THE ORIGINS OF JAMAICAN CULTURE & ITs HEROS

JAMAICAN INDEPENDENCE

Bogle had become a friend of a wealthy landowner and fellow Baptist George William Gordon, a bi-racial man who served in the Assembly as one of two representatives from St. Thomas-in-the-East parish. Gordon was instrumental in Bogle being appointed deacon of Stony Gut Baptist Church in 1864. Conditions were hard for black peasants, due to social discrimination, flooding and crop failure, and epidemics. The required payment of poll taxesprevented most of them from voting. In August 1865, Gordon criticised the governor of Jamaica, Edward John Eyre, for sanctioning "everything done by the higher class to the oppression of the negroes".[4]

"Artistic Impression of Paul Bogle" in Morant Bay, Jamaica[1]

Born1822Died24 October 1865 (aged 42–43)Cause of deathHangedNationalityJamaicanKnown forLeader of the protesters in the Morant Bay rebellionWebsitehttps://paulboglefoundation.org/

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It has been almost 160 years since this most terrifying event that took place on the original residents of stony gut in spring garden, St Thomas jamaica.

And there has not been any signs of compensation for the homes that were burned to the ground and over 500 dead.

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wars around the world in particular the Ukraine, were funds have already been ear marked for the regeneration of the loss of the people of Ukraine. The leaders of the modern world has consistently closed there eyes tightly when it comes to compensating the original families of stony gut.

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Bogle concentrated on improving the conditions of the poor.[5] As awareness of social injustices and people's grievances grew, Bogle led a group of small farmers 45 miles to the capital, Spanish Town, hoping to meet with Governor Eyre to discuss their issues, but they were denied an audience.[6] The people of Stony Gut lost confidence and trust in the Government, and Bogle's supporters grew in number in the parish.

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The following web page discusses the legacy of colonialism at Trengwainton and historic slavery and includes references to histories that some people may find upsetting.

The Price family and Jamaica

The Price family owned large sugar plantations on Jamaica. They descended from Francis Price (1635-1689) who was believed to be a junior officer at the island’s conquest of 1655. Francis acquired his first Jamaican plantation in 1663, and subsequently bought further estates. In 1670, after England gained formal possession of Jamaica, he acquired 840 acres which he named Worthy Park.

Worthy Park passed through the hands of various members of the Price family, including John Price of Penzance the Younger (1838-97), Rose Price’s father. John Price was mostly absent from Worthy Park, running his plantations from England through local agents. His son Rose Price was educated at Penzance Grammar School, Harrow and then Oxford University, before embarking on a Grand Tour.

In 1791 the family estates in Jamaica, including Worthy Park, were in trouble owing to unscrupulous local agents. Rose Price travelled to Jamaica to assume direct management, where it is claimed he doubled their value.

The enslaved people at Worthy Park

Rose Price made detailed records which survive in his great plantation book, covering the years 1792-96, now held by the Library of Congress. In this we learn he expanded sugar-cane cultivation by 25% within three years. In order to achieve this, Price had expanded the number of enslaved people at Worthy Park from 355 to over 500. He also introduced adapted Cornish mining technology for mills and brought Cornishmen to assist in the plantation management.

The enslaved people working at Worthy Park came predominately from Africa. They, and their descendants, were deployed in the harvesting of sugar cane, but also worked in the production of sugar and rum. Others worked as carpenters and blacksmiths, a midwife and nurses, and in the 'great house' worked a 50-year-old cook named 'Penzance'. In his great plantation book, Price records the birth of two children with Lizette, a 13-year-old enslaved child, during the three years he spent at Worthy Park. Once older, he sent them to England to be educated.

Rose Price and Trengwainton

Rose Price returned from Jamaica in 1795 and that year married Elizabeth Lambert, niece of Lord Sherborne in Gloucestershire. His income from Jamaican estates was then around £6,000 a year, and he continued to invest in further plantations.

Price remained committed to slavery and became a staunch anti-abolitionist. In 1832, whilst living at Trengwainton, he wrote a defence entitled Pledges on Colonial Slavery, to Candidates for Seats in Parliament, Rightly Considered. This included his response to a pro-abolition article published in the West Briton on 7 December 1832. In his response, Price claimed, by giving various examples, that the treatment of enslaved people on plantations in Jamaica was better than of most labourers in England, and 'milder' than in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. His defence of colonial slavery is followed by printed letters in support of his view.

Rose Price died soon after British Parliament passed the Abolition Act in 1833. His executors later received over £10,000 compensation awarded to owners of formerly enslaved people. Despite this large sum, Price’s finances were not sound: he had encumbered both his Jamaican and Cornish estates with substantial debts, and Trengwainton was sold by its mortgage holders in 1835.

