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Found 10 resource(s) in 'Looking at You', for September 2025.
Looking at You (all articles) for September 2025
Why not become a councillor? Was the children’s summer holiday too long for you? Schools to teach children that being worried is not a mental health condition Dog walkers warned of deadly risk Learner drivers must wait months for driving test Which milk is best? What time you should stop drinking the night before How... (1868 words)Why not become a councillor?
This morning, I alerted the Hastings parks and gardens team to a giant hogweed in a patch of waste ground: it’s an invasive species and can cause serious skin damage. A communal bin on one of the streets in my ward was missing its lid. Two days ago, I asked the waste services folk to... (472 words)Was the children’s summer holiday too long for you?
As our children go back to school this month, what do parents really think about the past six weeks? More than half of all parents found the summer break too long, and a ‘challenge’ to cope with. So says the national charity, Parentkind. Its recent poll found that more than half of parents feel that... (122 words)Schools to teach children that being worried is not a mental health condition
More children and young people are in danger of confusing the normal anxieties of life with a genuine mental health condition. So says the government, and it has issued new guidance to schools to try and correct the trend. The guidance states that pupils should be taught “that worrying and feeling down are normal, can... (185 words)Dog walkers warned of deadly risk
It has not been a good summer to let your dog go swimming. The hot and dry weather this spring sparked a rise in toxic blue-green algal blooms which have affected lakes and rivers across the UK. Blue-green algal blooms are triggered when colonies of bacteria use warmth and sunlight to reproduce rapidly. The colourful... (245 words)Learner drivers must wait months for driving test
If someone in your family wants their driving licence this autumn, they may have to wait months before even getting a driving test. For the average waiting time across all test centres has recently increased to 22 weeks, up from 14 weeks back in February 2024, according to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).... (123 words)Which milk is best?
Plant-based milk drinks, including soya milk, oat milk and almond milk, have soared in popularity in recent years. But how do these compare with cow’s milk? A recent report from the nutritional experts who advise the government says that vegan milk is not ‘nutritionally equivalent’ to cow’s milk. The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN)... (143 words)What time you should stop drinking the night before
If you drink alcohol after 10pm at night, you may still be over the limit by 9am the next morning. So says IAM RoadSmart, a road safety charity. It has warned that drinking alcohol late into the night can pose a ‘serious threat’ to your safety as a driver the next morning. And even if... (134 words)How to have a ‘more healthy’ heart
Gratitude may help you recover more quickly from a heart attack. So says a study by the University of California, who examined gratitude as part of an outlook that involves appreciating the positive aspects of life, and often goes hand in hand with spirituality. It was found that people who have a life attitude of... (155 words)The financial squeeze that September brings
September can be a bad time for financial pressures. This is when the children have just returned to school, universities are opening, and suddenly Christmas spending looms. Retrospectively, the bills for summer child-care and that holiday (where you spent too much) are coming in, as well as the recent outlay you had to make on... (98 words)
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