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Grief is something every one of us will experience. It does not discriminate against any social class, profession, or walk of life and yet, despite being part of life, so many still struggle to talk about it openly. I know this from my own personal experience. My daughter Jennie was the victim of a hit... Read more »
The post Peter Dowd: ‘Together, MPs can build a parliament that understands grief’ appeared first on Politics.co.uk.
Water has been at the forefront of political debate for some time in this country. We can all recall the scandalous headlines: record levels of raw sewage being pumped into our waterways alongside rising water bills. These issues (quite rightly) garner significant attention – but they have also overshadowed another, quieter scandal that is wasting... Read more »
The post Sonia Kumar MP: ‘How Britain’s leaky loos waste over a billion litres every day’ appeared first on Politics.co.uk.
The UK has a proud legacy in spinal cord injury (SCI) care. It was here, at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, that professor Sir Ludwig Guttmann pioneered a model of rehabilitation that placed the patient at the centre of care – a legacy that helped launch the Paralympic movement and shaped global standards. But today, that legacy... Read more »
The post Andy McDonald MP: ‘The system is failing spinal cord injury patients – we need a national strategy now’ appeared first on Politics.co.uk.
The cost of living has been identified as the top priority for the government to address in the autumn budget. A new poll of over 7,400 people has found that 59% of voters are demanding action on the cost of living and the economy. This figure was higher than the number of voters who ranked... Read more »
The post Cost of living is top priority for voters ahead of autumn budget, mega poll finds appeared first on Politics.co.uk.
I’ll admit, I haven’t always been the Global Fund’s biggest fan. As a public health consultant working in international development, I used to worry it was too narrowly focused on individual diseases. But over time, I’ve seen the great work it has done – taking large amounts of donor funding and putting it to excellent... Read more »
The post Beccy Cooper MP: ‘The UK’s Global Fund pledge is a missed opportunity’ appeared first on Politics.co.uk.
Fed up of discussing the weather? Here are five ways to initiate deeper, more engaging conversations to truly connect
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A roadmap for ending plastic pollution, Antarctic’s shrinking ozone hole, and London’s falling crime rate, plus more
The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News.
A former Dyson engineer is rolling out a revolution for household chores in deprived communities after inventing an off-grid washing machine
The post Flat-pack washing machine spins a fairer future appeared first on Positive News.
From organic clothing to wild jams, here are 27 sustainable gifts to give this Christmas
The post Sustainable gifts: 27 meaningful presents that do good appeared first on Positive News.
As venues face uncertain futures and arts budgets are slashed, can the punk spirit keep the music flowing?
The post The show must go on: keeping Britain’s musical heart beating appeared first on Positive News.
Kildunne is known for her startling speed and audacious tries, but there’s more to the talented full-back than rugby, from a passion for photography to a sideline in DIY tattooing
Ellie Kildunne says it’s not quite sunk in yet. A couple of months on from winning the Rugby Union World Cup with her England teammates, she’s still on a high. I ask if she slept with her winner’s medal by her bed the night they won. “That night?” She gives me a look. “It’s still by my bed. Every day. I wake up and the medal’s next to my bed. And it’s, like, as if!”
But Kildunne is not resting on her laurels. She says the medal is also a reminder of what’s left to achieve – for her, and for women’s rugby in general. “Your heart’s telling you that you’ve done it, but I need to refocus. So it’s about how can we win the prem, how can we win another Six Nations, more World Cups? How can we keep fans coming to games? We’ve sold out Twickenham, so how do we do it again?”
Continue reading...After several attempts at eating ‘out’, I’m still on the fence
Christmas dinner? At home or in a restaurant? It’s at this juncture of the year, with Christmas dinner hurtling towards us, that you may well find yourself muttering: “Well, we could always go out!” Who could blame any home cook for wanting to shove this great burden on to someone else’s back, especially since every culinary TV show, magazine article and advertising break since mid-November has hammered home what a colossal faff Christmas dinner actually is. No, it’s not just a slightly posh Sunday roast with a few more guests.
Christmas dinner in the UK these days is more like a cross between dinner at Balmoral and 4 July at Mar-a-Lago. The table has to be heaving with holly-embossed crockery, the carrots must be bejewelled in star anise and Himalayan pink pepper, the turkey has to be brined in aromatic salt water and your roasties shaken in polenta and smothered in duck fat. If you’re the designated martyr organising proceedings, field-marshalling everything and cooking this tinsel-strewn palaver, it is common to try instead to divert it all to the local pub, where they’re doing “turkey and all the trimmings” for £79 a head (and including a cracker and a pre-dinner “glass of something sparkly”).
