Take 5: News, without the overwhelm

This week's headlines, curated from a conscious, feminist perspective

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Hello, and welcome to this week’s Take Five. I won’t lie, some of this week’s stories make for grim reading. But I think that’s why this newsletter is so important – it allows you to stay up to date with the issues most affecting women, without having to immerse yourself in the sort of wall-to-wall coverage that can leave us all feeling overwhelmed.

What’s more, as always, after the gloom you’ll also find five stories to raise your spirits again, along with five thought-provoking longer reads to dive into whenever suits you.

It’s news, curated especially for you, and in this overwhelming world, I hope that helps at least a little.

The headlines­

1. Met police officer pleads guilty to 24 counts of rape

An armed Metropolitan Police officer known to his colleagues as ‘Bastard Dave’ this week pleaded guilty to 49 criminal charges, including 24 counts of rape.

David Carrick, 48, met a number of his 12 victims through dating websites, using his role as a police officer to gain their trust.