Since March 2020, the avenue Van Vollenhoven in Schaerbeek is car-free. The decision was motivated by the need for social distancing during the COVID-19 crisis. For eight months, the inhabitants of Schaerbeek took great advantage of the space. Children learned to ride bicycles and skate. Older people could walk around and enjoy social life at a safe distance. PRMs and cyclists could safely cross the park to the other side of Schaerbeek....

Dear Elke Van Den Brandt, We, citizens of Brussels, kindly ask you to make Sunday Without Cars every Sunday at least till the end of September. ...

We are not against cars. They do have their utility. But why privatise most of the public space in our commune for those cars that make our streets quite dangerous for our kids? Can’t we share this public space?...

On February 21st 2026 Jerry F Robinson was struck by a car and killed while crossing Antioch pike at the crosswalk by the Woodbine Fresh Market. Metro Police have published a photo showing that the car entered the painted median at the crosswalk. The driver fled the scene....

Dr Priya Singh Chair, Board of Trustees National Council for Voluntary Organisations A letter of concern regarding NCVO’s strategic direction and its implications for small charities...

**The Issue** In the Benelux alone, household cleaning products are linked to more than 10,000 poisoning incidents every year. About half of these cases involve children. And that’s only part of the problem....

His Majesty, Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and the Realms, Supreme Governor of the Church of England,...

To the assistant in Ford’s office who is reading this, I really hope you will show this letter to the intended recipient. Ideally, you’ll also assess your own position within this administration but I’ll take what I can get. 

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EM-DAT, the Emergency Events Database, is the most widely used and trusted global disaster database for tracking natural and technological disasters by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), UCLouvain, Belgium (www.emdat.be). For over thirty years, it has supported research, policy-making, humanitarian efforts, and risk management worldwide....

Dear BBC, We are writing to object to the proposed closure of the BBC Scotland Costume & Props Store. This short-sighted decision risks damaging a vital asset to Scotland’s film and television industry and stands in direct contradiction to the BBC’s pledge to continue investing in Scotland’s creative sector....

Dear Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London We, the undersigned students of the Department of Earth Science and Engineering, write to express our concerns regarding the cancellation of the geophysics field course in Cyprus....

_An Open Letter to the Regina Police Service, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of Saskatchewan, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of Canada, and the Regina Board of Police Commissioners._...