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Split over colour of heart symbol – and who it represents – and date of annual commemoration An emotionally charged dispute over how best to memorialise Covid in the UK risks dividing people bereaved over the course of the pandemic. A split has emerged over whether a red or yellow heart should become the long-term symbol of loss, and over the date of an annual commemoration. The crux of the dispute is a claim from some people who lost loved ones to Covid that their experience “needs to be treated differently” than those bereaved during Covid. Continue reading… ​Split over…

Founder of campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed says parents are being set up to fail More than 15,000 people are expected to take to the streets across the UK calling for government reforms to a childcare and parental leave structure that critics describe as dangerous and devastating. Saturday’s March of the Mummies, organised by the campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed, is expected to bring out thousands of parents and children across 11 cities, with the author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the actor Sarah Solemani and the Labour MP Stella Creasy among those expected to attend. Continue reading… ​Founder of campaign group…

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It’s al kicking off in the village! All new Emmerdale spoilers in video format for w/c Monday October 31.

And, with regret, now for the news.

Motivation is temporary.

Here are some key moments from black history in the UK through the years.

October’s summery temperatures are ‘confusing’ plants and throwing off fragile ecosystems Britain’s rare chalk grasslands and dormice are under threat from the mild weather this autumn, and some plants are “confused” and have flowered multiple times, experts have said. This October, the UK has experienced temperatures more normal for spring or summer, with highs of 19.5C recorded this week, and more warm weather forecast for coming days. Continue reading… ​October’s summery temperatures are ‘confusing’ plants and throwing off fragile ecosystemsBritain’s rare chalk grasslands and dormice are under threat from the mild weather this autumn, and some plants are “confused” and…

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