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A lack of financial and emotional support for kinship carers could push up to 18,000 children into an already overstretched foster care systemChildren are being “plunged into ­poverty”, a charity says, because of a lack of support for kinship ­carers – relatives or family friends who step in to look after children after a crisis.Kinship carers, who are often grandparents, are twice as likely as other adults to rely on food banks and four times as likely to fall behind on their bills, according to a new report. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/06/children-raised-by-friends-or-relatives-are-being-plunged-into-poverty-says-uk-charity Author : James Tapper Publish date

A week after the storm hit, the scale of the damage is still unknown – and many towns face a long road to recoveryAfter keeping vigil all night, Jason Fesperman, 32, decided it was finally safe to sleep. By 6am last Friday, he figured that the worst of the rain from Hurricane Helene had passed. Jonathan Creek, the normally ankle-deep stream that runs through his backyard in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, had stayed within its banks – though barely.Just over two hours later, his wife Dan woke him in a panic. Heavy rain continued past 9am in Maggie Valley, and

University of Bath researchers found seven vaporizers sourced from the US contained dangerous SC compoundA new study from the University of Bath revealed that seven vaporizers claiming to contain cannabis actually contained a much more dangerous “synthetic cannabinoid” (SC) compound.Earlier this year, the same lab published a study showing that over one in six vaporizers confiscated from schoolchildren across the UK also contained SCs. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/06/cannabis-vapes-synthetic-cannabinoid-illegal Author : Hannah Harris Green Publish date : 2024-10-06 10:00:05 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

She was all but forgotten. Now the 18th-century author’s republished novels reveal why she made such an extraordinary contribution to literatureShe was a proto-feminist author whose phenomenally popular novels commanded unprecedented fees and influenced the work of Jane Austen, Lord Byron, John Keats, Mary Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry James, the Brontë sisters and Charles Dickens.Yet for centuries, Ann Radcliffe has been neglected by publishers, her name missing from textbooks and anthologies, and her extraordinary contribution to literature overlooked. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/06/the-queen-of-suspense-how-ann-radcliffe-inspired-dickens-and-austen-then-got-written-out-of-the-canon Author : Donna Ferguson Publish date : 2024-10-06 08:00:47 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Explosions heard across Lebanese capital; dozens reported killed with more wounded in hit on central Gaza mosque that Israel says was Hamas baseMiddle East crisis – latest updatesHeavy consecutive strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs from late Saturday into Sunday, witnesses said, while Gaza’s civil defence agency said 24 people were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a mosque in central Gaza early on Sunday.The strike on the mosque, near the Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah, came as the war between Israel and Hamas in the Palestinian territory approaches its first anniversary on 7 October. Witnesses said the

Explosions heard across Lebanese capital; dozens reported killed with more wounded in hit on central Gaza mosque that Israel says was Hamas baseMiddle East crisis – latest updatesHeavy consecutive strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs from late Saturday into Sunday, witnesses said, while Gaza’s civil defence agency said 24 people were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a mosque in central Gaza early on Sunday.The strike on the mosque, near the Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah, came as the war between Israel and Hamas in the Palestinian territory approaches its first anniversary on 7 October. Witnesses said the

Former president will appear with ‘quadruple’ the security, and also honor firefighter killed during shootingDonald Trump plans to return on Saturday to the site where a gunman tried to assassinate him in July, as the former president sets aside what are now near-constant worries for his physical safety in order to fulfill a promise – “really an obligation”, he said recently – to the people of Butler, Pennsylvania.“I’ll probably start off by saying, ‘As I was saying ... ’,” the Republican presidential nominee has joked, in a bit of black humor about a speech cut short when a bullet struck

Deputy prime minister labels rallies ‘deeply regrettable’ as protesters warned not to display symbols linked to designated terrorist groupsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSupporters of Palestine have taken to the streets in Sydney and Melbourne, a day before the first anniversary of the 7 October attacks by Hamas in Israel.Rallies were scheduled to take place in cities across Australia, with demonstrators warned not to display symbols linked to designated terrorist groups such as Hezbollah.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/06/pro-palestine-protests-ahead-of-7-october-anniversary-labelled-deeply-regrettable

