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Table Scraps column in The Times Saturday edition
I was one of the women arrested at a Quaker meeting house. Why?
On Thursday evening, the Metropolitan Police arrested six women at a meeting of Youth Demand in a Quaker meeting house in central London. I was one of those women.I am not a member of the climate and pro-Palestine group or any other activist groups. I am a 25-year-old student journalist. It was meant to be a quiet night of research. Instead, I spent the night in a cell in Bromley Police Station.According to a post on Youth Demand’s Instagram page, this meeting would introduce their plan to “shut...
What’s the problem with online dating? I analysed my own Hinge data to find out
Why California’s insurance crisis leaves wildfire victims helpless
While the Los Angeles fires are still raging, having killed 25 people and caused billions of dollars’ worth of damage, Californians are also feeling the heat from a slower-burning crisis: the dysfunction of the state’s insurance market.Faced with the escalating costs of wildfires and burdensome state regulations, many insurance companies have ceased doing business in the state in recent years, leaving some of those worst affected by the fires to rebuild without their help.In July, America’s larg...
Animal shelter destroyed in Dana floods appeals for funds as volunteers rally to help | Sur in English
Last Chance Animal Rescue in Pizarra is appealing for public donations to help repair and rebuild after the shelter was destroyed in the 'Dana' floods, leaving cats and dogs without homes. Volunteers helped evacuate the animals and have been fundraising for the shelter in the aftermath of the floods.
The owner, Jacqui Ross, said, “It’s a total catastrophe. Fences broken, everything in storerooms ruined, furniture ruined. Cattery wiped out. Heavy rain and hailstones brought down parts of the shel...
The owner, Jacqui Ross, said, “It’s a total catastrophe. Fences broken, everything in storerooms ruined, furniture ruined. Cattery wiped out. Heavy rain and hailstones brought down parts of the shel...
