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…

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Hello! It’s Friday, which means it’s time for Take Five - and the news certainly hasn’t stopped coming this week.

If you’ve felt like hiding from the headlines, you aren’t alone - but I’m here to help. This weekly summary aims to help you stay up to date with the news stories that matter to women and marginalised communities, without immersing yourself in the trauma of rolling news.

Each weekly missive rounds up 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 engaging or enlightening over the last week.

Let’s go…

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