The Independent • 7th May 2024 The adults overcoming their reading struggles: ‘I was going to do it if it killed me’ Some of the people this article is about won’t be able to read it. Despite this, they have coped, some for decades, with day-to-day tasks.
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news • 1st February 2024 Gay man beaten in Bournemouth pub felt 'petrified' during vicious attack A gay man who was violently attacked by three men in a Bournemouth pub says the incident left him “dumbstruck and petrified”.
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news • 10th January 2024 Gay man beaten, bitten and spat on in homophobic Nottingham attack A 32-year-old gay man has been left bloody and bruised after a suspected homophobic attack in Nottingham.
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news • 7th December 2023 What does your star sign say about the kind of queer you are? Many people check their horoscope to see what might happen in their love life, or to find out what the future holds for any bank balance, but what does your star sign say about the sort of queer person you are? Do the stars dictate our queer identities? Queer astrologist Deborah Roe believes so.
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news • 24th November 2023 Queer teen dies by suicide after relentless online attacks An Indian makeup artist has died by suspected suicide at just 16 after being subjected to relentless attacks online, leading an activist group to call on Meta to crackdown on cyber bullying.
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news • 21st October 2023 LGBTQ+ parents share how adopting changed their lives: 'Our families are just as valid' LGBTQ+ adopters explain how creating their own families changed their lives in “every single way possible”.
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news • 19th October 2023 Drag Race UK and MAFS stars say Tory party is 'biggest threat' to LGBTQ+ community Reality TV stars from RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, I Kissed a Boy and Married at First Sight UK were in agreement about who they hold responsible for an increasingly hostile climate for queer people in Britain.
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news • 1st October 2023 Puppy Pride founder on role-play, kink and GB News The founder of Puppy Pride is keen to dispel some of the misconceptions about puppy play.
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news • 16th September 2023 Campaigners fear conversion therapy ban is ‘dropped’ as government refuses to respond Campaigners’ fears may have been realised as Downing Street says it has no update on the long-awaited conversion therapy ban, which many believe won’t be fulfilled as promised.
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news • 14th September 2023 Protestors say government has 'run out of time' on vow to ban conversion therapy Campaigners gathered near the Houses of Parliament on Thursday (14 September) to protest against the government’s lack of action on its promised conversion therapy ban, with many saying time has run out to stop the cruel practice.
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news • 14th September 2023 Why these Irish mammies spend their weekends protesting for trans kids “As parents ourselves, we said: ‘Who’s going to stand up for them if it’s not us’,” says Claire Flynn, a founder of Mammies for Trans Rights.
PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news • 25th August 2023 Two Brewers stabbing: LGBTQ community praised for 'incredible' response A Metropolitan Police LGBT+ liaison officer has said support in finding the suspect responsible for the “dreadful” Clapham double stabbing has been “incredible”.
Romford Recorder • 14th July 2022 'A wake-up call': Havering climate activists respond to UK heatwave A Havering eco-activist has said the extreme heat gripping the UK this week should be a “wake-up call” to the looming climate emergency.
Romford Recorder • 13th July 2022 'Peed off' neighbours mark 'dumped' car's birthday after year on road Disgruntled neighbours have thrown a birthday party for a car that has been “dumped” on their road for a year.
Romford Recorder • 12th July 2022 'Means so much': Rainham boy, 3, who is battling cancer gifted holiday A Hornchurch mother who lost her daughter to breast cancer has raised thousands of pounds so a Rainham three-year-old with leukaemia can go on holiday.
Romford Recorder • 8th July 2022 'Thick smoke': Health worries from neighbours of Rainham fire hotspot Neighbours of a Rainham ex-landfill site plagued by repeated fires are worried about the health implications of "thick smoke" wafting into their homes.
Romford Recorder • 30th June 2022 Met Police probes disabled students' 'unexplained' injuries at college Two mothers have pulled their children out of a Havering college and filed police reports after their daughters allegedly came home with similar "unexplained" injuries.
Romford Recorder • 28th June 2022 Romford victim speaks out over paedophile's suspended sentence A businessman who attended a school in Romford has said he feels “truly alone” after a teacher who sexually abused him received a suspended sentence.
Romford Recorder • 23rd June 2022 Pride Month: 'Continued fight for equality' 50 years after first UK rally The annual celebration of Pride Month in June commemorates the LGBTQ+ community in the same month as the revolutionary Stonewall riots.This year marks 50 years since the UK's first-ever Pride rally which took place in London on July 1 1972.
Romford Recorder • 9th June 2022 Romford's 790,000sq ft Liberty centre sold to real estate developer A real estate developer has bought The Liberty shopping centre in Romford, but is remaining tight-lipped about how much the deal was worth.
Romford Recorder • 20th April 2022 Harold Hill school denies accusations of bullying problem and 'letting down' SEN pupils A Harold Hill school has denied multiple allegations of failing to support children with additional needs and children bullying others.Parents of pupils at Broadford Primary School have alleged their children have been subjected to bullying and left to learn at levels lower than their own.
Romford Recorder • 7th April 2022 'Catastrophic era': Is overdevelopment the cause of Havering's flooding? An expert in flood risk modelling and mapping has said overdevelopment can lead to flooding.
Romford Recorder • 11th March 2022 Women continue to be targeted in string of mobile thefts at Romford club A “very concerned” dad has called on a Romford club to keep their patrons safe after his 19-year-old daughter and three others had their phones stolen at the venue.
Romford Recorder • 9th March 2022 Spate of garage break-ins in Rainham sees CCTV considered Vandals have targeted garages in a spree of break-ins in Rainham.