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Scottish independence: Tussle looms on question of free tuition for our students  - Scotland is currently unique in the UK in offering free education to its own students. It also offers it to students from other EU countries but not to people ...

UK school policies failing generation: Union  - The UK government's education policies are damaging the life chances of a generation of children and must be overhauled, a leader of a major ...

Ten-year-old computer programmer backs school change  - From Monday, children as young as five will be taught how to write computer code as part of far reaching changes to the curriculum in English schools.

Patrick launches project to help the homeless in town  - A 26-year-old Eastbourne man is hoping to change people's lives through a homeless project he launched last year. Patrick Long, known as Fatz, was ...

Mississippi girl suffered facial injuries blaming classmates 'who kicked her in face'  - Harris refutes the official explanation from Arlington Elementary School and says that she wants a police investigation because her child's injuries are ...

One child taken into care every 20 minutes in the UK  - The Christian adoption and fostering charity Home for Good has invoked the spirit of World War Two's evacuation programme to protect today's ...

Baby care: expensive items to give anxious parents sleepless nights  - In a survey of more than 1,000 parents by Topcashback.co. uk for the Observer, 92% said they had spent money on so-called baby “essentials” which ...

Health leaders call for emergency taskforce on obesity  - Public Health England are already carrying out children measurement schemes and weight-prevention initiatives are widespread - but child obesity ...

Rickets returns as poor families find healthy diets unaffordable  - The UK has 3.8 million children in extreme poverty. Charities such as the Trussell Trust report growing need for food banks but say that some of the ...

Hospital food in Worcestershire ranked among the worst in England  - FOOD at the three major hospitals in Worcestershire along with two mental health units in the county has been ranked as some of the worst in the ...

Mental health problems rife among professional musicians  - Focused on health and wellbeing, the research finds that anti-social ... Help Musicians UK said: “It's clear that for all its rewards, the lifestyle of a ...

Homeless Shooter Kills Two At Welfare Office  - A homeless man suspected of shooting dead two people at a welfare office in New Zealand has been detained after a seven-hour manhunt.

NFL admits mistake, finally fixes domestic violence policy.  - The National Football League has drastically toughened its punishments for domestic violence after weeks of uproar over its weak response to the ...

Domestic violence in pregnancy linked to child behavioural problems  -  Domestic violence in pregnancy is linked to depression and childhood .... British 'stiff upper lip' may prevent early presentation for cancer symptoms ...

Children's charities urged to open free schools  - C harities campaigning against child poverty should be encouraged to set up ... Free schools are state-funded schools in England set up by parents or ...

Domestic violence law will help people in town  - Last year there were nearly 270,000 domestic abuse-related crimes in England and Wales, representing eight per cent of all calls to the police.

Managing stress and mental health in a small business  - Bear in mind that mental ill- health conditions are capable of being a disability under the Equality Act 2010 so into protections against discrimination ...

New football team for mental health patients  - A Sheffield-based mental health organisation is trying to encourage more ... or goalkeepers who have, or have experienced, mental health issues.

Hawaii governor blames primary loss on his support of gay marriage  - Abercrombie signed it last November, making Hawaii the 15th US state where LGBTI couples can get married. According to the Associated Press, ...

Colombia gay adoption ruling 'historic step' toward LGBTI equality  - But as far as Mauricio Albarracin, director of the national Colombia Diversa LGBTI advocacy group, is concerned, the court's ruling is “purely positive.”.

New LGBTI guidelines for schools  - New LGBTI guidelines for schools. 29 Aug, 2014. Every school community member has the fundamental right to be safe in the school environment.

Supporting queer youth  - The Pinnacle Foundation supports LGBTI students across Australia. Brodie McGee talks to the new chair of the SA regional committee, Richard Yates.

Hong Kong holds its first international symposium on LGBTI rights  -  LGBTI rights experts and some 200 participants from the academia and legal profession, private and public sectors, religious groups and NGOs ...

Encouraging safety in numbers  - Ms Gallagher said she hoped the increasing visibility of the LGBTI community would help people feel comfortable in "living out". "The response has ...

Lost in the chaos - LGBTI people in emergencies  - Unaddressed protection needs, rigid systems and research gaps imperil lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex ( LGBTI ) people ...

Gay singer Rufus Wainwright fears he would find his son sexy  - You might be thinking this is something that might lose someone a lot of fans in the LGBTI community, but apparently Wainwright isn't bothered.

Sharp rise in classroom homophobia  - Because these LGBTI pupils do not conform to prescribed male and female gender roles, they get assaulted and bullied. A fifth have attempted suicide ...

First-ever int'l symposium on LGBTI rights held in HK  - This was the first-ever international symposium on LGBIT rights held in Hong Kong with the theme of "Working Together for an Inclusive Society: LGBTI  ...

Novel heart failure drug shows big promise  - Heart failure is the top reason older people are hospitalized, and a leading cause of death. It develops when the heart muscle weakens over time and ...

Skin cancer rates rising fastest in older men  - This means that older people may be missing vital information on the signs and symptoms of the disease, as it is not produced in formats that they ...

Homophobia row as BBC cuts Doctor Who lesbian kiss scene with lizard woman to avoid offending ...  - Ten million British viewers have now seen the erotically charged encounter between lizard woman Madame Vastra and her human wife Jenny Flint ...

The criminal who cried gay  - Another story has erupted in the British press about a Jamaican criminal escaping deportation because he claims to be a homosexual . This week the ...

Family 'beat' homosexual teen after holding 'pray the gay away' intervention  - A GAY teen has been given more than £5,000 in donations after a sickening video was released showing members of his family attacking him after ...