We know that there is still work to do in interpreting and exploring this part of history attached to Trengwainton garden and are working with partners through the Inclusive Global History project. Please contact Claire North (claire.north@nationaltrust.org.uk) for further information.

Read our report addressing our histories of colonialism and historic slavery.

STONY GUT

Aftermath

By the end of 1865 the "Governor Eyre Case" had become the subject of widespread national debate. In January 1866, a Royal Commission was sent to investigate the events. Governor Eyre was suspended and recalled to England and eventually dismissed. The national government changed that of Jamaica. The House of Assembly resigned its charter, and Jamaica was made a Crown Colony, governed directly by Britain.[9]

The "Eyre Controversy" turned into a long and increasingly public issue, dividing well-known figures of the day. It may have contributed to the fall of the government.

Immigration to the United States, 1851-1900

In the late 1800s, people in many parts of the world decided to leave their homes and immigrate to the United States. Fleeing crop failure, land and job shortages, rising taxes, and famine, many came to the U. S. because it was perceived as the land of economic opportunity. Others came seeking personal freedom or relief from political and religious persecution, and nearly 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900. During the 1870s and 1880s, the vast majority of these people were from Germany, Ireland, and England - the principal sources of immigration before the Civil War. Even so, a relatively large group of Chinese immigrated to the United States between the start of the California gold rush in 1849 and 1882, when federal law stopped their immigration.

With the onset of hard economic times in the 1870s, European immigrants and Americans began to compete for the jobs traditionally reserved for the Chinese. With economic competition came dislike and even racial suspicion and hatred. Such feelings were accompanied by anti-Chinese riots and pressure, especially in California, for the exclusion of Chinese immigrants from the United States. The result of this pressure was the Chinese Exclusion Act, passed by Congress in 1882. This Act virtually ended Chinese immigration for nearly a century.

Immigrants entered the United States through several ports. Those from Europe generally came through East Coast facilities, while those from Asia generally entered through West Coast centers. More than 70 percent of all immigrants, however, entered through New York City, which came to be known as the "Golden Door." Throughout the late 1800s, most immigrants arriving in New York entered at the Castle Garden depot near the tip of Manhattan. In 1892, the federal government opened a new immigration processing center on Ellis Island in New York harbor.

Although immigrants often settled near ports of entry, a large number did find their way inland. Many states, especially those with sparse populations, actively sought to attract immigrants by offering jobs or land for farming. Many immigrants wanted to move to communities established by previous settlers from their homelands.

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The Story: White Witch of Rose Hall

At the heart of the property is the historic Rose Hall Great House, a restored 18th-century architectural masterpiece. Home of the notorious White Witch of Rose Hall: Annee Palmer. Known famously to have killed three husbands and taken on numerous slave lovers, only to die by the hands of the one she loved the most. The Rose Hall Great House offers both Day and Night guided Tours in over 10 languages.

The beauty and views of the Rose Hall Great House is sure to capture your heart. Neighbouring luxury residential communities, featuring golf course frontage with panoramic views of the Caribbean Sea and home to two of the Caribbean’s most widely acclaimed golf courses, Rose Hall offers 36 holes of championship play designed by Rick Baril, Robert von Hagge.

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Immerse yourself in the heritage of the island as your expert guide shares the story of this colonial ruin restored to its former majesty in the 1960’s. Learn about the lifestyle of the European bourgeoisie in the isles of the Caribbean in the Eighteenth Century. The tale of the Annee Palmer, the famed White Witch of Rose Hall is sure to delight. Beautiful tropical gardens and personalities will colour your experience with fun along the way!

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Rose Hall Great House Tours After Dark

Wednesday-Saturday From 6:00pm to 9:00pm
At night, Rose Hall is not for the faint of heart! Immerse yourself in the lifestyle of the 19th-century European bourgeoisie…but with a twist. You will come to know the true horrors of the “White Witch of Rose Hall”, Annee Palmer, and the many spirits that walk the halls of the Rose Hall Great House at night. Hear the spine-chilling historic tale of the notorious murders and feel the house come alive through an interactive tour set in the 19th century… Afterwards, steady your nerves with a ‘Witches Brew’ cocktail at the Dungeon Bar.

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TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

The Legend of Rose Hall
Jamaica’s ONLY Haunted Night Tour
Guided tour of the Rose Hall Great House
Tours are conducted in English. However, scripts are available in over ten (10) languages.
Haunted Night Tour is directed by Douglas Prout
Historical Museum
18th Century Graveyard
Bird Watching (Day & Garden Tour)
Nature Walk (Day & Garden Tour)
Shop at the Annee’s Treasure for authentic Jamaican arts and crafts
Witches Brew Cocktail at Dungeon Bar (not included in tour cost)
Duration – 45 minutes to 1 hour

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Day Tour: $30 USD / $12 USD for ages 4 – 11 years old
Night Tour: $35 USD / $15 USD for ages 4 – 11 years old

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Reservations are required for all Haunted Night Tours
Reservations are required for groups over 15
Transportation is not provided to tour location
Tour duration is not inclusive of travel time to tour location
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Appointment of Mr. Nigel Clarke as Deputy Managing Director

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Boarding the Airplane as a Wheelchair User If You Cannot Walk

How do wheelchair users get on the airplane?

