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Civil rights icon Jesse Jackson dead

Jackson led a rainbow coalition of Americans through decades of protest and progress

Salon

Jesse Jackson obituary

One of the US’s most prominent civil rights leaders who was a protege of Martin Luther King and a presidential hopeful

The Guardian - UK

Like Jane Eyre, I’ve been seen as unconventional and abnormal. I’m autistic – is she too?

Nearly 200 years since Charlotte Brontë published Jane Eyre, her unconventional orphan Jane – with her intense emotions and sense of injustice – continues to captivate and intrigue readers.

The Conversation

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Passion, integrity and self-reliance: why Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is a heroine for our times

In our guides to the classics, experts explain key literary works.

The Conversation

The Mortality Rate Of Victorian Children Is A Cautionary Tale That Is Shockingly Relevant Today

Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in shocking numbers. Could the child mortality rate go back?

Inverse

Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today

Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in shocking numbers. Teaching 19th-century English literature, I regularly encounter gutting depictions of losing a child, and I am reminded that not knowing the emotional cost of widespread child mortality is a luxury.

The Conversation

We almost went on hunt for Reform ghost candidate with viral Scottish comedian

MANY people, when describing what they love about their job, explain that “every day is different”.

The National (Scotland)

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'I do exist': Glasgow 'ghost' Reform candidate tracked down more than 200 miles away

THE Reform UK candidate for Glasgow North has been found after concerns were raised about whether they existed.

The National (Scotland)

Emily Brontë's death needs to be radically reimagined – an expert explains

Novelist Charlotte Brontë was devastated when her sister Emily died from tuberculosis on December 19, 1848.

The Conversation

Brabners, Relentless and Speedy: The 29 latest hires and promotions across the North West

BusinessLive rounds up the latest hires and promotions from across the North West

Birmingham Post

Two stabbed, passport delays and Grand National round up

The latest evening ECHO headlines on Thursday, April 7

Liverpool Echo

Mum may have to leave son behind after passport delay puts £2,000 holiday in jeopardy

Helen Burns is set to fly to Croatia to celebrate her 40th birthday but her trip could now be in jeopardy

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