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Letter: Jean Simons on the Duchess of Sussex’s experience and how we can start a conversation about grief or loss

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“Comic Relief will stop sending celebrities to Africa after criticism that the approach promotes stereotypes about “white saviours”. Stacey Dooley, who came under fire for a trip with the charity, spoke to @louiseelisabet about reporting from war zones. https://t.co/dvJwd4I4WO”

“Remembrance Day 2020 🇬🇧 https://t.co/1fRsKzBmDT”

“Our fourth charity is @RefugeCharity, which supports women and children experiencing domestic abuse. Lisa King, director of communications at Refuge, says, “Lockdown has been a great way for a perpetrator to intensify ways of control"”

“Our third charity is @CarersUK, which supports carers struggling in isolation. Norman Phillips cares for his wife Rosamund, who has multiple sclerosis. During lockdown, Carers UK arranged “Care for a Cuppa” Zoom meetings”

“Our second charity is @macmillancancer, which has been helping cancer patients throughout the pandemic. Jo Woodman was just 30 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. Macmillan stepped in to help, providing her with telephone counselling”

“The first charity we have chosen is @CruseCare, which provides support and free counselling for people struggling to cope with loss. Holly Neill was only 25 when her mother died suddenly in a car accident. She turned to Cruse Bereavement Care for help”

Almost a 100 Tory MPs are sharing furious messages over the Government’s handling of footballer Marcus Rashford’s campaign

“Party vice chair Andrew Bowie has called on Angela Rayner to apologise, saying: "We've become numb to abusive language in politics on social media, let's not take it into the chamber of the House of Commons." https://t.co/Iu6IhlmIRz https://t.co/8gY0KtsK8X”

“More than 150,000 tonnes of coal engulfed Pantglas Junior School and 19 houses #Aberfan”

There’s a simple test to evaluate the government’s proposed new planning reforms. Will they lead to the building of more, better quality, better designed homes of the sort that people actually want to

The government has launched ‘Planning for the Future’, a consultation on reforming the planning system. The reforms would identify land under three categories – ‘Growth’ areas suitable for substantial development, ‘Renewal’ areas suitable for some development, and ‘Protected’ areas where development is restricted. Planning authorities would identify sub-areas in their Growth areas for self- and […]

In his most famous verse, the African-American poet Langston Hughes asks: “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?. . . Or does it explode?” The poem, written in

The Duchess of Sussex has spoken out about her “absolute devastation” at the racial divisions in the US and the death of George Floyd, telling girls graduating at her old high school: “I’m so sorry

Rishi Sunak is planning a “green industrial revolution” to help to create jobs for people who are made redundant because of the pandemic.The chancellor is preparing to bolster the government’s