Croydon has a long history of community action, but new research from a local Master’s graduate has pushed an uncomfortable truth to the front of the conversation. Ellie Sandover’s dissertation, awarded First Class Honours, examined food provision and knife-crime prevention in Croydon. Her findings carry weight because they centre the lived experience of young people in our borough. Her core message is simple and supported by decades of research from public health, psychology and...

In the 1950s and 60s, Singapore was poor, crowded and unstable. Most families lived in slums or wooden shacks. Streets flooded, rubbish piled up, and disease spread easily. Housing:  The Bukit Ho Swee fire  in 1961 left thousands homeless and showed how unsafe housing had become. Sanitation:  Only half the population had proper toilets. Many used “night soil” buckets that were emptied by hand, or just did it in the streets. Health:  Illnesses like cholera and smallpox were common. Infant...

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has announced plans to relax ChatGPT’s safety restrictions, including the possible introduction of adult-only content for verified users. His words: “As part of our ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.” Altman is the public face of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, and one of Silicon Valley’s most influential voices shaping how AI meets everyday life. I read his blog and tweets because he knows. Now,...