Good morning. Today’s stories are brought to you via Facebook. Animals can make the most surprising of friendships, even across species. Online magazine Epic Universe covers the tale of a gang of orangutans living at the Pairi Daiza Zoo in … Continue reading NEWS DIGEST 16.01.2021: Hope and friendship for the next generation
Today’s news bulletin comes via Facebook and leading news outlets featuring on that platform. The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius is planning to reopen to the world on 1 October, 2020, as the country comes out of a strict lockdown … Continue reading NEWS DIGEST 13.09.2020: Coronavirus and cyber-troubles
Today’s news digest this first weekend of September comes via my own Twitter account @VShah1984. The 21st annual Minnesota Children’s Book Festival will take place this month to celebrate the art of children’s literature in the American state. Hosted by … Continue reading NEWS DIGEST 05.09.2020: Book joy for Minnesota children, other stories
Today is the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan for Muslims across the world. Our news sources for today are drawn from Facebook. Fun website GreenLemon in February this year published a … Continue reading NEWS DIGEST 24.05.2020: Funny kids, odd bosses
This weekend begins with a digest from Google News. BBC News says that teachers and ministers in the UK have been asked to stop ‘squabbling’ over the Government’s planned partial re-opening of schools in early June for key year … Continue reading NEWS DIGEST 16.05.2020: UK teachers and ministers tussle over planned school re-openings in lockdown
Today’s bulletin is brought to you by Facebook. International charity UNICEF is warning of the ‘double emergency’ being created by the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe. It is becoming more difficult for charities like UNICEF to bring life assistance … Continue reading NEWS DIGEST 12.05.2020: Coronavirus confusion continues, full impact is felt
Today’s news is brought to you via Facebook news feeds. The US president Donald Trump has said he will not be seeking to extend national social distancing guidelines as the country continues to struggle with the coronavirus pandemic. The … Continue reading NEWS DIGEST 02.05.2020: Life & policing in the shadow of coronavirus
London, United Kingdom VIJAY SHAH via ELLIE MCKINNELL/MyLondon As the U.K. infection toll from the Wuhan human coronavirus (Covid19) reached into double figures, some schools in the London area have begun taking preemptive action and have started to … Continue reading CORONAVIRUS IN LONDON: Schools sending pupils home
Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom VIJAY SHAH via LAURA MAY MCMULLAN/BBC Economically-disadvantaged families in many parts of the UK are struggling so much to feed themselves and their children that they are being forced to rely on donations of baby … Continue reading ON THE POVERTY LINE: Struggling UK families relying on donated baby food
London, United Kingdom VIJAY SHAH via The Sunday Times British broadsheet publication The Sunday Times has released publicly the results this morning of a Freedom of Information request it made to 1,500 secondary schools in the country on the … Continue reading SELF-HARM IN UK SECONDARY SCHOOLS: Times publishes results