After several attempts at spending Christmas “out”, however, I’m still on the fence as to whether or not it’s really worth it. Chances are, if you’re the designated cook, as I often am, you’ll also find yourself equally burdened as the designated table-finder, taxi-booker and exasperated berk trying to get Aunt Agnes up to the Queen’s Head by 3pm, mainly because she won’t on any account miss the king’s speech, won’t eat turkey without bread sauce and would ideally like her Jim Reeves cassette played over the pub’s sound system.
As peace hopes falter, infantry soldiers face more long deployments risking their lives against Russian attacks
For almost all of their 62-day deployment on the frontline west of Pokrovske, Bohdan and Ivan hid – first in a village shop, then, after a deadly firefight with Russian soldiers, in a tiny basement where the infantrymen from Ukraine’s 31st Brigade had to survive seven more weeks.
Food, water, cigarettes and other supplies were airlifted in by a friendly drone, their toilet was their 3 sq metre room, their nearest comrades 200 metres or so away. Their only hope was to remain underground, because they knew if they were detected a Russian drone could kill them all.
Continue reading...The Duchess of Sussex is back and suddenly her show makes sense. It is cringingly ultra-extra, of course, but isn’t that what Christmas is all about?
No matter the time of year, ’tis always open season on the Duchess of Sussex’s televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Critics, professional and armchair, have rarely been so united as when gleefully ripping series one and two of the lifestyle show to shreds. The consensus was that there has never been a greater royal outrage than when she took some pretzels out of a labelled bag, put them in a different bag, then labelled it. And she didn’t even attempt to explain herself to Emily Maitlis afterwards.
Now, like a merry renegade master, she is back once again with a “Holiday Celebration” (aka a Christmas special). But this time, it’s different. There are still the usual elements we’ve come to expect – psychobabble word salads, extreme hosting – but in the context of a yuletide episode, suddenly it all makes sense. The pieces have fallen into place; it’s a perfect snow storm.
Continue reading...It’s one thing facing a major diagnosis; it’s quite another dealing with your partner pulling away. But does the stereotype match the reality?
Jess never dreamed that she was going to get sick, nor did she consider what it would mean for her love life if she did. When she first started dating her boyfriend, they were both in their late 20s, living busy, active lives. “Sport was something we did a lot of and we did it together: we worked hard, played hard, we went for bike rides and went running and played golf together.”
But around a year into their relationship, all that stopped abruptly when Jess was diagnosed with long Covid, the poorly understood syndrome that in some people follows a Covid infection. For her, it meant “a general shutdown of my body: lungs, heart, stomach, really bad brain fog”. She went from being a sporty, independent 29-year-old with a successful career to sleeping all day and relying on her boyfriend for everything.
Continue reading...It’s been a “rough week for Pete,” a senior official said
Dvalishvili defends his bantamweight belt in a rematch with ex-champion Yan, after Joshua Van won the flyweight title from an injured Alexandre Pantoja
Australia still look set to take a 2-0 lead after dominating in Brisbane
"Whatever we were to decide to release, we'd have to be very responsible about reviewing that right now,” Hegseth said.
Russia launched overnight drone attack on 29 locations in Ukraine
Golden Success Meets Bold New Beginnings Award-winning chef Parvin Kumar has once again brought culinary pride to Consett. His acclaimed restaurant Soami’s Trio has achieved the Good Food Award Gold Seal 2025–26 for the third consecutive year, alongside its third TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award. This rare hat-trick places Soami’s Trio among the UK’s top dining […]
The post Chef Parvin Kumar Celebrates a Hat-Trick Win and Launches Bao Asia in Consett appeared first on Consett Magazine.
The Greencroft Estate in Annfield Plain is home to Lanchester Wines and Greencroft Bottling, sister businesses within the family-owned The Lanchester Group. Each is a leader in its sector, and together they’re one of the biggest employers in our area. Consett Magazine has been given exclusive access to meet the people behind the scenes who […]
The post Meet the People Behind the Pour: David Clark appeared first on Consett Magazine.
Proudly celebrating 5 amazing years of caring for dogs across Consett, Stanley, and the surrounding areas! Founded by David Lowes from Consett and run with his partner Rachel, who leads their thriving grooming salon, Greencroft Dog Day Care is a true local, family-run business built on love, trust, and community. Based right next to Krazy […]
The post More Than Day Care: Greencroft Launches Mutts Menu, Earns 5-Star Licence appeared first on Consett Magazine.
