Call for safeguards to prevent unwanted ‘hauntings’ by AI chatbots of dead loved ones
Artificial intelligence that allows users to hold text and voice conversations with lost loved ones runs the risk of causing psychological harm and even...
Merseyway launches urgent appeal to help ‘Give Every Head a Bed’ in Stockport
Merseyway has launched an urgent appeal for donations to help provide the necessities for a good night’s sleep for children who are most in need...
Channel 4 goes back to school to discuss the issue of unconscious racial bias...
Channel 4’s bold and engaging new series will explore a ground-breaking programme that tests for unconscious racial bias in an ordinary class of 11...
Pioneering Salford project steers young people onto right road
A pioneering Salford project is steering young people away from organised crime and helping them build more positive futures.
STEER, which is run by Salford...
3,019 young people aged 16 – 25 are homeless or at risk of homelessness...
New data collected from local authorities across the North West, by the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, Centrepoint, reveals an estimated 3,019 young people...
Snap Survey reveals a rapidly deteriorating picture of Social Care Services
A snap survey of the state of social care services has revealed a rapidly deteriorating picture of hundreds of thousands of older and disabled...
Domestic Abuse victims urged to keep seeking help during national lockdown
The country’s policing lead on domestic abuse reaffirms that it remains a police priority throughout the lockdown period.
Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe, the National Police...
Social scientists have urged policy-makers and governments to rethink how income inequality is measured.
Social scientists have urged policy-makers and governments to rethink how income inequality is measured.
In a new study published in Nature Human Behaviour, researchers found that...
Working from home? You might be missing office small talk more than you think
Small talk between colleagues – about the weekend, the weather or last night’s TV – may seem unimportant but it has a big impact...
Growing divide in regional health inequalities exposed in new report
A new report has found a worrying pattern of lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and worse health and wellbeing in the North of...