London headteacher criticises Labour proposals to limit logos on uniform | Katharine Birbalsingh newsthirst.

Katharine Birbalsingh has been showered with praise and her advice sought by policymakers around the world after the academic successes of the state school she founded in a deprived area. Now, the headteacher of Michaela community school in north-west London is locking horns with the government over a new issue: the height of boys’ trousers….

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South Africa submits evidence to bolster genocide charges against Israel at ICJ | World News newsthirst.

Oct 29, 2024 12:46 AM IST It contains documents supporting accusation that Israel has “violated the genocide convention by promoting the destruction of Palestinians living in Gaza”. The South African legal team delivered a nearly 5,000-page document to the United Nations’ top court on Monday, the latest step in a case the country brought accusing…

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Rachel Reeves tells MPs of plans to go ‘further and faster’ in pursuit of growth | Economic growth (GDP) newsthirst.

Rachel Reeves has told MPs the government needs to go “further and faster” to increase economic growth, as Downing Street sought to reassure people concerned about the environment that net zero and increasing output go “hand in hand”. The chancellor has unnerved some Labour MPs and green campaigners with her increasingly punchy rhetoric about economic…

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Kindness linked to better physical health, longevity newsthirst.

Regularly volunteering and engaging in other acts of kindness can boost not just mental health but also physical health and longevity, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. One study co-authored by Laura Kubzansky, professor of social and behavioral sciences, found a link between volunteerism and charitable donations and lower levels…

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