Ex-prisoners are being trained in construction - and helping to create homes for people who need them. Isn't this a great expression of people getting something they need - by enabling it for someone else?

Stroud has held its first Peace Fair. The sold-out event was attended by people calling for peace and justice, while the UK gov't continues to support conflict and genocide - and arrest people opposed to it.

Army recruits have been sexually assaulted during medical examinations - it's alleged. These abuses have gone on since the 1970s - across the UK. Now, finally, there's a police investigation - led by Wiltshire.

The UK system for processing asylum seekers is "staggeringly incompetent" - SMPs say in parliament. This failure appears to be just one aspect of the Home Office's wider failure to do what it's funded to do.

The head of CDC has refused to reveal the identity of the councillor involved in allegations of fraudulent procurement. Given how keen councils claim to be to combat fraud - is this secrecy, a bit odd?

Flying our national flag isn't an act of aggression or hatred - in contrast, it's a celebration of our nation - our culture - and our values - to be shared by all. Why - we may ask - is the gov't so afraid of this symbol?