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• Climate wisdom out of the mouths of babes | Brief letters

  25-10-2021 18:52
  
  Kids’ climate awareness | Philistines | Wordsearch stereotypes | Care costs | CrosswordNicholas Maxwell says universities have scarcely promoted awareness of the climate crisis (Letters, 22 October). Thank heavens for preschools and CBeebies. My four-year-old grandson tells me he is so happy that his dad has bought a bike with a carrier to take him to school, because he is worried about pollution. He also asked me if ours was the only family who worried about litter as we walked past Selhu
  
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• Compulsory Covid jab for NHS staff could ramp up vaccine uptake, says Javid – video

  25-10-2021 13:03
  
  Sajid Javid has said the government is considering making it obligatory for all NHS staff in England to get vaccinated for Covid-19 after a similar move in the care sector, to pass into law on 6 November, led to a surge in vaccines.
  About 93% of NHS staff have received a Covid vaccine, according to the health secretary, who said the continued lack of uptake by a small minority raised concerns about 'patient safety'Coronavirus UK: latest updates Continue reading...
  
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• Life after loneliness: ‘University was bleak; then I found confidence’

  25-10-2021 12:00
  
  One day, after staring at an academic paper for three hours and writing nothing, I went to an employment adviser. He sent me off in a whole new directionI expected to enjoy university, and when I didn’t I was knocked sideways. I should have done: I was academic, I loved knowing things and equally, I had always thought I was gregarious, and liked having fun. I didn’t think I was bad at making friends either. And indeed, I quickly found a small group of people I got on with. Yet despit
  
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• Transforming care must be central to any bold vision of a greener future | Emily Kenway

  25-10-2021 11:00
  
  Care work – paid and unpaid – has huge knock-on effects for the climate that can no longer be ignoredIt is no coincidence that both care and our climate are in crisis. Addressing each requires us to recognise that we are vulnerable and interdependent, as a species and individually. This will only become more apparent, because – as the world gets hotter and consequently more dangerous – we are going to need to care for each other more than ever before. As initiatives inclu
  
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