Take five: A news summary for anxious times

Lost your appetite for rolling news? These are the headlines you should care about...

Another week, another barrage of horror in the headlines. But before you turn off from current affairs entirely, there is another way.

This weekly summary aims to ensure you can cut through the noise without subjecting yourself to 24/7 negativity – particularly at a time when the stories most affecting marginalised communities are routinely bumped from the front page.

You probably know the score by now – five news stories you need to know about, five good news stories to counter the bad vibes, and five columns, essays or long reads from across the internet which have got me thinking deeply this week.

Let’s go…

The headlines