Passengers who are non-ambulatory can still fly, but they’ll need help getting to and from their seat on the airplane. The aisle chair (also referred to as a straight back or high back) is a small wheelchair that is used to transport immobile passengers from their own wheelchair to a seat on the airplane. Aisle chairs are used during enplaning and deplaning, and can also be used during the flight to access the lavatory.

When you are making your flight reservation, be sure to notify the airline of any special assistance requests. If you cannot walk, they’ll need to organize assistance and an aisle chair for your convenience. On the day of travel, present yourself to the gate agent and remind him/her that you will require preboarding assistance and use of the aisle chair.

Once your boarding pass has been scanned, you’ll proceed down the jetbridge to the door of the aircraft. Aisle chairs are parked alongside the passenger’s own wheelchair to allow for an easy side-to-side transfer. If you are unable to perform the transfer yourself, the wheelchair assistance contractors are able to lift you into the aisle chair. In the photo above, you can see an aisle chair next to my own power wheelchair.

If you do need to be lifted into the aisle chair, know that the assistance teams have been trained in proper transfer techniques – a requirement of federal law. That said, you should still advise them on the best way to accommodate you. If there are any areas on your body that are painful to the touch, be sure to inform them. Communication is key! And, even if you are a seasoned pro at air travel with a disability, understand that they can’t read your mind – they just want to help you.

Once you have transferred or been lifted into the chair, you’ll be secured using a series of straps and buckles. These will go across your chest and legs for your safety. While most aisle chairs are uncomfortable, you should only be seated in it for a few minutes at a time. The images below showcase some of the different aisle chair designs currently used in airports in the United States and around the world. There is unfortunately no way to reserve a particular type – it’s typically the luck of the draw.

The three most common aisle chair types are pictured above. #1 is the chair that is most widely used, and the one I am photographed using earlier in this article. #2 is the oldest type of aisle chair, and it has only two wheels. This chair must be tilted backwards to move and has no armrests. Pray that you don’t get this antique relic of days long past! #3 is a recent design, that is the most comfortable. This chair, produced by the Staxi company, has a slightly angled seat for comfort and is the widest of the three types. All aisle chairs have securement straps that go over the chest and legs. Airlines, contractors and airports are slowly adopting the Staxi chair, and I have seen it in many airports.

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IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Proposes Appointment of Mr. Nigel Clarke as Deputy Managing Director

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Washington, DC – August 26, 2024: Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today to the Executive Board her proposal to appoint Mr. Nigel Clarke to the position of Deputy Managing Director, effective October 31, 2024. He will succeed Ms. Antoinette Sayeh, who, as previously announced, steps down on September 12.

In announcing her selection of Mr. Clarke, Ms. Georgieva said:

“Mr. Clarke is an exceptional public servant and policymaker, with proven leadership in institution building and economic crisis management, who has stewarded his country’s economy to a stronger and more sustainable position. Since 2016, he has been the IMF’s chief counterpart on successive and historically successful programs for Jamaica, including an Extended Fund Facility, a precautionary Stand-By Arrangement, and most recently a Precautionary Liquidity Line plus Resilience and Sustainability Facility, leaving the country with robust economic fundamentals. Nigel also brings a wealth of experience from a stellar private sector career.”

Mr. Clarke has been Jamaica’s Minister of Finance and the Public Service, and a Member of Parliament, since March 2018. Prior to this, he served as Ambassador of Economic Affairs from 2016. During this period, he spearheaded ambitious national reforms, including central bank independence, creation of an independent fiscal commission, as well as other tax policy, public body governance, public procurement, public sector compensation, and public investment management reforms. He also led Jamaica’s economic policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic with innovative and well-targeted policy support and completed privatizations and public-private partnerships of major infrastructure assets. Under his stewardship, Jamaica implemented a multi-layered disaster risk financing model, and became the first small country to independently sponsor a catastrophe bond, with World Bank assistance. In 2023, Jamaica successfully completed its first ever international issue of a local currency denominated bond.

In 2022, Mr. Clarke was elected Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank and the Inter-American Investment Corporation. Prior to his public service career, he was Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of the Musson Group, a regional conglomerate, having started his career as an Equity Derivatives Trader at Goldman Sachs in London.

Cultural life

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Jamaica’s cultural development has been deeply influenced by British traditions and a search for roots in folk forms. The latter are based chiefly on the colourful rhythmic intensity of the island’s African heritage.

