What the papers said in the week ending 12 November 2022
We are aware of the climate crisis:
- Climate crisis: past eight years were the eight hottest ever, says UN | Climate crisis | The Guardian
- UK weather: yellow flood warning in place for parts of south-east England | UK weather | The Guardian
- We know that we can take action to modify the changes which are occurring, but this requires international cooperation: Revealed: US and UK fall billions short of ‘fair share’ of climate funding | Climate finance | The Guardian
There is concern for economies and for the difficulties heaped upon the weakest and most vulnerable
- One in four Europeans say their financial position is ‘precarious’ | Cost of living crisis | The Guardian
- Gordon Brown and Rowan Williams write together in appreciation of the difficulties, and in support of ways to combat them: Rising costs could force vital community hubs to shut their doors | UK cost of living crisis | The Guardian
- Insecurity-report-v4-combined.pdf (theosthinktank.co.uk)
- Problems are perceived to be greater than they have been for many years – and on almost every front: UK facing huge scale of unrest last seen in 1980s miners’ strike | Industrial action | The Guardian
- Funding cuts leave England’s national parks facing ‘existential crisis’ | Access to green space | The Guardian
- Nurses across UK vote to go on strike for first time in dispute over pay | Nursing | The Guardian
- Teachers reveal scale of pupils’ hunger as 100,000 frozen out of free school meals | School meals | The Guardian
- Hungry children miss out on free meals – and struggling schools cannot help | School meals | The Guardian
- Maternal mortality rises by nearly 20% in UK, report finds | Women’s health | The Guardian
- MBRRACE-UK: Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK | NPEU (ox.ac.uk)
Science and medicine continue to make discoveries which may be helpful:
- New hope for sickle cell patients as UK trial of lab grown red blood cells begins | Medical research | The Guardian
- Genetic tests could identify people at risk of heart disease, NHS study finds | Heart disease | The Guardian
- Pill to prevent pre-eclampsia gets UK fast track for development | Health | The Guardian
- But there are suspicions of ageist bias in access to treatments: Advising older patients against breast cancer surgery is ‘age bias’, UK study finds | Breast cancer | The Guardian
- Many people’s mental health has been strained and though attention has focussed on the needs of children and youngsters, the mismatch between need and available services goes across the age bands: The Guardian view on children’s mental health: pills and apps aren’t the solution | Editorial | The Guardian
- Young lives are being destroyed by a lack of mental health support | Letters | The Guardian
Women are not being treated fairly, even in our Church of England, but restrictions in some other countries are wildly out of touch with modern values: Where is discrimination against women still allowed in the UK? The church | Martine Oborne | The Guardian
The Church of England’s rules on sexuality are being carefully questioned: The Guardian view on LGBT+ Anglicans: finally grounds for hope? | Editorial | The Guardian
And a consequence of the Russia-Ukraine conflict is the potential for a change of the date when Christmas can be celebrated: Orthodox church of Ukraine allows worshippers to celebrate Christmas on 25 December | Ukraine | The Guardian
- The conflict grinds on: Russian troops ordered to retreat from Kherson in face of Ukrainian advance | Ukraine | The Guardian
Perhaps as a consequence, there has been strong support for Remembrance Day – and a wish for peace at all times: White poppies gaining acceptance in UK, say campaigners | Remembrance Day | The Guardian
And other matters:
Sense would support a reduction of speed limits – Wales is putting the idea into action: Residential speed limit of 20mph to save Wales £100m in first year | Wales | The Guardian
An old man in Australia may have a past: ‘It’s him’: Lord Lucan hunt continues 48 years after nanny murder | Crime | The Guardian
Maybe it is because of The Repair Shop. Maybe it is a result of adopting the cultures brought to us from other counties, but people are turning to mending, rather than throwing away: The trend to mend: how repair shops are leading a fixing revolution | Business | The Guardian
We have lost Leslie Phillips: Leslie Phillips obituary | Leslie Phillips | The Guardian
The prospect of a return of Donald Trump to a position of influence has lessened: First Thing: ‘Red wave’ fails to materialise as Democrats beat expectations in the midterms | US news | The Guardian
But we hear that charities are exploiting the old and vulnerable in their desperate pursuit of funds for good causes: My vulnerable mum was at the mercy of charitable callers | Letters | The Guardian
There are attractions to working at and from home – but we need to adopt professional standards if we are to avoid musculo-skeletal problems – and others: Rise in back pain and long-term sickness linked to home working – ONS | Working from home | The Guardian
While ordinary families struggle to put decent meals on the plate, the price of a meal for one at a top restaurant can be more than £300.Prices at UK’s top restaurants ‘have doubled since Brexit’ | Restaurants | The Guardian
Much-loved garden flowers are being lost to the fierce extremes of weather: Why climate crisis means some English roses will bloom no longer | Plants | The Guardian
David Jolley. Chair of Christians on Ageing – In a personal capacity
