We are drowning in insecurity : Young people and life after the pandemic
26 Apr, 2021 02:18 AM
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Many young people feel the social contract has been broken as generational inequality widens. Photo / 123RF
Many young people feel the social contract has been broken as generational inequality widens. Photo / 123RF
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By: Sarah O’Connor Akin Ogundele did everything right. A born and bred Londoner and the son of immigrants, he worked hard, went to university, found a good job in the financial sector, got married and had children. But at the age of 34, he feels stuck.
He and his wife and two children live in a rented flat because even with their two salaries they cannot afford to buy in their home city. After decades of accelerating housing costs, the average deposit used to buy a first home in London has risen well above £100,000 ($192,700). Ogundele has seen colleagues buy homes with help from their parents, but he doesn t have
EuropeFrench primary pupils return to school despite high COVID numbers
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Schoolchildren gather in the playground as they return to classes at Lepeltier primary school in La Trinite, near Nice, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in France, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
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France sent primary and nursery pupils back to school on Monday, the first phase of reopening after a three-week COVID-19 lockdown, even as daily new infections remained stubbornly high.
President Emmanuel Macron said a return to school would help fight social inequality, allowing parents who struggle to pay for childcare to get back to work, but trade unions warned that new infections would lead to a torrent of classroom closures.
Armoured Personnel Carrier restored ahead of Hastings Anzac parade
25 Apr, 2021 11:41 PM
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Mark Bixley, Todd Ballance, and Shaun Moloney with the restored personnel carrier. Photo / Paul Taylor
Hours of work went into restoring an M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier ahead of the Hastings Anzac parade on Sunday.
The APC was dedicated to the family of a New Zealand Armoured Corps officer after a chance encounter on social media.
When Mark Bixley was browsing a social media group, he knew he recognised the M113 Armoured Personnel vehicle in a picture which was shared.
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Bixley – who served 12 and a half years in the New Zealand Army Territorials as driver and commander and trained in the M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier - had been working with Shaun Moloney to restore an M113 Armoured Personnel vehicle and was looking at making it a tribute to those who served in Vietnam.
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