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MPs urge government to regulate UK psychotherapists and counsellors

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 9 November 2024

MPs with experience in mental health say lack of statutory regulation leaves people vulnerable to harm

‘A therapist shouldn’t be giving you hugs’: readers share bad counselling experiences

MPs with experience in mental health have urged the government to introduce statutory regulation for all psychotherapists and counsellors, warning that the current system is leaving people vulnerable to harm.

Unlike most other healthcare roles, “psychotherapist” and “counsellor” are not protected titles nor statutorily regulated professions in the UK. Only art therapists and art psychotherapists, drama therapists and music therapists are protected titles. This means that anyone can set themselves up as a therapist without qualifications, and can continue to practice after misconduct.

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Ed Davey urges Starmer to ‘Trump-proof’ UK with closer European ties

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 9 November 2024

Lib Dem leader says government should work with Trump but be prepared for him to act on security and trade threats

Ed Davey has urged Keir Starmer to “Trump-proof” the UK by urgently seeking closer European cooperation over military aid for Ukraine and economic ties, after the US president-elect’s threats about security and trade wars.

The Liberal Democrat leader, whose party is the third biggest in the House of Commons, argued that while the UK government should seek to work with a Donald Trump administration, it should also be as prepared as possible if he were to abandon Ukraine or impose sweeping tariffs.

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TV tonight: David Baddiel’s outrageous and deeply personal standup

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 9 November 2024

The comedian overshares his mother’s wildest anecdotes. Plus: the return of indie legends Pixies. Here’s what to watch this evening

10pm, Sky Arts

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When time stands still – or passes in a flash: the Edith Pritchett cartoon

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 9 November 2024

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Blind date: ‘Hopefully he thought I was funny, as I do try pretty hard’

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 9 November 2024

Florence, 25, a political science master’s student, meets Joe, 28, a civil servant

What were you hoping for?
At the very least a story and an entertaining evening, good or bad.

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Ofcom warns tech firms after chatbots imitate Brianna Ghey and Molly Russell

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 9 November 2024

After ‘distressing incidents’, watchdog says content from user-made bots would be covered by UK Online Safety Act

Ofcom has warned tech firms that content from chatbots impersonating real and fictional people could fall foul of the UK’s new digital laws.

The communications regulator issued the guidance after it emerged that users on the Character.AI platform had created avatars mimicking the deceased British teenagers Brianna Ghey and Molly Russell.

In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie . In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org , or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org

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Paddington in Peru to Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – a complete guide to the week’s entertainment in the UK

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 9 November 2024

The marmalade-obsessed ursidae goes back to his roots, and we begin the final series of Hilary Mantel’s Mark Rylance-starring Tudor drama

Bird
Out now
One of the UK’s greatest film-makers, Andrea Arnold, returns. Her latest is is a dreamy, textured film about an adolescent girl (Nykiya Adams) who befriends a mysterious man named Bird (Franz Rogowski) in the Kent neighbourhood where she lives with her dad Bug (Barry Keoghan) and his fiancee Kayleigh (Frankie Box).

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Trump’s trade tariffs: how protectionist US policies will hit German carmakers

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 9 November 2024

‘Shifts in production’ expected if baseline tariffs on imported goods are imposed to benefit US auto manufacturing

In 1964 the new US president was angry about European trade. Specifically about chickens. In response to Europe’s poultry trade barriers, Lyndon B Johnson imposed a 25% tariff on light trucks.

That “chicken tax” is still in place 60 years later. The rules have contributed to the Ford’s F-Series pickup truck’s unbroken 42-year run as the bestselling vehicle in the US, and have locked European manufacturers out of a hugely profitable market for two generations. The chicken tax could also serve as a model for Donald Trump’s second term in the White House.

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‘Strong likelihood’ of imminent famine in northern Gaza, food experts warn, as Israel continues siege

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 9 November 2024

‘Looming catastrophe’ will ‘dwarf anything we have seen so far’ in Gaza since 7 October 2023, famine review committee says

There is a “strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas” of the northern Gaza Strip, a committee of global food security experts warned on Friday, as Israel claims to be pursuing a military offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas in the area.

“Immediate action, within days not weeks, is required from all actors who are directly taking part in the conflict, or have influence on its conduct, to avert and alleviate this catastrophic situation,” the independent Famine Review Committee (FRC) said in a rare alert.