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Jamaican culture is a product of the interaction between Europe and Africa. Terms such as “Afro-centred” and “Euro-centred,” however, are often used to denote the perceived duality in Jamaican cultural traditions and values. European influences persist in public institutions, medicine, Christian worship, and the arts. However, African continuities are present in religious life, Jamaican Creole language, cuisine, proverbs, drumming, the rhythms of Jamaican musicand dance, traditional medicine (linked to herbal and spiritual healing), and tales of Anansi, the spider-trickster.

Daily life and social customs

Family life is central to most Jamaicans, although formal marriages are less prevalent than in most other countries. It is common for three generations to share a home. Many women earn wages, particularly in households where men are absent, and grandmothers normally take charge of preschool-age children. Wealthier Jamaican families usually employ at least one domestic helper.

The main meal is almost always in the evening, because most people do not have time to prepare a midday meal and children normally eat at school. Families tend to be too busy to share most weekday dinners, but on Sundays tradition dictates that even poor families enjoy a large and sociable brunch or lunch, usually including chicken, fish, yams, fried plantains, and the ubiquitous rice and peas (rice with kidney beans or gungo [pigeon] peas). One of Jamaica’s most popular foods is jerk (spiced and grilled) meat.

Clothing styles vary. Rastafarians, who account for a tiny part of the population, typically wear loose-fitting clothing and long dreadlocks.

Jamaican independence from Great Britain (August 6, 1962) is commemorated annually. The government sponsors Festival as part of the independence celebrations. Although it has much in common with the region’s pre-Lenten Carnivals, Festival is much wider in scope, including street dancing and parades, arts and crafts exhibitions, and literary, theatrical, and musical competitions. Since the late 20th century, Jamaicans have also celebrated Carnival, typically with costumed parades, bands, and dancing. Emancipation Day is celebrated on August 1.

The arts and cultural institutions

The Institute of Jamaica, an early patron and promoter of the arts, sponsors exhibitions and awards. The institute administers the National Gallery, Liberty Hall, the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica, and the Jamaica Journal. The institute is also the country’s museums authority. The Jamaica Library Service, Jamaica Archives, National Library, and University of the West Indies contribute to the promotion of the arts and culture, as do numerous commercial art galleries. The Jamaica National Heritage Trust is responsible for the protection of the material cultural heritage of Jamaica

British rule

Planters, buccaneers, and slaves

In 1655 a British expedition under Admiral Sir William Penn and General Robert Venables captured Jamaica and began expelling the Spanish, a task that was accomplished within five years. However, many of the Spaniards’ escaped slaves had formed communities in the highlands, and increasing numbers also escaped from British plantations. The former slaves were called Maroons, a name probably derived from the Spanish word cimarrón, meaning “wild” or “untamed.” The Maroons adapted to life in the wilderness by establishing remote defensible settlements, cultivating scattered plots of land (notably with plantains and yams), hunting, and developing herbal medicines; some also intermarried with the few remaining Taino.

A slave’s life on Jamaica was brutal and short, because of high incidences of tropical and imported diseases and harsh working conditions; the number of slave deaths was consistently larger than the number of births. Europeans fared much better but were also susceptible to tropical diseases, such as yellow fever and malaria. Despite those conditions, slave traffic and European immigration increased, and the island’s population grew from a few thousand in the mid-17th century to about 18,000 in the 1680s, with slaves accounting for more than half of the total.

The British military governor, concerned about the possibility of Spanish assaults, urged buccaneers to move to Jamaica, and the island’s ports soon became their safe havens; Port Royal, in particular, gained notoriety for its great wealth and lawlessness. The buccaneers relentlessly attacked Spanish Caribbean cities and commerce, thereby strategically aiding Britain by diverting Spain’s military resources and threatening its lucrative gold and silver trade. Some of the buccaneers held royal commissions as privateers but were still largely pirates; nevertheless, many became part-time merchants or planters.

After the Spanish recognized British claims to Jamaica in the Treaty of Madrid (1670), British authorities began to suppress the buccaneers. In 1672 they arrested Henry Morgan following his successful (though unsanctioned) assault on Panama. However, two years later the crownknighted him and appointed him deputy governor of Jamaica, and many of his former comrades submitted to his authority.

The Royal African Company was formed in 1672 with a monopoly of the British slave trade, and from that time Jamaica became one of the world’s busiest slave markets, with a thriving smuggling trade to Spanish America. African slaves soon outnumbered Europeans 5 to 1. Jamaica also became one of Britain’s most-valuable colonies in terms of agricultural production, with dozens of processing centres for sugar, indigo, and cacao (the source of cocoa beans), although a plant disease destroyed much of the cacao crop in 1670–71.

