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Fox comes to visit in Florida!
March 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Fox comes to visit in Florida!
A grim and harrowing life. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Survivor who ignited US Catholic church’s reckoning with abuse killed in Louisiana
Scott Anthony Gastal, who at age 11 had testified in court in the 1980s that his priest had raped him, was beaten to death
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March 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A grim and harrowing life. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Indefinite sentences are unjust. They can no longer be issued and those sentenced earlier should be freed -- www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Man on the run after being recalled to UK prison indefinitely makes plea to minister
Matthew Booth, from Bolton, is facing further time in jail after claims he has restarted a relationship with an ex
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January 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Indefinite sentences are unjust. They can no longer be issued and those sentenced earlier should be freed -- www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A chilling statistic -- www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
Killed women count: 80 women allegedly killed by men in UK in 2024
Throughout the year the Guardian aimed to report on every woman whose death has led to a man being charged
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December 31, 2024 at 3:00 PM
A chilling statistic -- www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
Special educational needs are real--and need attention after years of neglect in the guise of 'austerity' -- www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Children with special needs are now the focus of the culture war and the budget debate – Labour must tread carefully | John Harris
With the yawning gap between available funding and rising demand, parents are right to fear the government’s reaction, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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December 30, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Special educational needs are real--and need attention after years of neglect in the guise of 'austerity' -- www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
RIP. William Labov, Who Studied How Society Shapes Language, Dies at 97 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/u...
William Labov, Who Studied How Society Shapes Language, Dies at 97
He laid the foundation for sociolinguistics, and he showed that structures like class and race shaped speech as much as where someone lives.
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December 28, 2024 at 1:48 PM
RIP. William Labov, Who Studied How Society Shapes Language, Dies at 97 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/u...
Video Shows Prison Officers’ Fatal Assault of Inmate in ‘Shocking’ Detail www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/n...
Video Shows Prison Officers’ Fatal Assault of Inmate in ‘Shocking’ Detail
Robert Brooks died after a savage attack at a New York prison this month that was captured by several officers’ body-worn cameras.
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December 28, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Video Shows Prison Officers’ Fatal Assault of Inmate in ‘Shocking’ Detail www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/n...
Whoever thought it made sense to privatise basic utilities and sell them to monopolistic profit making operators? An entirely predictable consequence. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Revealed: Thames Water diverted ‘cash for clean-ups’ to help pay bonuses
Exclusive: UK’s biggest water company assessed risks before cutting back on cost of environmental work, investigation shows
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December 24, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Whoever thought it made sense to privatise basic utilities and sell them to monopolistic profit making operators? An entirely predictable consequence. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
A reflection of the terrible state of special education services after a decade and a half of cuts. A key problem for the new government to address-- www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
£100m spent in England on failed efforts to block children’s Send support
Exclusive: Councils win just 1.2% of tribunals, as experts see signs provision is becoming a battle with desperate families
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December 23, 2024 at 7:29 AM
A reflection of the terrible state of special education services after a decade and a half of cuts. A key problem for the new government to address-- www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Final 2024 issue of Psychology, Public Policy, and Law is now out--https://psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES/journal/law/30/4
December 20, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Final 2024 issue of Psychology, Public Policy, and Law is now out--https://psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES/journal/law/30/4
It shouldn't take a murder to force restoration of basic services are regulations we used to take for granted. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Home schooling laws to be tightened up after murder of Sara Sharif
Ten-year-old was murdered by her father and stepmother after being taken out of school to be educated at home
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December 17, 2024 at 8:28 AM
It shouldn't take a murder to force restoration of basic services are regulations we used to take for granted. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Big payouts get publicity but what's being done to eliminate police corruption? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/u...
Jury in Las Vegas Awards Woman $34 Million for Wrongful Conviction
Kirstin Blaise Lobato sued the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and two detectives after she spent nearly 16 years in prison for a murder she did not commit.
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December 16, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Big payouts get publicity but what's being done to eliminate police corruption? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/u...
Never has reform been so necessary. Progressive wealth taxes are long overdue. www.theguardian.com/money/2024/d...
At last, a group of MPs intent on reforming our madly unfair council tax | Heather Stewart
The system relies on valuations from 1991, when Gorbachev was in power, but has become politically untouchable
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December 16, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Never has reform been so necessary. Progressive wealth taxes are long overdue. www.theguardian.com/money/2024/d...
Absolutely. She has shown amazing bravery.
If I was picking person of the year, without a shadow of a doubt, it would be Gisele Pelicot. She has and will change things around the world.
December 13, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Absolutely. She has shown amazing bravery.
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Bluesky has passed a milestone of 25 MILLION users.
December 13, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Bluesky has passed a milestone of 25 MILLION users.
This is a truly retrograde step. Even when they misbehave, children are still children and should be treated as such: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Queensland to impose adult prison sentences on children
Queensland's new laws will see children found guilty of serious crimes given harsher penalties.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 8:16 AM
This is a truly retrograde step. Even when they misbehave, children are still children and should be treated as such: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such levels of homelessness are unacceptable www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Shelter condemns ‘shocking’ 14% rise in homelessness across England
Charity says soaring private rents, rising evictions and lack of affordable social housing are to blame
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December 11, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Such levels of homelessness are unacceptable www.theguardian.com/society/2024...