We speak your mind. Enjoy free-thinking comment that champions your values. | | Major Serhiy Laziuk holds his breath as he prepares to deliver bad news | Major Serhiy Laziuk stops at the nursery’s entrance, bracing himself for what he must do.
He has done this countless times before, but as he places his hand on the gate, he murmurs the words he’s prepared before taking a step forward.
Moments later, the silence is broken with a mother’s guttural screams.
The woman, her face gaunt with grief, collapses onto a nearby bench as her colleague tries to comfort her. Standing beside them is Major Laziuk. One hand is on the mother’s shoulder. In the other, a letter with the news that her son, previously missing at the front, is dead.
Hours earlier, he had taken a deep breath as he stood outside the home of another mother and buzzed the intercom. “Hello?” the woman said in a strangled voice, before quietly letting Major Laziuk in. This time, there was no screaming, just a numb silence at the news her son had been killed in a Russian drone strike.
This is Major Laziuk’s grim task: to deliver death notices to families across Lviv. Sometimes there are two, or even three, a day. Soldiers say he has the worst job in the army. He rarely gets time off because no one wants to cover for him. “The hardest part is when people still have hope,” he tells The Telegraph. “They think maybe there’s been a mistake.”
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Putin tests nuclear missiles after Trump meeting collapses ➤ | | Women will be offered menopause checks from the age of 40 in an effort to correct “persistent” NHS sexism, says Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary.
Around five million middle-aged women will be offered assessments to give more help to those struggling with symptoms.
NHS officials will overhaul the health MOT, offered every five years from the age of 40 to 74, to identify those with perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms.
Writing for The Telegraph, Mr Streeting sets out his ambition to tackle this systemic problem.
 | Wes Streeting Health Secretary | For too long, women have been left to face the menopause in silence. Across the country, millions have had to endure pain, debilitating discomfort, confusion and self-doubt about their symptoms. And too often, women have been made to feel they need to “just get on with it” as their symptoms weren’t taken seriously enough to matter.
Some have been sent on wild goose chases, in the belief that their health issues – like anxiety, brain fog and low mood – are unrelated to this fundamental life change. It’s a persistent bias, wrought of sexism and ignorance, and whether intentional or not, it’s frankly inexcusable in the modern era.
It’s not right and it’s not fair. And that changes today. For the first time, menopause questions will be included in routine NHS health checks across England. It’s a landmark moment and one that signals a real shift in how our health system sees, hears and supports women.
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Continue reading ➤ | | | | | ‘I was one of the first UK journalists to interview Lady Gaga’, says Neil. ‘A year later, she was the biggest pop star in the world’ | | They say success has many fathers but failure is an orphan. In my 30 years as The Telegraph’s music critic, I have played a part in discovering some incredible, world-beating talents such as Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, David Gray and Raye. All found before they were famous. Hopefully that makes up for the time I dismissed a young band called Coldplay as “drearily introspective and musically unchallenging”.
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| | The not so secret narrative of The Traitors phenomenon is how potent its fashion aesthetic has been. High street stores are brimming over with Argyle sweaters, tartan capes and Winkleman-inspired stomp boots. A renewed interest in the codes of heritage dressing, tweeds and country attire has also given a boost to smaller British brands like The Fold, who are choosing to work with traditional manufacturers on capsule collections in sumptuous tartan mohair cloths.
The key components of a Traitors’ ensemble – white shirt, leggings, tie, plaid blanket – are probably already lurking in plain sight in your wardrobe (just add an extra layer of kohl liner if you want to look camera-ready). Is it a style that can work at any age? Read on for our fashion team’s verdict.
Continue reading ➤ | A sandwich with a side of symphony Every weekday, Orlando Bird, our loyal Reader Correspondent, shares an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Orlando writes...
If you’re partial to a symphony with your sandwich, a piano sonata with your panino or some lieder with last night’s leftovers (OK, that’s enough – Ed), then I commend Ivan Hewett’s excellent selection of 30 pieces of classical music to listen to during your lunch break, complete with a Spotify playlist. Telegraph reader Michael Brown has been getting stuck in: “Close your eyes when listening,” he advises. “This adds so much to the music and is really good for the soul.” Maybe finish your soup first.
I agree with Ivan that a Brandenburg Concerto is always a good idea, and was pleased to see a nod to England’s greatest composer, William Byrd (no relation). Inevitably, though, I would have come up with a slightly different list myself (Bizet doesn’t really do it for me) – and you’ve been writing in with your own suggestions.
The question of which Beethoven works to include (the old boy just wrote too many masterpieces) has been a talking point. Gary Sharpe, for instance, would have picked “the first movement of his Symphony No 6 (‘Awakening of cheerful feelings on arrival in the countryside’). Nothing beats it.” For John Lambert, it had to be “Piano Sonata No 14, all day long” – to which another reader replied: “Played by Daniel Barenboim. I nearly crashed the car once as I was so transfixed by it.” I hereby put in a word for No 21 (the “Waldstein 2”), but possibly not as an aid to digestion.
James Debenham, meanwhile, felt there were two notable omissions. “No Handel or Vivaldi?” he queried. “Two of the finest composers of all time.” Jan Leach put forward Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. And Jasper Smyth would have liked to see something by Prokofiev: “How about the first movement of his Piano Concerto No 2, played by Yuja Wang?” What’s your ideal lunchtime listening? Send me your answers here, and they may get selected to appear in a future edition of From the Editor PM. You can sign up here to read the responses. | Plan your day with the telegraph | Set your alarm to catch up with journalists on the Your Say page and listen to their analysis on our latest podcasts.
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