6 h. ago UK adults hopeful about future despite global challenges, survey shows

A survey of 2,000 UK adults found that seven in 10 feel hopeful about their future - despite growing and more complex global challenges

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7 h. ago UK adults feel hopeful about the future despite global challenges

SEVEN in 10 UK adults feel hopeful about their future – despite growing and more complex global challenges, a new poll shows. The survey of 2,000 UK adults revealed acts of kindness, scientific advances, and seeing people help each other within a community are boosting optimism. Additionally, 95 per cent have felt feel a greater...

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7 h. ago Most UK adults remain optimistic about future, Red Cross study shows

A new study has found that 70% of UK adults feel hopeful about their future

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7 h. ago Acts of kindness and community support boost British optimism amid global concerns

A survey of 2,000 UK adults found that seven in 10 feel hopeful about their future - despite growing and more complex global challenges

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3 w. ago Woman pours drain cleaner into her eyes to blind herself and 'feel more comfortable'

From an early age, Jewel Shuping 'knew she was meant to be blind', even staring at the sun in the hope of ruining her healthy eyes. Then, when she reached adulthood, she took dangerous action to ensure she would never see again

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3 w. ago ‘We were obedient our entire lives’: the nuns who broke back into their convent

Three nuns fled a care home to return to the convent, defying church orders and gaining global support – but their future remains unknownSister Bernadette recalls how she once struggled to wake her pupils at the Goldenstein convent boarding school. “They would plead with me: ‘just five more minutes’ snooze, Berna’”, she chuckled. More than 50 years on, the tables have been turned, with former pupils taking it in turns to wake the three remaining nuns at the convent. “Sister Bernadette in particular likes a lie-in,” said Christina Wirtenberger, one of their carers.Sisters Bernadette, 88, Regina, 86, and Rita, almost 82, are still recovering from the shock of having run away on 4 September from a nearby retirement home where they had been placed – they say against their will – and broken back into their former convent, the imposing Schloss Goldenstein, in Elsbethen, just outside Salzburg. Continue reading...

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