Catch up on the biggest stories of Friday, 23 January 2026 that you may have missed, in our simple daily news update.

Though trauma is a familiar concept to social workers, shame is rarely discussed, despite its centrality in understanding the ...

Kazakhstan’s prosecution of 19 Atazhurt activists over a Xinjiang-related protest has escalated into one of the country’s ...

Social-media users welcomed the neighbor's "priceless" reaction in the post, with one writing: "Respectful audiophiles!" ...

Social work vacancies increased at Cafcass last year, amid a drop in the number of practitioners at the family courts body.

Workers should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it's a "cognitive amplifier," claims Satya Nadella.

Your therapist asks if he can audio-record your session so he doesn’t have to take notes. What questions should you ask before deciding?

At the start of the new year, many of us will commit to joining a gym, eating healthier or cutting back on drinking and ...

Sixty-two is the earliest age you can start Social Security retirement benefits, and many people rush to file as soon as they can. But if you claim early, your check is smaller, permanently. So it's ...

Decades of delayed action have only exacerbated the shortfall. Bloomberg’s editorial board argues that Washington must “break ...

According to a recent study by researchers at the University of the Basque Country (EHU), raising social awareness is ...

The Microsoft Copilot Usage Report 2025 shows that language learning and translation rank among Copilot’s top use cases.