What the papers said in the week ending 22 April 2023
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has released the Ukraine to celebrate Easter: Joy and tension as Kyiv marks Orthodox Easter without Moscow clergy | Ukraine | The Guardian
- The conflict continues with little prospect of ending soon: What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis | Ukraine | The Guardian
Our domestic news makes uninspiring reading:
- Confidence in health care is leading the better off to look to the independent sector: One in eight Britons pay for private health services, survey shows | Health policy | The Guardian
- International observers find it difficult to understand why we have neglected the NHS: Hundreds of British people are needlessly going blind. Why? | Devi Sridhar | The Guardian
- Basic foods have become more expensive: Cost of British food basics increases by up to 80% in a year | Supermarkets | The Guardian
- UK inflation: which goods and services have risen most in price? | Inflation | The Guardian
- Desire for profit by big companies is blamed for increased prices: This isn’t wage-price inflation, it’s greedflation – and big companies are to blame | Larry Elliott | The Guardian
Censorship is depriving people of access to original works: Third of UK librarians asked to censor or remove books, research reveals | Books | The Guardian
The very sorry saga of Windrush compensation has not been addressed effectively: Home Office’s Windrush payout scheme needs urgent reform, study finds | Windrush scandal | The Guardian
Covid-19
The infection is still an international threat but vaccines can help. Boosters are available again for the most vulnerable: Covid booster vaccine to be offered to millions in England next week | Coronavirus | The Guardian
Consequences of infection are still being recognised: Up to one in 20 new diabetes cases could be linked to Covid, study suggests | Diabetes | The Guardian
Perhaps more optimistically:
Welsh land is to be referred to by its Welsh name: Brecon Beacons national park renamed Bannau Brycheiniog in Welsh language move | Wales | The Guardian
Companies are not to make access to fuel too difficult for old people: Energy firms to ban forced prepay meter installations in homes of over-85s | Energy industry | The Guardian
Bird flu is no longer threatening wild or domestic birds: British free range eggs to start returning to supermarkets soon as curbs lifted | Supermarkets | The Guardian
Sense and sensibility in marriage is called for: Stephen Fry and Sandi Toksvig lead call for recognition of humanist marriages | LGBTQ+ rights | The Guardian
The benefits of training for sport is confirmed in improved general health and longevity: Elite sportspeople can live five years longer, study finds | Life expectancy | The Guardian
Climate changes are sometimes good for wine production: The wine intervention: Dutch nuns appeal for help with booze glut | Netherlands | The Guardian
And – there are natural approaches which might save the planet: Volcanic microbe eats CO2 ‘astonishingly quickly’, say scientists | Carbon capture and storage (CCS) | The Guardian
And yet we may quibble about the colour of a door Woman forced to repaint pink front door of listed Edinburgh building | Scotland | The Guardian
David Jolley. Chair of Christians on Ageing, in a personal capacity.
