Maryam Qaiser

1 month ago | mirror.co.uk | Ros Wynne Jones |Maryam Qaiser

Three years after the invasion of Ukraine, Olga Pasichnyk is still living in fear. “I’m losing hope,” she says. “I feel insecure. We still have missiles flying over people in Ukraine, anybody can be killed any second. I’ve lost people in this war, neighbours and classmates.”The beaches are empty in Olga’s home city of Berdyansk – once a beautiful Ukrainian resort on the Azov Sea, now under Russian occupation.

2 months ago | mirror.co.uk | Maryam Qaiser

The heat hits me despite wearing a traditional headscarf as I climb into a 1950 Land Rover ready to embark on an adventure through Dubai’s Desert Conservation Reserve. I watch in awe as we wind our way through sand dunes spotting native wildlife including Arabian oryx and sand fish lizards. Rare summer rain has caused bursts of vegetation, boosting biodiversity and attracting wildlife.

2 months ago | msn.com | Ros Wynne Jones |Maryam Qaiser

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2 months ago | mirror.co.uk | Ros Wynne Jones |Maryam Qaiser

FOR mum Amy Richards, the school breakfast club is a lifeline, just as it is for hundreds of thousands of British families. The 38-year-old, from Weston-super-Mare, has a terminal brain tumour and severe epilepsy and her son, seven, and partner have autism. “My son has separation anxiety, and the teacher would struggle to get him off me and into the classroom,” Amy says. “Now, the breakfast club means he eats and plays with his best friend before school starts. It has made a huge difference.