring intense rains and strong winds to the peninsula

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

The climate cost of scouts’ ill-judged South Korea jamboree

Letter: Would scouts’ time not be better spent in supporting projects in local areas, or where there is real need, asks Lesley Newell

The Independent UK

UK Scouts evacuation from world jamboree over heatwave fears cost £1m

The UK Scouts ‘jamboree journey’ will now continue in the South Korean capital, Seoul

The Independent UK

Jamboree relocation cost could affect UK Scouts for years, warns chief executive

The UK Scouts ‘jamboree journey’ will now continue in the South Korean capital, Seoul.

The Independent UK

UK scouts begin arriving in Seoul after being evacuated from world jamboree

Temperatures have risen to 35C at the World Scout Jamboree campsite near the south-western town of Buan, where more than 40,000 scouts are gathered.

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The Guardian - UK

‘A bit horrific’: Scouts at jamboree in South Korea on campsite conditions

UK Scouts are being moved to Seoul hotels after heatwave caused chaos and medical issues

The Guardian - UK

US and UK scouts pull out of world jamboree campsite due to extreme heat

Thousands of scouts to be removed from site after hundreds of heat-related illnesses at event in South Korea

The Guardian - AU

South Korea spends millions to rescue World Scout Jamboree amid scorching heatwave

President says ‘unlimited’ airconditioned buses will be provided and food will be improved, after hundreds fall ill in heat amid soaring temperatures

Zenger

Jewish Scouts Celebrate Bar Mitzvahs At National Jamboree

Three Scouts find community and pride in their religious heritage during the 2023 Boy Scouts event.

The Guardian - UK

‘On reflection, it’s very uncool’: readers’ scrapbooks of pop fandom

With the Wham! documentary showcasing Andrew Ridgeley’s mum’s scrapbooks of their career, readers share their own shrines to Roxy Music, Metallica, David Bowie and more

Roll Call

Photos of the week ending July 21, 2023 - Roll Call

Photos of the week: Boy Scouts, Senate pages, RFK Jr., and selfies with the Speaker highlighted this week in the Capitol.

The Independent UK

Scout leader accused of historic sexual abuse took his own life, an inquest hears

The body of Phillip Perks, 55, from Dinas Powys was discovered in Penarth and District Scouts hut in March 2022.

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