The Air India Plane Crash Took His ‘Everything’
His son and daughter-in-law brought love to his home and represented the family’s hope for a better life.
Poverty
Homelessness in Los Angeles county declines for second straight year
LA reports 72,308 people as unhoused, a 4% decrease from last year, as California pushes to break up encampmentsHomelessness in Los Angeles county declined by 4% to an estimated 72,308 people in 2025, the Los Angeles homeless services authority (Lahsa)…
Five-year-olds in England with special educational needs 20 months behind peers – report
Children from lower-income families also remain significantly behind their peers as impact of pandemic continues to be feltFive-year-olds with special educational needs in England are lagging a record 20 months behind their peers, according to a report…
Rachel Reeves to announce £500m for investment in youth services projects
Funding for social impact bonds to help children facing mental health difficulties, school exclusion or crimeRachel Reeves will announce £500m for charities and civil society organisations to invest in youth services on Monday as the government seeks t…
Minority ethnic and deprived children more likely to die after UK intensive care admission
Study shows such young people have higher risk of arriving at paediatric ICU severely ill and have worse outcomesMinority ethnic children and children from deprived backgrounds across the UK are more likely to die following admission to intensive care …
Thursday briefing: Why young people fear ‘there’s nothing here for us’ in England’s coastal towns
In today’s newsletter: As a new Guardian project begins, we hear from the teenagers navigating deprivation, isolation and a sense of being forgottenGood morning. A few weeks ago, 18-year-old Tamsin Jarman-Smith, born and raised in a small town just out…
Children in England ‘living in almost Dickensian levels of poverty’
Children’s commissioner says any Labour strategy to tackle deprivation must scrap the two-child benefit capChildren in England are living in “almost Dickensian levels of poverty” where deprivation has become normalised, the children’s commissioner has …
Welfare bill will now lift 50,000 out of poverty after U-turns, assessment finds
Revised bill passed after UK government rowed back on cuts will mean fewer rather than more people in relative poverty in 2030The changes the government made to the welfare bill in the face of a mounting rebellion over its proposals to cut disability b…
Young people in England’s coastal towns three times more likely to have a mental health condition
They are suffering disproportionately and without help, say researchers, and unless they are given a voice, problems will continue to mount upRead more: ‘We’re told we won’t amount to anything’: is it possible to change the fortunes of young people liv…
Anne Merriman, ‘Mother of Palliative Care’ in Uganda, Dies at 90
A medical doctor and former nun, she found an affordable way to expand palliative care in the developing world, bringing pain relief to poor, terminally ill patients.