European colonists formed a local legislature as an early step toward self-government, although its members represented only a small fraction of the wealthy elite. From 1678 the British-appointed governor instituted a controversial plan to impose taxes and abolish the assembly, but the legislature was restored in 1682. The following year the assembly acquiescedin passing a revenue act. In 1692 an earthquake devastated the town of Port Royal, destroying and inundating most of its buildings; survivors of the disaster established Kingston across the bay.

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Letter of the Day | Jamaica doesn’t have a crime problem

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THE EDITOR, Madam:

For a very long time the fallacy of the Jamaican crime problem has persisted. Jamaicans have always looked at the surface level of things, which has always allowed politicians to take advantage of them and misuse public funds. The truth is, Jamaica does not suffer from a crime problem but instead suffers from a systemic corruption problem, which in effect produces crime. The problems fuelling crime in Jamaica include lack of proper border security, no governing body to properly handle the corruption of Jamaican politicians, a largely unarmed society, outdated laws which benefit criminals, and a broken family structure within the country.

As an example, let’s say a man named Paul is a homeowner but he has no gates, fences or any way to protect his yard. One Monday morning Paul goes to work, and Paul’s neighbour named Carter goes in his yard, turns on his pipe out of envy, and leaves it on, which in effect empties the tank. When Paul comes home, he is shocked and thinks to himself that he has a water problem, so he calls the water truck to fill his tank. The next day Carter does the same thing and Paul responds in the same manner. The situation goes on for five straight days.

The question is, does Paul suffer from a water problem or a security problem? Well, in the moment he would have a water problem; however, the cause of the water problem should be where his focus is. Jamaica is in a similar situation regarding crime. Although corruption doesn’t always produce crime on the level that Jamaica is facing, it needs to be noted that in Jamaica’s case this is indeed the problem. So, to continuously have states of emergency does nothing in the long run but drain public funds.

The fact that Jamaica has been having so many states of emergency proves that the State is failing to protect its citizens. Having a state of emergency in Jamaica is comparable to chopping off a man’s hands and using Band-Aid to treat the injuries. The fact is, it solves nothing in the long run. In Jamaica, criminals break the law, the law-abiding citizens follow the law, and the politicians create the law, and are often above the law. There are numerous ways to destroy corruption and in effect crime in Jamaica, but the real question is, how would that necessarily benefit corrupt Jamaican politicians?

Hecklers interrupted the chancellor's speech at the Labour conference as they appeared to call for a halt to arms sales to Israel and for action on the environment.

Rachel Reeves was telling the conference in Liverpool how proud she was to be the UK's first-ever female chancellor when shouting came from the hall.

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A young man in the middle of the audience stood up and could be heard shouting: "We are still selling arms to Israel, I thought we voted for change Rachel, climate breakdown is on our doorstep."

Others shouted: "Free Palestine."

Shouts of "stop oil" were also heard from around the audience.

Another man in front of the first heckler appeared to be trying to roll out a banner but an audience member in front of him grabbed it.

Security guards in the hall ran to the men and bundled them out quickly as the audience booed and shouted "down, down".

Ms Reeves appeared stony-faced as she responded by declaring Labour has become "a party that represents working people, not a party of protest".

She was cheered by the audience, who gave her a standing ovation.

Campaign group Climate Resistance has claimed responsibility for the protest and accused security of "violently" apprehending one of their protesters.

A statement from the group said campaigners argue "donations from polluting industries and Israel lobbyists to Labour are to blame for the government's inaction".

Earlier this month, the government suspended 30 out of 350 arms export licences to Israel.

They said three of their members, who are also Labour Party members, were arrested and questioned by police for 30 minutes before being driven away from the venue and "de-arrested".

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'No return to austerity'

The heckling lasted just a few moments and Ms Reeves continued with her speech, in which she attempted to strike a more optimistic tone than the months of doom and gloom from her and Sir Keir Starmer about the UK's economy.

She said: "Because I know how much damage has been done in those 14 years, let me say one thing straight up: there will be no return to austerity. Conservative austerity was a destructive choice for our public services and for investment and growth too.

"Yes, we must deal with the Tory legacy and that means tough decisions but I won't let that dim our ambition for Britain.

"So it will be a budget with real ambition, a budget to fix the foundations, a budget to deliver the change that we promised, a budget to rebuild Britain."

The autumn budget will take place on 30 October, with the chancellor expected to impose some tax rises.

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Ms Reeves used her conference speech to announce £7m of funding for a pilot scheme to introduce breakfast clubs to 750 primary schools across England this summer term.

The government will then look to expand the scheme to provide breakfast to all state school pupils aged four to 11 in England - one of Labour's manifesto pledges. The pilot will be used to find out the best way of rolling out the policy.

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The chancellor said it is "an investment in our young people, an investment in reducing child poverty and investment in our economy".

