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Esther Rantzen’s Mama was a lifeline for new mums | Letters

Fiona Lindop says she will always be grateful to the TV presenter for establishing the Meet-a-Mum Association Esther Rantzen ( Obituary, 1 October ) is rightly remembered and honoured for her wide-ranging charity work, including establishing Childline and the Silver Line. One of the charities that she pioneered was the Meet-a-Mum Association (Mama), founded in 1979. Mama established a network of local groups offering friendship and support for new mothers. In 1984, I was a young mum with a toddler and a two-week-old baby, and had just moved to Hertfordshire from South Yorkshire. Mama was a lifeline that helped me become part of the new community with access to support, and I joined the local Mama committee soon after. Continue reading...

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A slice of the good life for hard-boiled readers | Brief letters

Kitchen gadgets | Peace camps | Pre-unloved | ‘Young lady’ | Dysfunctional drinks | Newts My wife and I have been using a 1950s aluminium egg slicer that used to be my mother’s. We have had it for nearly 50 years ( Letters, 2 October ). We have no children. Any readers interested in acquiring this essential gadget when we shuffle off this mortal coil should apply through the letters desk. No charge apart from postage. Ken Vines Horrabridge, Devon • In the early 1980s, local peace groups organised a camp outside RAF Fairford to protest at the presence of B-52 bombers. Perhaps we could have saved ourselves a lot of trouble and been much more effective if we had simply parked three white vans near the fence ( Report, 6 October ). Christopher Rainger York Continue reading...

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Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns

Energy and housing costs threaten biggest decline in modern times unless bold action taken, says thinktank Soaring energy and housing costs mean Labour is on course to preside over the worst parliament for living standards in modern times, a stark analysis warns. Three weeks ahead of John Healey’s budget, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation said Britain faces a “dire” outlook unless the government takes “bold policy action”. Continue reading...

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LA officials document first case of a rabid raccoon in more than 50 years

Four people and a dog may have been exposed to rabies from the animal, Los Angeles public health officials say Los Angeles county recently documented its first rabid raccoon in more than 50 years, and health officials are urging residents to never touch wild animals. The county’s department of public health announced in a statement this week that four people and a dog may have been exposed to the animal at a back yard work site in the city of Westlake Village. The raccoon appeared in ill-health but was not aggressive. Continue reading...

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