Guardian

2023 - 3 - 30

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The Guardian view on a water crisis: targets need to be binding (The Guardian)

Editorial: The global response to an escalating water crisis is belated and inadequate. But last week's UN conference was an important marker.

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Butterflywatch: brimstone appears early after dry and sunny February (The Guardian)

Cold weather in March has forced a retreat but a run of warm days will see the brimstones reappear.

When we’re finally granted a run of warm days, the first brimstones will reappear: lemon-yellow males, constantly patrolling, particularly ivy-clad areas. [Matthew Oates](http://www.matthew-oates.co.uk/home/) found “Bella the brimstone” underneath the leaf of an evergreen perennial in his garden. On 8 March, he photographed her when [her leaf was covered in snow](https://twitter.com/MatthewOates76/status/1633410541686226946).

Empathy and Guardian Transform Beneficiaries' Experience When ... (PRNewswire)

PRNewswire/ -- Empathy, the leading end-of-life platform supporting families through loss both logistically and emotionally, today announced a collaboration ...

We are excited to see real change in the life insurance category, with leading carriers realizing that adding Empathy to their services is a win-win: Beneficiaries receive the support they need, and insurers solidify trust with their customers." "We are proud to join with Guardian, a mission-driven company providing families with the support they need when they need it most," said Ron Gura, Co-Founder & CEO of Empathy. By adding Empathy as an integral part of their services, Guardian is elevating the claims experience, showing that life insurers can be there for families with more than just financial support. The report also confirmed the impact of loss on individuals' health and wellbeing, finding that 93% of people who have experienced loss report suffering from at least one physical or mental symptom, and for a majority of people these symptoms last for a prolonged period of several months or more. Bereaved families are left grieving and in distress, not just from the loss itself, but also from the logistical challenges that follow. Through this collaboration, Empathy's platform will be made available to families dealing with loss, offering beneficiary support that goes beyond a payout.

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John Paterson obituary (The Guardian)

Other lives: South African journalist who worked on the Rand Daily Mail before joining the Press Association and the Guardian in the UK.

Although John never returned to live in his birthplace, he did spend six months back home on sabbatical in 1986, working as a subeditor on the ANC-aligned community newspaper, New Nation, during a period when its editor, Zwelakhe Sisulu, was in jail. From the Rhodesian Farmer he joined the Rand Daily Mail as a subeditor, eventually becoming chief subeditor there until he moved to the UK. His father, Walter, a soldier who fought in the first world war and survived the 1916 Battle of Delville Wood and a prison camp, died when he was a toddler.

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