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English schools provide free period products – but they’re still not easy for pupils to get hold of

Pupils in the UK are struggling to afford menstrual products. In a 2022 UK survey, charity WaterAid found that one in five girls were missing school as a result. Limited access to period products can also have a negative impact on learning and attainment.

The Conversation

As gold prices surge, Ghana faces ‘looming crisis’ over illegal mining

Illegal and small-scale mining known as galamsey is contaminating the country’s rivers and soil, activists say.

Al Jazeera

Glastonbury 2025 ticket announcement reveals significant price increase

New price shows an increase of more than £100 for general admission tickets in the last six years

The Independent UK

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These design trends were everywhere at the 2024 Chelsea Flower Show – here’s how to get the look in your own backyard

From sustainable water harvesting to tangerine planting schemes, we show you how to give your garden a Chelsea-worthy uplift

Homes & Gardens

A Conversation With 'Hey Girls': How Women Are Reclaiming Control Of Menstrual Health

'Hey Girls' is a menstrual health brand that sets out to provide women with safe and sustainable sanitary products while eradicating period poverty across the UK.

International Business Times UK

Didn't get Glastonbury tickets? Here are the other routes into the festival

That’s right, you don’t need to attempt a break-in to have fun this summer

Evening Standard

Extreme drought in northern Italy mirrors climate in Ethiopia

Research shows global heating creates ‘whiplash effect’ of erratic extremes – often in poorest countries

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Prince George and Princess Charlotte meet boy who tossed coin for Wimbledon final

Mu’awwiz was introduced to George and Charlotte and handed the coin used to start the final to Charlotte.

The Independent UK

UK festivals, TV shows and tours: how to have a fun-packed summer for free

Whether it’s music, festivals or food, art or nature, you don’t need to miss out if money is tight

The Guardian - UK

‘Fetch the mop – it’s a code brown!’: the diary of a Glastonbury toilet cleaner

This weekend, 700 WaterAid volunteers have been keeping the festival’s loos in working order. One rubber-gloved hero shares her highs and lows

The Guardian - UK

Couple spend honeymoon cleaning toilets at Glastonbury Festival

They tied the knot last week

Bristol Post

Newcastle newlyweds to spend their honeymoon cleaning toilets at Glastonbury

Chelsea Clarke and Jake Taylor, who are both doctors at the RVI, are volunteering for Water Aid's Loo Crew at the festival

Chronicle Live

Eight in 10 women feel held back at work due to taboo around periods

Stress and anxiety dominate the lives of working women when they are menstruating, reveals new research marking Menstrual Hygiene Day

The Independent UK

UK music festivals: how to save money on your summer fix

From cheaper tickets to secondhand camping equipment or working some shifts, there are ways to save money

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UN warns of ‘draining humanity’s lifeblood’ amid worsening water scarcity

Secretary general urges countries to tackle ‘vampiric overconsumption’, water guzzling industries and climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

My 72-hour labour was a nightmare. But at least I had access to clean water

It is a shocking fact that more than 16 million women give birth every year without this basic necessity. This cannot go on, says chef, author and presenter Nadiya Hussain

The Independent UK

In brutal drought, Kenyan herders look for hope underground

Generations of East Africans have tapped groundwater in the desert to survive in parched lands

The Independent UK

Works by David Hockney and Rankin to be sold in anonymous auction for WaterAid

The sale includes pieces by multiple British artists that will be sold without the names of the artists on them.

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The Independent UK

‘I have never seen so many cases’: Volunteer doctors tackle horror of Pakistan flooding aftermath

Volunteers who have set up relief camps of their own tell Stuti Mishra about the challenges they are facing in helping the flood victims amid an outbreak of water-borne diseases

The Independent UK

Billie Eilish and brother Finneas join calls at Glastonbury for climate action

It came as Greenpeace protesters marched through the festival site, demanding action to reduce global warming.

Evening Standard

Glastonbury: Huge mud toilet sculpture unveiled to warn against climate change

Festival-goers will see the 2.5-metre high model which has been built using Glastonbury’s own mud

The Independent UK

Huge mud toilet sculpture unveiled at Glastonbury to warn against climate change

Festival-goers will see the 2.5-metre high model which has been built using Glastonbury’s own mud.

Bristol Post

Glastonbury Festival to have first ever women's 'squat-and-go' urinal

"Women shouldn’t have to wait in longer queues for something as simple as going for a pee"

The Independent UK

Sir Ringo Starr joins campaign to send postcards to Prime Minister for WaterAid

The limited-edition postcards will be officially launched at Glastonbury festival.

The Independent UK

A quarter of women struggled to afford period products in the last year, study finds

One in five women and girls have relied on free period products from work, school or a charity

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