31 h. ago How to help people with addictions on the streets? These Oregon programs have solutions

The state has one of the highest US rates of substance use disorders and ranks last for access to treatment. These initiatives are changing what rehab looks likeOregon has for years struggled with a drug crisis, reporting one of the highest rates of substance use disorders in the US and ranking last in the nation for access to treatment.The problem is systemic, rooted in decades of failure to invest in the level of behavioral health services needed for people with mental illnesses and addiction. The Pacific north-west state’s significant affordable housing shortage has compounded the challenges, as people languish on the streets without care. Many drug users spiral downward until they overdose, wind up in jail or prison or are forced into Oregon’s overcrowded psychiatric system. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago People call me the headmaster from hell but I don't care what they say

Alun Ebenezer (pictured), head of Caldicot School in Caldicot, Monmouthshire, was brought in by the county council as an emergency measure in June last year.

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7 d. ago NHS staff can save HUNDREDS with these discounts this Mother's Day

Mother’s Day is the perfect time to celebrate the people who care for us - and no one fits the bill quite like our NHS staff.

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8 d. ago People tell mum she's 'ruined daughter's life' with unique baby name

Emma says she doesn't care what people think and just didn't want something boring

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9 d. ago 'Watching people gasp for air in intensive care during Covid will stay with me forever'

Liam Thorp was given exclusive access to the ICU at the Royal Liverpool Hospital in 2020 - when the virus had already taken hold in Liverpool, with soaring case numbers leading to rising fatalities in hospital

Society

1 week ago 'Very high' Met Office hay fever warnings issued on first day of spring

Experts have urged people with allergies to take care as tree pollen levels have been high due to the above-average temperatures the UK has seen recently

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2 w. ago Israel strikes that shattered ceasefire ‘just the beginning’, Netanyahu says, after deadliest 24 hours in Gaza since 2023 – as it happened

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli military will continue to fight until Hamas ‘no longer posed a threat’Commenting on the fresh strikes in Gaza, Sally Thomas, humanitarian manager at Caritas Australia, warned the strikes would impact distribution“In the first month of the ceasefire around 56 ,000 metric tons of food entered Gaza, more than double the amount in the month prior. Alongside this, humanitarians have been working to take care of an estimated 350,000 chronically ill people in Gaza, where there are just 108 ICY beds remaining, and a lack of necessities such as oxygen and vital medical equipment,” she said in a statement. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israel strikes that shattered ceasefire ‘just the beginning’, Netanyahu says, after deadliest 24 hours in Gaza since 2023 – live

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli military will continue to fight until Hamas ‘no longer posed a threat’Commenting on the fresh strikes in Gaza, Sally Thomas, humanitarian manager at Caritas Australia, warned the strikes would impact distribution“In the first month of the ceasefire around 56 ,000 metric tons of food entered Gaza, more than double the amount in the month prior. Alongside this, humanitarians have been working to take care of an estimated 350,000 chronically ill people in Gaza, where there are just 108 ICY beds remaining, and a lack of necessities such as oxygen and vital medical equipment,” she said in a statement. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israel breaks Gaza ceasefire after renewed IDF strikes kill more than 320 Palestinians – Middle East crisis live

Benjamin Netanyahu says operation carried out to ‘achieve war objectives’ as Hamas labels strikes a ‘blatant violation of humanitarian conventions’Deaths reported in Gaza as Israeli military conducts ‘extensive strikes’ despite ceasefireCommenting on the fresh strikes in Gaza, Sally Thomas, humanitarian manager at Caritas Australia, warned the strikes would impact distribution“In the first month of the ceasefire around 56 ,000 metric tons of food entered Gaza, more than double the amount in the month prior. Alongside this, humanitarians have been working to take care of an estimated 350,000 chronically ill people in Gaza, where there are just 108 ICY beds remaining, and a lack of necessities such as oxygen and vital medical equipment,” she said in a statement. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gaza ceasefire shattered as more than 320 Palestinians reported killed by renewed Israeli strikes – Middle East crisis live

Benjamin Netanyahu says operation carried out to ‘achieve war objectives’ as Hamas labels strikes a ‘blatant violation of humanitarian conventions’Deaths reported in Gaza as Israeli military conducts ‘extensive strikes’ despite ceasefireCommenting on the fresh strikes in Gaza, Sally Thomas, humanitarian manager at Caritas Australia, warned the strikes would impact distribution“In the first month of the ceasefire around 56 ,000 metric tons of food entered Gaza, more than double the amount in the month prior. Alongside this, humanitarians have been working to take care of an estimated 350,000 chronically ill people in Gaza, where there are just 108 ICY beds remaining, and a lack of necessities such as oxygen and vital medical equipment,” she said in a statement. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'My twin and I share a partner – we're a throuple who all sleep in the same bed'

Twins Pediah and Petunia are in a relationship with Themba and, together, they identify as the Euphoria Throuple – and they've been in a polyamorous relationship for two years

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2 w. ago 'We're twins in a throuple – we don't care that people stare, we're in love'

Pediah and Petunia have been in a relationship with their shared boyfriend, Themba, for two years – and say that while the public "hate" their relationship, they're all "very happy"

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2 w. ago Bonnie Blue leaves people startled after they find out one thing about her

Bonnie Blue Spring Break snaps have been going viral online as she poses poolside with students after she promised mums she'd "take care of your sons". And people have been left startled by one thing they found out about Bonnie while she's there

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2 w. ago ‘I had no voice’: black mental health patients on surviving a care system they say is racialised

As a report into mental health care in England finds a sharp increase in people sent for urgent care, two people tell their traumatic stories of being hospitalisedAdult mental health crisis referrals in England double in a yearIt has been more than four decades since Devon Marston, a 66-year-old community organiser and musician, was taken to a psychiatric hospital where he was restrained, injected and forced to take medication. He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.“Everything was said around me and about me, but no one asked me how I was doing,” he said. “I had no voice, and there was no one to say: ‘Don’t do that to him,’ or: ‘Listen to him, hear what he has to say.’” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Forfar care home appeals for people to send resident cards for 100th birthday to celebrate ‘incredible’ life

HC-One Scotland’s Finavon Court Care Home is appealing for kind-hearted people to send birthday cards to a resident who is turning 100.

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3 w. ago ‘Had I not been pushy, it would have been stage 4’: The fight to improve outcomes for black cancer sufferers

Paul Campbell had to fight for a cancer diagnosis. He tells Rachel Clun more must be done to improve cancer care for people of colour

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3 w. ago What Swansea Council's new £643m budget will mean for you and how much extra you'll have to pay

Council tax is going up by 5.95% to help pay for big increases to key services like social care, despite opposition calls 'to give the people of Swansea a break'

Economics

4 w. ago South Lanarkshire marks experiences of young people for Care Day 2025

The event is an international celebration of children and young people with care experience.

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4 w. ago Dermatologist warns 'heat damage is least of worries' after hair mistake we all make

Dr Aamna Adel, a dermatologist registrar in London, specialises in hair care and recently shared a common concern she believes people should be aware of about their hair

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