One dead and two ill after meningitis cases in Berkshire
A young person has died and two others are being treated after an outbreak of meningitis in Berkshire. Health officials say the risk to pupils and the wider public remains low, and close contacts are being offered antibiotics as a precaution being offered antibiotics.
- One person has died and two others are ill after meningitis cases in Berkshire.
- Close contacts are being offered antibiotics as a precaution.
- Health agencies say the risk to pupils and the wider public remains low.
- The outbreak follows a separate major outbreak in Kent linked to a nightclub.
Sources: BBC News, The Guardian
British Gas pays £20m over prepayment meter force-fitting scandal
British Gas has paid £20 million following a scandal where debt agents working for the company broke into the homes of vulnerable customers to forcibly install prepayment energy meters.
- British Gas pays £20 million over prepayment meter scandal.
- Debt agents broke into vulnerable customers' homes to fit meters.
- The scandal involved force-fitting prepayment energy meters.
Source: BBC News
Marisa Anderson: The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music review – Harry Smith’s archives light up again
US guitarist Marisa Anderson interprets nine folk tunes from Southeast Asia, Soviet Russia, and the Islamic and Arabic worlds, drawn from Harry Smith's archives. The songs are from regions shaped by major US conflicts since 1970. Anderson's liner notes explore translation and cultural loss.
- Anderson gained access to Harry Smith's shuttered archives in 2023.
- She discovered hours of non-American music and learned to perform it.
- The album features nine tunes from regions affected by US conflicts since 1970.
- Her liner notes examine what is lost and found in translating these compositions.
Source: The Guardian