23 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
‘We were attacked and left blind – now we’re parents but people say it’s wrong’
After welcoming their first baby together, blind couple Hareem and Jonesti faced plenty of criticism over their suitability as parents. But they have since proved the doubters wrong, working out their own ‘different’ approach to parenting
Stress and anxiety from work exaggerated my tics and my general health began to crumble (Picture: Getty Images) It is August 2024, and my Tourette’s Syndrome (TS) – always worse in the claustrophobic heat of summer – has become unbearably intrusive, with perpetual tremors and tensions anchoring my mood. At the same time, mounting stress […]
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Kids are scared to raise their hands in school due to hygiene worries
I’d become aware of a worrying pattern among some of our pupils (Picture: Victoria Archer) At 09.10am on a recent Tuesday, I walked past the busiest room in my school. Not a classroom, the assembly hall, or even the canteen. No, our school’s laundry room. I could hear the washing machine humming steadily inside and […]