After a brilliant four years covering the Midlands, today I am starting a new role as the Guardian's Social Affairs correspondent covering housing, homelessness, social care, demographics and young people (among other things) - jessica.murray@theguardian.com for tips/stories

This is a great story from @journo-jess.bsky.social - emphasis firmly on the impact on families of Birmingham’s SEND dysfunction www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

‘Fobbed off and rejected’: Send crisis takes toll on families in Birmingham

As council cuts costs due to effective bankruptcy, parents face an exhausting battle to get support for their children

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Could Tenbury Wells be the first UK town centre abandoned over climate change? Worcestershire town has been flooded seven times in past four years and shop owners can no longer afford insurance. @journo-jess.bsky.social

Could Tenbury Wells be the first UK town centre abandoned over climate change?

Worcestershire town has been flooded seven times in past four years and shop owners can no longer afford insurance

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