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Ministers facing calls for transparency over scale of Raac in public buildings
M inisters are facing calls for transparency over the scale of aerated concrete in public buildings after schools were forced to shut classrooms just before the new term. Experts have warned that the crisis over reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) could extend beyond the education sector – with healthcare settings,Continue Reading
Government urged to ‘provide clarity’ on scale of concrete safety risk
T he Government is being urged to provide clarity on the impact of a lightweight concrete prone to collapse on hospitals and other public buildings after schools were told to shut affected classrooms. Experts have warned the crisis over reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) could extend beyond the education sector,Continue Reading
Rishi Sunak’s top spin doctor quits as she says ‘it is right time to move on’
R ishi Sunak’s top spin doctor in Downing Street has quit after less than a year in the job. Amber de Botton, who had a decade-long career as a broadcast journalist, was hired by the Prime Minister as his director of communications a few days after he entered Downing Street.Continue Reading
20 best UK exhibitions to book now in 2023 and 2024
The Rossettis The largest exhibition of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s work in decades is on show at Tate Britain along with paintings by his wife, Elizabeth Siddal. Fans of pre-Raphaelite art will be thrilled with “The Rossettis”, which features splendid loans alongside much-loved paintings from our national collections. Until 24 SeptemberContinue Reading
Ministers urged to name schools with collapse risk concrete
M inisters have been urged to “come clean” about the scale of the problems facing England’s school buildings as thousands of pupils faced a disrupted start to term. More than 100 schools and colleges were told to partially or fully close buildings as children prepared to return to classes afterContinue Reading
Holidaymaker travelled 63 hours by land across Europe due to cancelled flight
A journalist who spent more than two days travelling via coach, train and bus from Split in Croatia to Norwich after his flight was cancelled due to a UK air traffic control failure said the experience was “really unsettling”. Jack Reeve, 25, was due to fly with easyJet back toContinue Reading
Schools told to close classrooms threatened by aerated concrete
M ore than 100 schools, nurseries and colleges in England have been told by the Government to close classrooms and other buildings that contain an aerated concrete that is prone to collapse. A “minority” of the state facilities will need to “either fully or partially relocate” to alternative accommodation whileContinue Reading
Birth trauma is a growing problem — experiencing it myself revealed how few people understand it
Birth trauma is often mistaken for other maternal mental health conditions – such as postpartum depression. KieferPix/ Shutterstock The past few years have seen more attention being paid to maternal mental health. Many people are now aware of conditions such as postnatal depression, which affects one in seven mothers. ButContinue Reading
How folk remedies can fuel misinformation
Gino Gallucci/Shutterstock When London faced the bubonic plague in 1665, many people desperately sought a way to protect themselves and their loved ones from getting sick. One widely adopted method consisted of mixing two small cloves of garlic in a pint of fresh milk. People believed that drinking this cocktailContinue Reading
Michael Rakowitz: The Waiting Gardens of the North exhibition review
Michael Rakowitz is an Iraqi-American artist renowned for recreating ancient Middle Eastern sculptures, said Elena Clavarino on Air Mail. He does this not with limestone or basalt, but using cardboard, food packaging and other modern materials. In 2018, for instance, he recreated a huge Assyrian statue of a winged bullContinue Reading