The UK Government’s planned cuts of nearly £4 billion in Scotland will disproportionately affect women, disabled people, young adults and children. Austerity is a political choice, not an economic one.
The UK Government’s planned cuts of nearly £4 billion in Scotland will disproportionately affect women, disabled people, young adults and children. Austerity is a political choice, not an economic one.
“The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. We sightless children had the best of eyes that day in our hearts and in our finger-tips. We were glad from the child’s necessity of being happy. The blind who have outgrown the child’s perpetual joy can be …
How silently they tumble down And come to rest upon the ground To lay a carpet, rich and rare, Beneath the trees without a care, Content to sleep, their work well done, Colours gleaming in the sun. At other times, they wildly fly Until they nearly reach the sky. Twisting, turning through the air Till …
The UK government is welcoming 30,000 people to London. They include arms dealers from the biggest weapons manufacturers in the world and buyers from repressive regimes such as Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan. The DSEI (Defence & Security Equipment International) arms fair takes place as thousands of refugees fleeing wars and repression are seeking sanctuary …
Demand an end to child labour in the mining industry • author: Michael Taylor • target: Switzerland’s Metalor, Dubai’s Kaloti, and India’s Kundan Coughing up blood, exposed to toxic amounts of mercury and working in dangerous pits that often collapse – this is the life of child labourers working in artisanal gold mines. Despite mining being …
Thank you for controlling your children. (Their manners reflect your love for them).
A veteran Labour peer will not stand trial for historic sex abuse allegations because of the “severity” of his dementia. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the allegations against Lord Greville Janner QC, 86, are “extremely serious” and the evidence against him would have warranted a criminal trial. But his poor health means they have …
Actual Children’s Answers to The Question “What Is Love?” Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs,” – Chrissy, age 6. “Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired,” – Tern, age 4. “Love is when my mommy …
Drunkenness – that fierce rage for the slow, sure poison, that oversteps every other consideration; that casts aside wife, children, friends, happiness, and station; and hurries its victims madly on to degradation and death. Charles Dickens
Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children’s eyes. Lawana Blackwell.
In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children. Herodotus (484 BC – 430 BC)
Down on the Shore Down on the shore, on the sunny shore! Where the salt smell cheers the land; Where the tide moves bright under boundless light, And the surge on the glittering strand; Where the children wade in the shallow pools, Or run from the froth in play; Where the swift little boats with …
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We are in the middle of an Education Emergency: At this moment there are 57 million children without access to education and millions more who aren’t learning in school. Working together, we can lower that number to zero by 2015. On July 12 — less than a year after she was shot by the Taliban for her …
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