It’s the dramatic rise of China with its burgeoning economy that has put the Trump administration into a frenzy – with major implications both at home and abroad, argues MICHAEL BURKE
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More needs to be done to improve workplace mental health
NASUWT’s latest teachers’ survey shows shockingly high levels of work-related stress, anxiety and even self-harm. Dr PATRICK ROACH calls for greater protections for educators’ wellbeing
DR DAVID GORDON SCOTT tells the story of the North Sands Massacre, Sunderland, as part of the ongoing work of remembrance of those killed by soldiers during the 1825 Seafarers Strike and the bicentennial commemorations on Sunday August 3
MATT KERR charts his bike-riding odyssey in aid of the Royal Marsden charity and CWU Humanitarian Aid
JOHN CALLOW tells of the rise, fall and rise again of a young martyr to the early French republic, Joseph Bara, whose short life was elevated by Robespierre and, later, others for its emotional and ideological appeal
April 9 1928 – July 26 2025
OLIVER SNELLING, a south London stonecarver and yeoman stonemason, relates how he is helping bring about a new festival next month
AT THE TUC Congress this week the mental health of the working population will deservedly come under the spotlight, with calls for greater awareness of the issue of suicide and how to prevent it.
Alarmingly there are a rising number of suicides and suicide attempts among public-sector workers and the occupations at the highest risk include education and healthcare staff.
But, while suicides are now one of the biggest causes of work-related deaths each year, under the last government, funding for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been slashed.
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