People now articles
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Time is running out for the people of Sudan – the world must act now
Acute hunger stalks the displaced and at least 25 million people are thought to need humanitarian assistance due to the conflict
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I worry that hugging people could come across as creepy. So, from now on, all you’re getting is a handshake
This seems a better way to say hello than giving a little bow or a wave – but maybe I’m overthinking the whole processI gave up hugging people just before Christmas; I thought it was for the best. I’m in my mid-50s, possibly a bit smelly and live in fear of coming over as a bit creepy. I work with a lot of young people, at least half of them women, who are mostly in their 20s, and it was getting harder and harder to pull off a brotherly hug when the hugs were feeling fatherly or even...
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More than one-in-four working-age people in the North East now 'economically inactive'
More than a quarter of potential workers in the North East are now classed as ‘economically inactive’ - and the problem is getting worse. The region has the UK’s highest rate of working age people not looking for a job or unable to start work, new Office for National Statistics figures reveal Data released today, Tuesday, April 16, show the economic inactivity rate for people aged 16-64 in the North East is 26.9%, 4.7% higher than the national average and a rise of 2% compared to December...