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A London research team will use a combination of artificial intelligence and traditional fieldwork in the search for a better way to count the number of homeless people in Canada.
That will help agencies and governments across the country assist more people, especially the “invisible homeless” who have little contact with services, said Cheryl Forchuk, assistant scientific director at the Lawson Health Research Institute and a Western University professor.
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Forchuk has been doing research on homelessness for more than two decades, but a major barrier to that research is the lack of numbers.
Tony Blair to speak at this year’s Hay Festival
Tony Blair (Aaron Chown/PA)
Former prime minister Tony Blair is to speak at this year’s Hay Festival.
He will headline the PM300 series of events on leadership and global democracy at the literature and arts festival.
Mr Blair will be interviewed by his former Labour Party colleague Alastair Campbell, who served as his spin doctor.
Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell (Ben Curtis/PA)
Hay Festival artist manager Heather Salisbury said: “We’re delighted to welcome former prime minister Tony Blair onto the Hay Festival programme for the first ever time in a far-ranging conversation on some of the most prevalent challenges of our times.
Tony Blair (Aaron Chown/PA)
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Former prime minister Tony Blair is to speak at this year’s Hay Festival.
He will headline the PM300 series of events on leadership and global democracy at the literature and arts festival.
Mr Blair will be interviewed by his former Labour Party colleague Alastair Campbell, who served as his spin doctor.
Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell (Ben Curtis/PA)
7 May 2021 • 12:02am
Although Covid infection levels are falling, it is still difficult to book an appointment to be examined by a doctor
Credit: Lynne Cameron/PA
SIR – Two weeks ago, I rang my local surgery at 8.30am, as a large swelling had appeared on the inside of my knee. The surgery gave the date as January 2021 in its recorded message and said it had closed and was operating from another surgery in a neighbouring village, with reduced appointments. I finally got through there at 4pm and was told by the receptionist there were no more appointments for that day and I should try again the next day at 8.30am.