In Depth:  Sarah Worsley

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In just 20 years, more than 3 million Britons will be aged 85 or older; that’s more than double the current number. Meanwhile, local council budgets are being slashed as they struggle to support the most vulnerable.

In June, the BBC’s Panorama released a two-part series on adult social care. The first part asks, ‘Who Cares?’ as councils struggle to organise sufficient care; the second part asks, ‘Who Pays?’ as councils struggle to finance it.

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Michael Jackson, The King of Pop, died nearly 10 years ago.

The world was reeling from the 2008 financial crisis. Banks deemed ‘too big to fail’ got a pass on their immoral decisions; the indispensability of these companies let us overlook their indiscretion, supposedly. Ten years later, with #MeToo defining this decade, the world is now asking – is the King ‘too big to fail’? And this time, an easy pass does not seem imminent. Michael Jackson may be the greatest, but can we overlook the accusations?

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Italian tenor, Andrea Bocelli, recently released his newest album, Si.

Bocelli has cemented his UK popularity amongst British audiences with Si becoming his first UK number one album. Much of Si’s popularity is down to the song ‘Fall On Me’ (also featured in the credits of newly released Disney Film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms).