In Gaza, schools are no longer just walls and doors, but have become a distant dream that children chase every day amid the rubble and international silence. Since 7 October 2023, every new day added to the lives of children has been filled with fear and waiting, as they watch the sky befo...
Earlier this week the Canary reported that Labour will be stripping 13 million disabled and vulnerable people of the autumn COVID booster, well now a disabled led organisation are fighting back. Labour leaving vulnerable people unprotected by stopping COVID boosters As I wrote on Monday, t...
In a move that reflects the convergence of cinema with major humanitarian issues, the film The Voice of Hind Rajab by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania will have its world premiere at the 82nd Venice Film Festival on 3 September, bringing back to the forefront the story of six-year-old ...
Here’s today’s horoscope from the Canary – helping guide you through life, with a daily dose of lifestyle musings for our readers. Your horoscope for Thursday 28 August 2025 Aries ♈ The Aquarius Moon turns your usual charge-ahead energy into collective urgency. Today, your fire finds its p...
Filling out immigration forms can feel like you’re building a house of cards, one shaky document, and the whole structure wobbles. Certified translations are among the most common trip-ups. If a birth certificate, diploma, or police clearance contains a single untranslated stamp or an impr...
Whilst it might already have been clear that the UK government has not properly considered the rights of disabled people in the reforms of the Mental Health Act, the response it has recently given to questions from the United Nations Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (U...
A disabled activist, writer, and vlogger has been targeted by false benefit fraud reports. An Instagram post by Rach (wheeliemsadvocate) detailed how she had been threatened with false benefit fraud allegations – clearly in an attempt to silence her: In a video, she said: Anyone can make a...
The government has responded to urgent queries from the United Nations around it’s treatment of disabled people whilst attempting to cut Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits, and once again they’ve told an absolute pack of lies. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Pers...
Introduction to modern neuroscience Modern neuroscience is opening up incredible new horizons in our understanding of the human brain. Over the past few decades, researchers have focused on studying the neural networks, synaptic activity and cognitive processes that determine our behaviour...
On Tuesday, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), disguised in a civilian vehicle, stormed Ramallah – the largest city in the occupied West Bank – using tear gas and live bullets, with snipers positioned on the rooftops. They broke into a currency exchange shop in the centre of the city, lo...
