Hello all – I hope you got some much-needed respite during what turned out to be a January full of grief and turmoil for so many.

I try to ignore the wider world a little in January, but this year it was impossible. Many of you will have noticed we changed course in early January, abandoning plans to publish only a best of 2025 series for the first few weeks of the year. My sincere thanks go to the team, acting Editor Martyn Pearce in particular, for delivering important articles on the issues we could not ignore for readers.

You may also have noted P&I backed the call by the Australians for........

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