Readers respond to John Harris’s article on the need to consider disabled people of working age when reforming the care system I found myself nodding in agreement at John Harris’s worries about his son’s future as he leaves full-time education to enter the world of adult social services ( Social care for disabled adults is in as much crisis as support for elderly people – so why is the government silent about it? , 5 October). John’s concerns were shared by my wife and I as our disabled daughter moved from her specialist residential further-education setting 17 years ago. However, with her gutsy approach and strong financial support by way of 24-hour care from our local council, she is able to say, “I love my life”, and has expressed this in a little book, How I Flourished, published by Le
Among the hardships of the second world war, a restricted diet with little sugar did little harm, write Roger Wilkinson and Helen Keats ; plus a letter from Jane Robbins An interesting juxtaposition: ( While British children go hungry, we waste 1.1bn meals a year. Bring on the redistribution revolution, 6 October ); and ( The generation raised on sugar rations – and what their health reveals 70 years later, 7 October ). Shocking that the average family throws away 156 meals a year, but this knowledge allows us war babies, who still scrape our bowls clean and only throw away items where the mould is too developed to scrape off, to be very smug. And next we’re told that we will probably live longer as a result of our parsimonious cheeseparing. My cup of smugness overflows. Roger Wilkinson (b
Boss Michael McArdle says Northern Ireland will have "one last swing" at trying to reach a first Women's World Cup as they look to overcome a four-goal play-off deficit in Portugal.
Republic of Ireland manager Carla Ward confirms that Katie McCabe and Denise O'Sullivan will feature in the second leg of their Women's World Cup play-off against Kazakhstan, despite the Irish holding an 8-0 advantage from the first leg.
Spectators will be able to consume alcohol at their seats when Scotland host the Czech Republic in the second leg of their Women's World Cup play-off in Paisley on Tuesday.
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Russia’s silence over the death of a lab worker underlines that pandemic preparedness amounts to nothing if information on threats is withheld In pandemic preparedness work , scientists like to focus on the technical challenges: identifying pathogens, diagnosing infections, understanding their effects and developing vaccines and treatments. Each step promises progress through human innovation, investment and planning. The World Health Organization (WHO), for example, brings experts together to identify and prioritise emerging disease threats and collect the evidence needed to prepare for them. But preparedness depends on more than scientific innovation. As the past week has shown, politics is the elephant in the room in all of this. No one could have predicted we would be talking about pne
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