Digital graveyards: are the dead taking over Facebook?
New analysis by academics from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) predicts the dead may outnumber the living on Facebook within fifty years, a trend...
Commission releases new research into extremism in the UK
The Independent Commission for Countering Extremism has published new research into the threat from the Far Right and the Far Left in the UK,...
Researchers lay down guidelines for making Manchester an ‘Age-Friendly’ city
New recommendations on making Manchester’s neighbourhoods more ‘age-friendly’ where older people can live in good security, enjoy good health and feel a sense of...
Steepest increase in people needing food banks for the past five years, as need...
The charity Trussell Trust reports more people than ever before are being forced to food banks, with more than 820,000 emergency food parcels given...
Clubs and bars must support women by cracking down on sexual aggression
Nightclubs and bars must create a supportive environment that cracks down on unwanted sexual attention and allows women to enjoy their nights out, according...
Forget ‘digital natives’ – why inequality determines young people’s data literacy
A significant proportion of young people – often identified as “digital natives” – have the weakest understanding of how their data is harvested online...
Support for increased police powers depends on public trust
Public support for increased police powers relies heavily on trust and legitimacy, according to a new study from the London School of Economics (LSE)...
Charities warn of devastating impact of coronavirus on children’s services after years of ‘crisis-driven...
Local authority children’s services have been reduced to crisis-driven firefighting as a result of years of under investment. This has left them ill-prepared to cope...
Rashford’s appeal to the Government over food vouchers for deprived youngsters
Manchester United and England striker Marcus Rashford, has published an open letter to ministers asking them to keep food vouchers going for deprived children...
The pandemic has exacerbated food insecurity for millions of people
Parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s COVID-19 and Food Supply Report finds the pandemic to have exacerbated food insecurity for millions of people.
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