🎄 Christmas 2025 Issue OUT NOW! As festive lights appear across the town and another year draws to a close, the December 2025 edition of Consett Magazine is now available. This month brings together stories of community spirit, local achievements, and the people who make Consett a warmer, kinder place during the winter season. If […]
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This week marks the start of a 16‑day activism period, beginning on Tuesday 25 November — the internationally recognised International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Local community interest company Victims’ Voice Durham CIC is marking the date by launching its first art exhibition, Red Flags – Art as a Voice, which highlights […]
The post Turning pain into purpose, one brushstroke at a time: Red Flags – Art as a Voice exhibition appeared first on Consett Magazine.
THE City of Edinburgh Council has agreed to set up a pilot grant scheme for conservation groups and trusts, but there are fears that the funds suggested will not be nearly enough. One community group slammed the council’s funding offer as “paltry” and pointed out that no timeline or concrete plan for the scheme has […]
The post Volunteer group criticises “paltry” grant scheme agreed by Edinburgh Council appeared first on Deadline News.
STAFF at Edinburgh Napier University are being balloted over strike action, months after university leadership announced plans to cut up to 70 jobs. Educational Institute Scotland (EIS) opened its statutory ballot on Wednesday (DEC 3), which will run until January 9. The union announced the plans on social media and stated that “all members must cast their ballot and […]
The post Threats of strike action as Edinburgh Napier University staff balloted over job cuts appeared first on Deadline News.
POPULAR food court Edinburgh Street Food (ESF) is charging patrons a 4.5% surcharge for “delivery” of their food. The delivery referred to, however, does not involve food being transported any great distance and instead involves meals being simply bussed from kitchen to table, as in any other restaurant. Although ESF, based at the top of […]
The post Edinburgh Street Food charging “rip off” delivery fee – just to take food from kitchens to tables appeared first on Deadline News.
A PROPOSAL has been submitted to convert a former Ravelston Park care home into five flats. Developers 4th Door Developments has notified the council of its plans to convert the 21-bed Sir James McKay Hosue care home. Staran Architects, which will oversee the design, has published drawings and a detailed explanation of its plans for the building. In a presentation, the group said: “The […]
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NEW plans have been laid out to tackle anti-social behaviour on buses, with commitments from the government to revoke the free bus passes of people found to be flaunting the rules could be revoked. This legislation will be developed by Transport Scotland and the Scottish Government alongside a “code of conduct” which will govern the […]
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Natalie Milan and her boyfriend, Karl, fell increasingly in love with their holiday home in Spain but held off moving for years because of work
Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri all still fighting for world championship in epic finish to 2025 season
Tens of thousands of sports fans are expected to flock into the glistening east coast city over the next couple of months. Katie Strick has a one-week bucket list
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In a very short space of time the Canadian LGBTQ+ sports drama, Heated Rivalry, has become the internet’s lates obsession, and we have Jacob Tierney to thank for that. The series, based on Rachel Reid’s novel of the same name in the Game Changers series, follows the multi-year story of Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) and […]
The post Everything you need to know about Jacob Tierney, Heated Rivalry’s queer showrunner appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.
This Christmas, it would be wrong not to try defying gravity by making it a Wicked-inspired one. Jon M. Chu’s movie adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked was released in cinemas in November 2024 to glowing reviews. Its sequel, Wicked: For Good, was released in November this year to equally rave reviews. Posting on X/Twitter, Deadline’s […]
The post Have a Wicked Christmas with these gifts even Glinda would be glad to receive appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.
Spotify Wrapped has come and gone, and left behind a sea of music listeners questioning why their music age is 82 or above. The end-of-year breakdown of users’ listening habits on the world’s largest music app, including top tracks and albums, is always a festive treat beloved by everyone. This year’s round-up included data on […]
The post Spotify Wrapped is out! But here’s how to get it all year round appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.
Heated Rivalry is our latest obsession, and we know we’re not the only ones, if the fervent fandom the show has acquired online is anything to go by. Based on Rachel Reid’s Game Changers novel series, the hit series follows the lives of several pro-ice hockey players as they navigate fame, sexuality, and love. The […]
The post Get to know Heated Rivalry’s François Arnaud and Robbie GK as they take centre stage appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.
The woman of the moment, Lily Allen, has sent the internet into meltdown after revealing her new album West End Girl will be released on USB sticks shaped like butt plugs. Yes, really. The singer unveiled the eyebrow-raising limited edition merch on Tuesday (December 3), with her official store now taking pre-orders for the X-rated-looking […]
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