Lai Ching-te argues the reverse may be true because the Republic of China – the mantle that nationalists carried with them to Taiwan – predates the communist People’s RepublicIt is “impossible” for the People’s Republic of China to become Taiwan’s motherland because Taiwan has older political roots, the island’s president has said.Lai Ching-te, who took office in May, is condemned by Beijing as a separatist. He rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims, saying the island is a country called the Republic of China that traces its origins back to the 1911 revolution overthrowing the last imperial dynasty. Continue reading... Source link :

Police believe woman may have not survived Sunday morning blaze at home in Thorneside, south of BrisbaneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn eight-year-old girl has died and a woman is missing after a townhouse caught fire at Thorneside, south of Brisbane on Sunday.Queensland police told ABC reporters at the scene that they had “a strong belief” that the missing woman had been at the home when the fire took hold, and would not have survived.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link :

Strikes described as the most severe of conflict so far, with some landing near airport amid foreign evacuation flights; Israeli military says mosque used as Hamas command centreSee all our Middle East crisis coverageThe death toll at the Gaza mosque strike has risen to 18, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.The Israeli air strike on the Shuhada al-Aqsa mosque, near the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, also reportedly injured dozens of people. Eyewitnesses told Reuters the number of casualties could rise as the mosque was being used to house displaced people. Continue reading... Source

Thousands attend Pennsylvania rally to see Republican candidate, while Elon Musk warns of ‘last election’ if supporters don’t turn out to voteDonald Trump has returned to the site where he narrowly escaped assassination in July, pushing the emotional buttons of his supporters and suggesting that his political opponents “maybe even tried to kill me” to stop him regaining the White House.The Republican presidential nominee – and perennial showman – mounted an unabashedly sentimental spectacle in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. He was joined by billionaire Elon Musk, who made the baseless claim that if Trump’s supporters fail to turn out, “this

Muslim and Jewish figures join archbishop in first act of high-level solidarityMuslim and Jewish leaders today unite around an unprecedented joint statement calling the assaults on Israel on 7 October last year “brutal Hamas terrorist attacks” that led to a “devastating war in Gaza and beyond” which together have caused “horrific” human suffering.Joined by the archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in the first high-level act of inter-faith solidarity in the year-long conflict, they say in a letter to the Observer: “Our faiths and our humanity teach us that we should mourn for all the innocent people who have lost their

Opposition leader’s claim Labor is ‘at odds with our allies’ an attempt to sow division, deputy prime minister saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government has hit back at Peter Dutton’s claims that Australia is at odds with its allies over the conflict in the Middle East, characterising this as “an intentional lie” that aims to fuel division.With more Australians expected to fly out of Lebanon on Sunday as Israel steps up strikes in southern Beirut, the government said it was “deeply anxious” about the “extraordinary

Vice-president pledges ongoing support during second trip in four days to North Carolina disaster zoneKamala Harris pledged ongoing federal support and praised the “heroes among us” during a swing through hurricane-hit North Carolina on Saturday, her second trip in four days to the disaster zone.The vice-president began her visit by attending a briefing with state and local officials in Charlotte, where she thanked “those who are in the room and those who are out there right now working around the clock” in the post-Helene rescue effort. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/05/kamala-harris-north-carolina-hurricane-helene Author : Edward Helmore Publish date : 2024-10-06

Statement comes as president urges Congress to pass disaster-relief package as costs soar amid devastationThe White House moved Saturday to quash claims that government officials control the weather, including a far-fetched rumor circulating on social media that Hurricane Helene was an engineered storm to allow corporations to mine regional lithium deposits.“We have seen a large increase in false information circulating online related to the federal response to Hurricane Helene,” a statement said, pointing to a “number of scam artists, bad-faith actors, and others who want to sow chaos because they think it helps their political interests are promoting disinformation about

Large-scale clinical project could give real-time view of how well treatments are working and lead to earlier diagnosesScientists are embarking on a large-scale clinical study of new personalised cancer therapies which could give clinicians are real-time view of how well treatments are working.The £9m partnership between the Francis Crick Institute, five NHS trusts, charities and bioscience companies will spend four years examining the effectiveness of new immunotherapy treatments and exploring new ways to detect cancer. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/06/study-of-new-personalised-cancer-therapies-could-transform-how-the-disease-is-treated Author : James Tapper Publish date : 2024-10-05 23:01:35 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Stephen Doughty’s remarks come as Argentina vows to gain ‘full sovereignty’ of Falkland IslandsThe UK is “resolutely committed” to all of its overseas territories, the responsible foreign minister said, after Argentina vowed to gain “full sovereignty” of the Falkland Islands.Stephen Doughty said on Saturday that the sovereignty of the territories is “not up for negotiation”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/05/uk-resolutely-committed-to-its-overseas-territories-says-foreign-minister Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2024-10-05 18:22:21 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Organisers of the Sydney protest said they expected the turnout to be around 5,000 people. Follow the day’s news liveMore than 450 Australians and their immediate family members have so far left Lebanon on Australian government-assisted flights, as Israel steps up its strikes in southern Beirut.Two such flights arrived in Cyprus from Beirut yesterday carrying 407 Australians: the first flight carried 229 Australians and the second carried 178. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/oct/06/australia-news-live-pro-palestine-rally-police-sydney-melbourne-lebanon-cyprus-anthony-albanese-nrl-grandfinal-cost-of-living Author : Petra Stock Publish date : 2024-10-05 21:48:37 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Latest system forms in Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, with forecasters expecting upgrade to hurricane in a few daysFlorida is expected to get walloped by another hurricane next week, just 10 days after it was hit by Hurricane Helene, which caused widespread storm surge and wind damage before it moved inland to cause devastating flooding.The latest system, Tropical Storm Milton, formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday. Forecasters expect the storm to quickly strengthen into a hurricane and rush toward Florida in the next few days. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/05/tropical-storm-milton-florida Author : Edward Helmore Publish date :

The event, which is celebrating its anniversary, has grown into a global phenomenon – and made us feel a whole lot betterTwenty years ago, on a windy, autumnal Saturday morning, 13 runners showed up to a park in south-west London for an event called the Bushy Park Time Trial. A 5km course was plotted and the organiser, Paul Sinton-Hewitt, a computer programmer who grew up in South Africa, bought washers from a hardware store to hand out as finish tokens. The times were tapped up on a laptop afterwards in a local Caffè Nero.This Saturday, the weather hadn’t much improved

Vegemite sells for 30 cents more per 100g in Australia, a salty byproduct of lower supermarket competition sure to leave a bad taste Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShoppers in the UK are paying less for Australian brands including Vegemite and Tim Tams than customers in Australia, despite the classic products being made in Australia.A comparison of seven Australian products stocked in UK supermarkets shows they are often cheaper to buy in Britain than at Australia’s two major supermarket chains.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/05/aussie-classics-vegemite-and-tim-tams-cheaper-in-uk-supermarkets-than-australia

The Treasury refuses to confirm 1 January start date as unions, tax experts and school leaders say it is unworkableGovernment plans to impose VAT on private schools from 1 January next year may have to be delayed because of warnings from unions, tax experts and school leaders that meeting the deadline will cause administrative chaos and teacher job losses, and put pressure on the state sector.The Treasury on Saturday night refused to confirm that the plan to impose 20% VAT on private school fees would go ahead from 1 January, as confirmed by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, in July, instead

Staff should now receive every penny paid in tips – including service chargesWhoever said it’s better to give than to receive wasn’t talking about tipping. Waiters around the UK should be starting to receive a £200m-a-year bonanza thanks to a new law that means every penny paid in tips, including service charges, on a restaurant bill will have to go to staff.Yet exactly how much of the money will end up in servers’ pockets is unclear. The law was changed because some restaurants took service charges as part of their profits or to pay for overheads such as lighting. Continue