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Want to keep walking? Keep walking!

16th October 2023 By GerryBurke

What the papers said in the week ending 14 October 2023

All our thoughts and prayers are focussed on the terrible situation in Israel: wishing for a return to peaceful coexistence. Seven days of terror that shook the world and changed the Middle East | Israel-Hamas war | The Guardian

  • British children of Hamas hostages plead for their parents’ return | London | The Guardian

Environmental phenomena are also life-threatening: More rain to come for flood-hit Scotland, with amber warning in place | UK weather | The Guardian

  • Afghanistan earthquake has killed more than 2,400, Taliban say | Afghanistan | The Guardian
  • Two die in avalanches on Shishapangma mountain in Tibet | Tibet | The Guardian

And will affect survivors: Climate crisis will make Europe’s beer cost more and taste worse, say scientists | Europe | The Guardian

There is sense in some new academic innovations: World’s first reparatory justice master’s launches in Glasgow and West Indies | Education | The Guardian

But we should worry about another huge gamble with NHS money: Everything you need to know about NHS England’s biggest ever IT contract | NHS | The Guardian

  • Health care has not been supported in the way we require: Mental healthcare in England is a national emergency, say hospital bosses | Mental health | The Guardian

And we read more about the failures of our judicial system: Prison places in England and Wales are ‘bust’, says governors’ union chief | Prisons and probation | The Guardian

Health phenomena in older people are given attention: ‘It’s not a nice way of living’: Kelly Holmes on her struggle with menopause insomnia | Menopause | The Guardian

  • Dementia risk factors pose more danger for ethnic minorities, finds study | Dementia | The Guardian

Older people are amongst those who show how to fight back:

  • ‘A new door opens’: Keith Richards says arthritis has changed how he plays guitar | Keith Richards | The Guardian
  • Chicago woman who skydived at age 104 has died: ‘She was indefatigable’ | Chicago | The Guardian
  • How a team of Shropshire villagers rallied to save their local pub | Pubs | The Guardian

But engagement with the care industry is not always a rose garden: Family wait 100 days for Midlands care home refund after aunt’s death | Social care | The Guardian

  • Beyond Caring review – a low-key meditation on love, loss and care homes | Stage | The Guardian

More ways of coping:

No pockets? Think laterally: Pocketless storage for handkerchiefs | Fashion | The Guardian

Want to keep walking? Keep walking: Will youngsters have a leg to stand on at 80? | Fitness | The Guardian

Want to stay young? Buy your home or get a council house: Living in privately rented homes linked to faster biological ageing, study finds | Housing | The Guardian

  • Are housing circumstances associated with faster epigenetic ageing? | Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (bmj.com)

Save a favourite newspaper? Phone friends: University of Edinburgh: Europe’s oldest student newspaper saved – BBC News

Want fresh food? Join the queue: Waiting list for allotments in England almost doubles in 12 years | Environment | The Guardian

God save the King: Royal Mint unveils new coin design inspired by King Charles | King Charles III | The Guardian

 

David Jolley – this review was prepared in a personal capacity.

(Ed.)  David is standing aside as Chair of Christians on Ageing.

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There are some things which just have to be said.  We have to speak out because at the heart of the Christian message is our belief that God is not silent.  God has spoken through creation itself and the evolving universe; through the human story; through the dwelling of Jesus Christ in time; through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the Church and in each believer; through the inspiration of the scriptures; and through the wisdom and the teaching of the Church through the ages.

We use words all the time.  Words of welcome.  Words of wisdom.  Words of warmth.  Words of warning.  Words of wistfulness.  Our words are wasted if words are just words.   In the beginning was the Word.  And the Word was with God.  And the Word was God.  Through him all things came to be, not one thing had its being but through him.   The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. The Word made things happen.

As Christians, as followers of the Word, we do something about what we have heard.  Our own best words are our actions.

Please tell us what you would like us to Speak Out about by contacting:  info@ccoa.org.uk

 

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