"I will judge my time in office a success if I know that at the end of it, there are working class kids from ordinary backgrounds who lead richer lives, their horizons expanded, able to achieve and to thrive," she added.

About 12% of state schools in England already offer a taxpayer-subsidised breakfast club for schools with at least 40% of pupils from income-deprived areas through the National School Breakfast Club Programme (NSBP). But this funding ends in July 2025.

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New bank hubs to open but many don't have printers

Banking hubs have been established across the UK

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent

Published18 September 2024, 00:03 BST

Updated 19 minutes ago

Fifteen new banking hubs have been announced on the day stricter rules over branch closures and access to cash take effect.

The hubs, spaces shared by different banks, operate basic personal and business banking services.

The new rules mean they can open even if there is another operator in town, but questions have been raised over the standard of facilities.

Many have no printers installed, leaving people unable to get paper statements which may be requested by employers or landlords.

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Figures from consumer association Which? show that 6,000 bank branches have closed in the last nine years, leaving many places with none at all and limiting access to cash.

Banks and building societies must now assess whether areas have reasonable access to cash when they close branches, under new rules - enshrined in law from the first time - taking effect on Wednesday and governed by the City watchdog, the Financial Services Authority (FCA).

If not, then then will need to provide more facilities, before closing a branch.

Such facilities could include shared hubs, often run by the Post Office, which allow customers of any bank to withdraw and deposit cash. Community workers from different banks visit on a rotating basis once a week.

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Mayor to continue funding groundbreaking universal free school meals policy next academic year (2024/ 2025) saving London families up to £1,000 per child as cost-of-living continues to badly hit families across the country

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Mayor to continue funding groundbreaking universal free school meals policy next academic year (2024/ 2025) saving London families up to £1,000 per child as cost-of-living continues to badly hit families across the country

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Mayor to continue funding groundbreaking universal free school meals policy next academic year (2024/ 2025) saving London families up to £1,000 per child as cost-of-living continues to badly hit families across the country

Sadiq proposes providing £140m to continue groundbreaking universal free school meals for state primary schoolchildren in the capital for 2024/2025
Up to 287,000 children across London are already benefitting from free school meals this academic year (2023/ 2024) after the Mayor stepped in with historic funding – helping parents financially and providing children with a guaranteed healthy, nutritious meal, leading to better performance
New analysis shows the policy will save families up to £1,000 over two years per child as the cost-of-living crisis continues to hit
New polling shows more than a third (35 per cent of parents) or carers of children under 18 are buying less food and essentials

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today announced historic plans to continue funding free school meals for London’s state primary schoolchildren for the next academic year as the cost-of-living crisis continues to hit families across the country.

The Mayor is proposing to spend £140m in his 2024/25 budget to extend free school meals for another year from September, with the meals helping parents financially, reducing stigma for those who receive them and helping to improve nutrition and school engagement.

The move will extend his unprecedented £135m programme which is currently helping to deliver meals to up to 287,000 children each day and has funded more than 17million meals already between September and Christmas.

Sadiq’s proposed extension will help hundreds of thousands of children who don’t qualify for Government help receive the meals for another year – saving families up to £1,000 over the two years per child as they struggle with the cost-of-living crisis.

A report by the Child Poverty Action Group and the National Education Union has shown that providing all children free school meals has a wide range of benefits. It improves financial and psychological security for parents as they don’t have to worry about the cost of food at school, improves nutrition and school engagement with improved concentration and engagement from pupils, and reduces stigma for children who would ordinarily get means-tested meals. It also improves relationships between families and schools as there is no need to collect lunch money or administer debt, changes eating habits as pupils try new foods and helps create a richer school life, with families able to invest in extra-curricular activities.

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What is the Lampard Inquiry and what could it change?

More than 120 families joined a campaign to get a full public inquiry into mental health deaths in Essex

Nikki FoxHealth correspondent, BBC News, Essex

Published9 September 2024, 01:44 BST

Mental health patients are among the most vulnerable in society, but services in England have been under huge strain for at least a decade, with sometimes fatal consequences. A public inquiry backed by the government will focus on deaths in Essex as a starting point, but what is it and what does it hope to achieve?

Solicitors representing a growing number of families who have lost loved ones say the Lampard Inquiry, which starts on 9 September, is as important as those around the Post Office and infected blood scandals.

The deaths of up to 2,000 people could be included in it.

Essex has seen repeated failures over 20 years and what has happened in the county could be an indication of what is going on elsewhere. By examining those failures in detail, there could be implications for mental healthcare across the NHS.

What is the aim of the inquiry?

The Lampard Inquiry, external is the first public inquiry specifically looking into mental health deaths.

It will aim to understand what happened to patients who died at children and adult inpatient units, under the care of the NHS in Essex, between the years 2000 and 2023.

