Greg Hurst
The Times of London
United Kingdom
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New cloud looms over mental health
After months of isolation and uncertainty during the lockdown, Ryan Gamblin felt he was finally readjusting to the freedom to see friends and go shopping when everything changed again.Ryan, 17, a → Read More
Coronavirus: Charities on the brink after donors ignore appeals and back NHS
Emma Cantrell was at her desk in the warehouse rented by the charity she runs when the telephone rang. It was a young mother, in tears and desperate for help.The mother could not afford clothes or → Read More
Coronavirus: Care homes become the hidden front line in Britain’s fight against Covid-19
For almost three weeks John Arnold has not seen his wife. She used to come every other day to his care home, where they would have lunch, but since the lockdown all visits have stopped.Mr Arnold, 83 → Read More
Coronavirus Charity Appeal: Allotment stays open to keep the vulnerable feeling rooted
Spring, as every gardener knows, is the busiest season. For people who find therapy through gardening, the virus restrictions have been doubly difficult.A week before the lockdown a community → Read More
Coronavirus: How will self‑isolation order for over-70s work?
What does this mean for over-70s? For now the advice remains the same but the government has indicated that it will soon change to become far more drastic. From that point people over the age of 70 → Read More
Middle-aged drinkers blamed for leap in hospital admissions
Alcohol-related admissions to hospital have jumped by nearly 20 per cent in a decade, NHS figures show.Campaigners called for higher taxes on alcohol and more support to help people cut down as a → Read More
Primary schools suspend 40% more pupils for racist behaviour
The number of primary school children suspended for racist behaviour has risen sharply. Primary schools in England issued temporary exclusions to pupils for racism 496 times in the academic year... → Read More
More than half of Britons secretly admit they are shy
British reserve is as much a part of the national stereotype as excessive tea drinking and complaining about the weather. Now research shows that it is accurate: more than half of us secretly admit to being a wallflower.The findings suggest that we should stop worrying about what other people think → Read More
Liberal attitudes on the rise . . . unless you’re having an affair or in politics
Social attitudes towards issues such as gay relationships, abortion and drugs have swung dramatically in 30 years as baby boomers hold fast to the values of the Swinging Sixties, a study has found. → Read More
Therapist raised alert at troubling practices at Tavistock clinic
Sue Evans worked at the Tavistock clinic for years but grew so concerned that she became a whistleblower.She was a mental health nurse and psychotherapist in the centre’s gender identity development service between 2003 and 2007 and found the pace at which children were assessed and referred for hor → Read More
Gay boss of Hoseasons holiday firm bans bigots and racists
A big British holiday company has told potential clients: If you are homophobic or racist, take your custom elsewhere. An executive at Hoseasons, which arranged holidays for 1.7 million people at... → Read More
Baby boomers get less for their taxes than previous generations
Older people are paying more in tax and receiving a falling share of public spending, research has found.Millennials and people approaching middle age are enjoying more benefits-in-kind from the state than their predecessors despite a decline in the rate of pay rises. The figures, based on an analy → Read More
Marie Stopes charity pays boss Simon Cooke an ‘obscene’ £434,000
The pay of a British charity boss has been branded “obscene” after it rose to almost £434,000 in a year. Simon Cooke, the chief executive of Marie Stopes International, saw his base salary rise... → Read More
Generation X most likely to die from drug overdoses
Fatal drug overdoses are most likely to occur in drug users who are in their 40s and 50s, new analysis has found. Such deaths were once a risk chiefly for younger addicts in their mid-20s but the... → Read More
Restaurant-style ratings to combat funeral rip-offs
Funeral directors are to be given restaurant-style ratings as the industry battles accusations of over-charging and inconsistent standards.Classifications based on clarity of prices, conduct of funerals, vehicles and staff training, and mortuary and refrigeration facilities will be issued to t → Read More
Privately educated elite tightens its grip on politics and the professions
Whitehall’s upper echelons are more dominated by privately educated people than they were five years ago as power in Britain remains in the grip of an unrepresentative elite, analysis shows.Among permanent secretaries who run the 40 government departments, 59 per cent were educated at independent sc → Read More
Theresa May unveils protections for mentally ill in bid to build legacy
Theresa May will announce plans today to ban the use of police cells to hold people with a mental illness.Under the proposals teachers, healthcare staff, social workers and local authority employees will be offered training to identify signs of mental illness and help young people at risk of self-h → Read More
Why social media could be putting your toddler at risk
Children as young as two are watching material on social media sites, raising concerns that their social development and mental health may be harmed. The children’s charity Barnardo’s said in a... → Read More
Cambridge to examine its links to slave trade
The University of Cambridge has announced a two-year inquiry into its historical links to the slave trade that will explore whether it should pay reparations.The investigation, which is the first of its kind in England and Wales, will look for ways to acknowledge publicly how the university gained f → Read More
Playtime with nursery toddlers revitalises care home residents
Elderly people with depression will be prescribed play sessions with toddlers at the first care home to share its site with a nursery. Nightingale House commissioned research on the effects on... → Read More