How to keep your brain sharp in your 50s and beyond
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt was the alarming claim that made headlines this week — Covid had a ‘real lasting impact’ on the brain health of…
Quarter of women with one child want more but can’t afford it, survey suggests
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA quarter of women with one child want to have more but can’t afford to, a survey laying bare the financial pressures facing parents suggests….
Black and Asian women ‘three times as likely to be on zero-hours contracts as white men’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBlack, Asian and minority ethnic women are nearly three times as likely to be on zero-hours contracts as white men, new figures show. Read More
London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s effigy takes centrestage at Kent town’s bonfire night
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn effigy of London MayorSadiq Khan became one of the stars of a Kent town’s bonfire night on Saturday. Read More
‘Motherhood penalty’ has driven quarter of a million women out of jobs, says report
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbout a quarter of a million mothers with young children have left their jobs because of difficulties with balancing work and childcare…
Pope urges 'stop in the name of God', calls for Gaza humanitarian aid
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePope Francis made an urgent plea for a halt to the conflict in Gaza on Sunday, calling for humanitarian aid and help…
Hundreds seek council help every day in UK youth homelessness crisis
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteEnough young people sought help for homelessness in the UK last year to fill the Albert Hall 25 times, but tens of…
Maternity care ‘in crisis’ as pregnant women are forced to delay induced deliveries
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePregnant women are being forced to wait days longer than expected for “urgent” inductions of labour as NHS staff shortages and a lack…
Afghanistan opium poppy supply plummets 95% after Taliban ban - U.N
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOpium poppy production in Afghanistan, previously the world’s top supplier, has plummeted since the Taliban administration banned the cultivation of narcotics last…
Afghans fleeing Pakistan lack shelter, food, and warmth once they cross the border, aid groups say
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfghans fleeing Pakistan to avoid arrest and deportation are sleeping in the open, without proper shelter, food, drinking water and toilets once they cross…