Disabled councillor angered at lack of support for re-election
By Stephen Sumner, Monday Apr 26, 2021
People with disabilities are angry they are not being given an equal opportunity to stand for election.
Harriet Clough, a wheelchair user, currently represents Bristol’s Hengrove and Whitchurch Park ward but is not seeking re-election because government support was “quietly killed off”.
Paul Welton, a deaf candidate for the Portishead East by-election, said he had been denied government funding for a sign language interpreter at the count or a briefing.
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‘Responsibility Grief’ Weighs Heavily On Horse Owners Sponsored by:
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have completed a study on how the horse-human relationship affects decision making around key events in a horse s life, including euthanasia. The team found that many owners have enjoyed their horses for multiple years and consider horses part of their family, which makes end-of-life decisions particularly difficult.
Drs. Harriet Clough, Mandy Roshier, Gary England, John Burford and Sarah Freeman found that feelings of guilt and the burden of responsibility can take an “extraordinary” toll on horse owners. The research team created an online survey that targeted horse owners who had experience with both purchasing and euthanizing horses. It delved into their experiences and relationships with their horses.
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Owners show limited advice‐seeking behaviour on key aspects of horse-buying decisions, fresh British research reveals.
The findings are on some levels surprising, given that horse ownership requires a significant commitment in terms of time, finance and physical and emotional input.
“The lack of advice seeking behaviour around purchase decisions may be a reflection of how personal these decisions are to owners, and how they rate their own opinion and experience,” Harriet Clough and her colleagues at the University of Nottingham reported in the journal,
VetRecord.
This lack of advice‐seeking behaviour, together with a reluctance to seek views on whether it was priced appropriately, could be an important barrier to developing or providing support and information regarding horse-buying decisions, they said.