The inquiry will focus on Essex Partnership University Foundation NHS Trust , external(EPUT) and the North East London Foundation Trust, external (NELFT), along with organisations that existed previously.

It will not look at deaths in the community unless they happened within three months of discharge from a mental health unit, the patient had been assessed and refused a bed, or they were on a waiting list for a bed.

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chairwoman Baroness Lampard said she was committed to carrying out investigations that were "appropriately focussed and proportionate"

What is an inquiry?

Public inquiries are funded by the government and are led by an independent chairperson. They can force witnesses to give evidence, although that will not apply to families.

No-one is found guilty or innocent, but the inquiry publishes recommendations. The government can accept or ignore them.

Why is it called the Lampard Inquiry?

It is named after the chairwoman of the inquiry, Baroness Kate Lampard.

She is a former barrister who oversaw the NHS investigations into abuse by former television presenter Jimmy Savile.

Baroness Lampard is a member of the House of Lords. She is a crossbench peer, meaning she is not affiliated to a party.

She said she wanted to "make recommendations on [how] to improve the provision of mental health inpatient care".

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Why is the focus on Essex?

Calls for an inquiry were first made by the mothers of two 20-year-old men who died at the Linden Centre - a mental health unit in Chelmsford.

In 2008, Ben Morris, the son of Lisa Morris, was found dead after calling her to say he wanted to leave.

Ben Morris had ADHD and voluntarily admitted himself to the Linden Centre to get medication, but died a few weeks later

Four years later, in 2012, staff said they found Melanie Leahy's son Matthew unresponsive, and he was pronounced dead in hospital. He reported being raped days before he died.

Staff did not follow the trust's policy after the allegations and his care plan was falsified.

Since then, repeated failures have been raised in the county.

Melanie Leahy, pictured with her son, said the Linden Centre in Essex was "the most unsafe place he could have been"

The health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), raised concerns around the safety of wards and staffing from 2014 to 2018, external. Recommendations were not acted on.

In 2017, Essex Police launched a corporate manslaughter investigation into the deaths of 25 patients at nine mental health units, but there were no charges. Police said the cases did not meet the "evidential threshold".

In 2019, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman published a report into the deaths of Matthew Leahy and Ben Morris, external. It quoted a "systemic failure to tackle repeated and critical failings over an unacceptable period of time".

A year later, Melanie Leahy and 24 other families set up an online petition for an independent inquiry. About 105,000 people signed it, forcing a debate in Parliament.

In 2021, former health minister Nadine Dorries said a robust independent inquiry would be held, external, but it would not have full legal powers to compel staff witnesses to give evidence.

That same year, the Health and Safety Executive fined EPUT £1.5m after the deaths of 11 patients. The judge said there had been a "litany of failures", external and suicides had not been prevented.

Last year, following an undercover report by Channel 4's Dispatches, external, the CQC rated two female wards "inadequate". It showed staff sleeping while they were supposed to be observing patients.

In the same year, the inquiry was given full legal powers at the request of the former chairwoman Dr Geraldine Strathdee, who stepped down for personal reasons.

More deaths were then included for investigation because of "ongoing concerns" over services.

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Listening to music can bring up a lot of emotions. It can help us through the tricky emotional ‘highs’ and ‘lows’ of caring. Some of us might find listening to music with the person we care for can evoke fond memories and take us back to good moments in the past.

Over the years, scientists have studied the effect that it has on the human brain:

1. It can help us to retain information more efficiently and

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Music can help with our memory and learning. MRI scans show that music engages the hippocampus - the area of the brain responsible for processing and retrieving memories. In one study, people were better at recalling information while listening to classical music.

This may be beneficial if we’re caring for people with memory conditions like Alzheimers. While music can’t reverse the disease, some studies suggest that regular listening may slow down the process.

Music can motivate us to learn too. People in one study were more likely to complete a task if they had music as a reward. So next time there’s carer admin to wade through? Have a playlist ready to keep you focussed.

2. It can improve our mood

Listening to music triggers the release of three powerful chemicals: dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin. These hormones give us a rush of pleasure, support reward and motivation and help us to feel connected to others.

Some people find music therapy beneficial. It’s a type of NHS-approved therapy that uses music to improve mental health issues like depression and anxiety. Music therapy isn’t available for free on the NHS, but we can look for a therapist in our area by going to the website of the British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT).

3. It can lower anxiety

Ever felt less anxious after listening to a calming piece of music? Studies have found that music can calm us in anxiety-inducing situations. This could be listening to empowering music in our car before going into a tribunal or playing some relaxing acoustic songs when we’ve been on-the-go all day.

