Take five: A news summary for anxious times

Lost your appetite for rolling news? These are the stories you need to know about this week…

Times are tough, and I really appreciate you being here. Thank you for your continuing support for The Flock, and please do stick around and spread the word. Exciting things are coming…

Hello! It’s Friday, which means it’s time for Take Five – and another attempt at succinctly summarising a week’s worth of chaos. This week, the summarising part has been particularly challenging, for a variety of reasons that I will outline in an additional post coming very soon.

In the meantime, as ever, this weekly missive aims to bring you up to date with the news stories that most matter to women and marginalised communities, without the need to immerse yourself in the anxiety of rolling news and intrusive updates.

Each week, I summarise five news stories you need to know about alongside five good news tales to lighten the load, and a further five longer reads, columns or interviews I’ve found particularly thought-provoking, engaging or entertaining over the last seven days.

Let’s get stuck in…

The headlines

1. Suella Braverman blames refugees for fatal crisis at processing centre

Home Secretary Suella Braverman says people arriving in Britain “illegally” are to blame for processing delays at the now-empty Manston Processing Centre.