22 h. ago What would it take for me to feel safe wearing a kippah after Bondi? | Glen Berman

Jewish safety after Bondi will only be found by tackling radicalisation across Australia head onWhat would it take for me to feel safe wearing a kippah (a Jewish head covering) on a daily basis? This is a question I have been asking myself since 14 December. Which is not to suggest that I felt safe – or maybe comfortable is a better adjective – being Jewish in public before the Bondi massacre, but is to say that the question has suddenly become far more urgent.I do not feel safe wearing a kippah because I fear that to many Australians this would be interpreted as a sign that I support Israel. I do not want people to make assumptions about my politics based on my appearance. And, more prosaically, in terms of my fear, I do not want to be shouted at when I’m going to the shops. I do not feel safe wearing a kippah because all of my life I’ve overheard non-Jewish people sharing antisemitic conspiracy theories. Greedy, cheap, power hungry, in control of the media. A host of conscious and...

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31 h. ago Many Filipino healthcare workers in the US live in fear of ICE: ‘This is my place of work. I should feel safe’

Filipinos make up a large percentage of the healthcare workforce, which includes undocumented peopleIn the Philippines, she spent three years providing end-of-life care for a family’s grandmother. When the grandmother died, family members told the healthcare worker to arrange her own way to the United States, where they operated home healthcare facilities.In California, they promised, she would have a place to stay and a stable job. They would look after her just as she had cared for their grandmother. Continue reading...

Society

6 d. ago Midwife leading biggest inquiry into maternity failings in NHS history is charging taxpayers up to £26,000 a month

Donna Ockenden has been chairing the report on Nottingham university hospitals NHS trust since 2022 and is paid £850 for every 7.5 hours she works, charged to NHS England (NHSE).

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7 d. ago RAKIB EHSAN: Equalities chief is divorced from the realities of life in modern Britain

Two weeks ago, a 15-year-old British schoolgirl from Leamington Spa stood up in court and told the judge: 'The day I was raped changed me as a person. Now every time I go out I don't feel safe.'

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9 d. ago Volunteers on patrol, security cameras and plans to flee the country: Life for Jewish families in Fortress Golders Green

After the horrifying scenes on Bondi Beach last week and the attack outside a Manchester synagogue in October, many now feel Britain is no longer safe for Jews.

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1 week ago Ghost's £6 perfumes are the 'perfect' stocking filler for mums and aunts

"I feel like this set is a pretty safe blind buy gift for aunts and mums"

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1 week ago Stalker threatened to 'bust down' woman's door and sent threatening voice notes

Dale Myles Selby, 37, of Cae'r Ffynon, Llanystumdwy, Criccieth, was sentenced to six months in jail for stalking offences

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2 w. ago ‘We wrote it living on Tesco sandwiches and anxiety attacks!’ How Operation Mincemeat conquered the world

It started out as a fringe musical about an outlandish war plan – and became a West End and Broadway smash. As the show hits China, Australia and Mexico, its ‘nerd’ creators explain how they went global with a box of hats and a dreamNatasha Hodgson is wondering what to make of all the straight women who have developed a crush on her. Or, to put it more accurately, all the straight women who have developed a crush on her when she’s dressed as a second world war naval intelligence officer and speaking in a silly voice. But is it really Hodgson these woman have fallen for? Or is it Ewen Montagu, the bombastic, braces-wearing war hero she plays in the hit musical Operation Mincemeat?“The confusion is real,” says Hodgson. “These women come to the show believing themselves to be straight, then they have a total identity crisis. But hey – if that’s not what musical theatre is for, I don’t know what is!” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago After the Bondi attack, Jews will wonder where in the world they can feel safe

Editorial: The attack in Australia is another example of how widespread antisemitism currently is – and the need for our political leaders to step up and tackle it

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2 w. ago US agents increasingly arresting Afghan asylum seekers, lawyers say: ‘A huge chilling effect’

Lawyers say people ‘don’t feel safe to leave their home’ as officials target recent arrivals and those awaiting hearingsImmigration agents appear to be increasingly arresting and detaining Afghan asylum seekers, especially men, who have arrived in the US recently and are awaiting court hearings to decide their cases.Amir – an asylum seeker who came to the US via Mexico in 2024 – was driving home from his English class in Bloomington, Indiana just after noon on Monday, when he was pulled over by an unmarked police vehicle. Minutes later, the asylum seeker from Afghanistan was cuffed and driven to a detention center. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago NHS maternity shame as 1 in 5 women have their concerns dismissed during labour

New mums and mums-to-be are often unable to get the help they need when using NHS maternity services or do not feel confident they are given the right advice.

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2 w. ago Voices: ‘We decided to get private healthcare’: Readers on ‘traumatic’ NHS maternity failings

England’s maternity crisis stems from decades of underfunding, mismanagement and a culture that fails to listen to women, according to our community, who argued that only proper investment and a respected, well-staffed workforce can turn things around

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3 w. ago Voices: Every woman should feel safe in an NHS maternity ward

Editorial: The staggering shortcomings in care for mothers at hospitals and failure to implement recommendations to correct them have resulted in lives lost and ruined – the health secretary could define his legacy by finally putting this right

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3 w. ago Midwife from One Born Every Minute loses unfair dismissal case with the NHS after 'witch hunt' over TikTok advice posts

Lara Basini-Millar built up a huge following voicing her concerns at the way the NHS maternity services were being run. But she was called in by hospital bosses for being 'too sexual'.

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3 w. ago Dirty wards, women bleeding in bathrooms and avoidable baby deaths: Maternity probe head blasts ‘unacceptable care’

Report shows NHS has recorded a ‘staggering’ 748 recommendations relating to maternity and neonatal care in the past decade

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3 w. ago Dirty wards, women bleeding in bathrooms and avoidable baby deaths: Maternity probe heads blasts ‘unacceptable care’

Report shows NHS has recorded a ‘staggering’ 748 recommendations relating to maternity and neonatal care in the past decade

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3 w. ago Nothing prepared me for scale of unacceptable NHS maternity care, head of national review says

Report shows NHS has recorded a ‘staggering’ 748 recommendations relating to maternity and neonatal care in the past decade

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3 w. ago Head of the national NHS review into maternity services in England says 'nothing prepared her for the scale of unacceptable care'

Leading the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation (NMNI), Baroness Valerie Amos found changes to services have been 'too slow', despite being necessary and urgent.

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3 w. ago Changes in NHS maternity care ‘too slow’, head of national review finds

The initial impressions from Baroness Valerie Amos come ahead of her full findings being published in 2026.

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3 w. ago ‘Extremely concerning’ NHS maternity services are in worse state than expected, shock investigation finds

NHS maternity services are in a worse state than expected, an initial investigation has found. Baroness Valerie Amos said “extremely concerning” numbers of women get poor care and that some hospitals are failing even on “basic care” like keeping wards clean. The report also said that families whose babies die do not get enough kindness...

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