Marconi Union’s ‘Weightless’ is a piece of music that was engineered to be the world’s most relaxing song . A fascinating study found that it was just as efficient at calming patients before a major surgery as medication. It could be a good tool to try if the person we are caring for is agitated or stressed. It could also help us to calm down after dealing with a carer crisis.

Next time we have a time-consuming DLA, PIP or Carer’s Allowance form to fill out, why not give listening to this calming track a try. Or why not pop the song on now, while you read this blog?

4. It can improve focus

Got a boring task to do like organising bills or ordering prescriptions? Music can help us focus and get the task done more quickly.

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Prisoner early release begins to ease overcrowding

Up to 1,750 offenders have spent their last night in prison ahead of being released under the Ministry of Justice’s emergency plan to ease the overcrowding crisis in jails.

Releases are due to begin on Tuesday morning as governors unlock cells under the plan to free up 5,500 beds.

One charity has warned that women and children will become the unintended victims of the emergency plans - while rehabilitation specialists fear any rushed releases will compromise vital work in turning around the lives of some offenders.

The chief inspector of prisons told the BBC his “biggest concern” was whether everyone released had accommodation to go to, a crucial part of stopping ex-offenders becoming homeless.

Last week prisons reached a record population of more than 88,500. That meant almost all of them were full, a situation that had been coming for months but had been exacerbated by the summer’s riots.

Under the emergency plans announced in July, offenders in jails in England and Wales serving sentences of fewer than five years will be released on licence into the community after having spent 40% of their term in jail, rather than the usual 50%.

On 22 October the scheme will be expanded to include offenders serving fixed sentences of more than five years.

The plan excludes offenders jailed for violent offences with sentences of at least four years, as well as sex offenders and domestic abusers.

The release licence means offenders will be subject to restrictions for the rest of their sentence, including curfews and tagging, and will be supervised by probation officers.

The scheme was triggered by the incoming Labour government days after the general election, but officials had already been drawing it up when the Conservatives were in power.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said: "We inherited a prison system on the point of collapse. This is not a change that we wanted to make.

"It was the only option left on the table, because the alternative would have seen the total collapse of the criminal justice system in this country.

"We would have seen the breakdown of law and order, because courts would not have been able to conduct trials and the police would not have been able to make arrests."

Labour delayed implementing the new release rules until this week to give prison governors, the probation service and resettlement and rehabilitation organisations time to prepare.

Martin Jones, the HM chief inspector of probation said that there had been “a huge amount of pressure” on its officers over last eight weeks – but there was a genuine risk that some offenders would have nowhere to go.

He paid tribute to the frontline staff who had done a "huge amount of work" to prepare, but warned there will be "pinch points" in the coming days and weeks, particularly around accommodation.

Mr Jones said that within days or weeks, those released today will breach the terms of their probation licence and be sent back to prison, a risk that is "almost bound to happen”.

"There is also, I think, a certainty that some will reoffend," he said, and added that the risk of serious offences are rare but a risk that cannot be eliminated.

Isabelle Younane of Women’s Aid said that while the charity recognised that overcrowding was a serious issue it feared the emergency policy was coming at the price of the safety of women and children.

“The early release scheme relies heavily on an already overstretched and struggling probation service,” she said.

On Saturday Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said that ministers were “doing everything” to ensure domestic abusers are not released early.

The Victims' Commissioner has warned some people have not been informed of the early release of the person responsible for committing a crime against them.

Baroness Newlove said this would be "distressing” for many victims and that people's safety must not be "in any way compromised".

The BBC has contacted the Ministry of Justice for more information.

US presidential debate updates: Kamala Harris rattles Trump

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This live page will soon be closing. Here’s what happened during Trump and Harris’s first presidential debate:
- The proceedings began with an awkward handshake but otherwise went ahead relatively smoothly, in part thanks to the candidates’ muted microphones, which reduced interruptions.
- Harris entered the debate with more to gain, and she arguably capitalised on the moment.
- Her composed performance saw her land several blows, particularly when it came to Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, abortion rights and race.
- Trump repeatedly sought to turn the conversation to the economy and immigration, repeating false stories about migrants stealing and eating people’s pets.
- The former president also said he would not sign a federal abortion ban and refused to admit he lost the 2020 vote.
- The Harris campaign swiftly called for a second debate. It also collected an official endorsement from pop star Taylor Swift, who commands a whopping 283 million followers

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Martin Lewis issues urgent car finance claim deadline update

Martin Lewis is urging anyone who thinks they may have been mis-sold car finance to not miss out on their chance to claim.

The Money Saving Expert founder urged anyone who bought a car, van or motorbike on finance between April 2007 and 28 January 2021, to check if they could be owed money by the deadline of 25 September.

Speaking on the Martin Lewis Podcast on Wednesday (17 July), the financial guru said: “If the regulator does rule as expected on 25 September that there was systemic mis-selling, then you’re in there and you should be due a payout.”

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