‘I grieve the person I was before the pandemic’

‘I grieve the person I was before the pandemic’

BBC Mandi Masters, a community midwife, was hospitalised with Covid in the pandemic. The public inquiry into the pandemic will start 10 weeks of hearings on Monday looking at the impact on patients, healthcare workers and the wider NHS. Covid patients have been admitted to hospital more than a million times in the UK since … Read more

‘Ambassadors of peace’: Amputee football association brings together Sierra Leone’s civil war survivors

‘Ambassadors of peace’: Amputee football association brings together Sierra Leone’s civil war survivors

CNN  —  On a busy weekend in Freetown, Sierra Leone, dozens of people gather to watch an afternoon football match not unlike countless others you’d find anywhere else in the world. But there’s one striking difference – these players are all amputees. They’re members of the Single Leg Amputee Sports Association (SLASA), an organization co-founded … Read more

Feng Shui Garden Design Tips

Feng Shui Garden Design Tips

Learn my 7-step system to design and build a stunning garden anywhere in the world. Understand the 5 mistakes everyone makes when creating a garden. (Save yourself time, money, & headaches and get much better results!) See how to work directly with me (but at a DIY price!) todesign and create your own gorgeous garden.  … Read more

Sorrow and Solace in Sichuan on 9/11

Sorrow and Solace in Sichuan on 9/11

On 9/11 I was searching for garden-worthy Chinese plants in the western Chinese province of Sichuan. I was in good company: five American plant hunters, a photojournalist, a retired doctor, a lawyer, plus a half dozen Chinese guides, drivers, and a botanist. Homestead on the other side of the river near Baoxing We had just … Read more

Weekly applications for US jobless benefits fall to the lowest level in 4 months

Weekly applications for US jobless benefits fall to the lowest level in 4 months

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in four months last week. Jobless claims slid by 12,000, to 219,000, for the week of Sept. 14, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s fewer than economists’ expectations for 230,000 new filings. Weekly filings for unemployment benefits, considered largely representative of layoffs, … Read more

Lampard Inquiry into 2,000 Essex mental health deaths begins

Lampard Inquiry into 2,000 Essex mental health deaths begins

Richard Knights/BBC Baroness Lampard paid tribute to the “dedicated and tireless campaigning” of bereaved families as the inquiry opened The chairwoman of an inquiry into more than 2,000 mental health-related deaths has said “we may never know” the true number of people who died. The Lampard Inquiry has got under way, examining deaths at NHS-run … Read more