Featured article: Shell shock by Paul Jenkins

100 years on the experience of shell shock still has something to tell us about how we respond to mental distress In the autumn of 1914 the British army, began to see a worrying flood of psychological casualties in the wake of the new horrors of trench warfare in Northern France and Flanders. 100 years…

Plans to scrap emergency fund will leave crisis hit families with nowhere to turn by Unemployed in Tyne & Wear

Families in crisis will have nowhere to turn when a £10m emergency fund for the region is axed within months, campaigners warn today. The Children’s Society raises the alarm over Government plans to scrap ‘local welfare assistance schemes’ – seen as a last lifeline to stop vulnerable people falling into debt and destitution. The cash…