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Announcement comes after musicians passed vote of no confidence in senior management over cancellation of Jayson Gillham’s performanceGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s policies will undergo an independent review after the decision to cancel a performance by acclaimed pianist Jayson Gillham shortly after he made comments on the killing of journalists in Gaza.It comes after the orchestra’s musicians passed a vote of no confidence in their senior management on Friday over the cancellation of Gillham’s performance, according to a letter sent by staff to the board seen by Guardian Australia.Sign

Atlantic island territory, which has seen fewer than a dozen hurricanes since 1850, braces for dangerous storm surgeHurricane Ernesto bore down on Bermuda on Friday as a category 2 storm, threatening the British island territory with strong winds, a dangerous storm surge and potentially deadly flooding.Ernesto, centered about 95 miles (150km) south-southwest of the archipelago at 8pm Atlantic Standard Time (0000 GMT on Saturday), was producing sustained winds of up to 100mph (155km/h) and had the potential to drop up to 9in (230mm) of rain, the US National Hurricane Center said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/16/hurricane-ernesto-bermuda Author : Reuters

Resolution Foundation points to growth in claims for conditions such as autism and says adulthood brings financial cliff edgeChildren in England and Wales aged 15 or 16 are now more likely to be receiving disability benefits than adults in their 20s to 40s, according to research highlighting a sharp increase in claims resulting from conditions such as autism and ADHD.In a new report, the Resolution Foundation thinktank points out that the number of children whose families receive disability living allowance (DLA) has more than doubled in the last decade, to 682,000. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/17/children-disability-benefits-england-and-wales-resolution-foundation Author : Heather

Exclusive: Home secretary cites knives and pressures of social media as she announces plans for ‘young futures’ unit to prevent crime‘We fear the police’: young people share concerns with CooperTeenagers have it “much, much harder” than previous generations because of knives, mental health pressures and social media, Yvette Cooper has said, as she announced plans for a new unit to prevent violent crime among young people.After the deaths of young people in stabbings in Nottingham, Wolverhampton and Croydon, Cooper told the Guardian she was initiating a new cross-government “young futures” unit to be based in the Home Office, as part