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Full-time work is no bar to poverty in UK , report says  - Living standards have declined since 2008 despite the economy's return to growth, the anti- poverty charity said, warning that families with children are ...

Almost half of all older people in care homes are depressed and think condition is a 'normal part of ...  - Four in 10 people in nursing homes are depressed while one in five older people who live in their own homes suffer from the condition, with rates ...

Scientists to probe links between hearing loss and dementia   - Hearing aids offer a lifeline to many, especially older people with hearing loss who would otherwise be sat at home alone unable to communicate ...

Woman who suffered domestic violence urges judge to give her former partner help instead of prison  - A JUDGE heeded the wishes of a domestic violence victim who said she didn't want her former partner jailed. The recorder Mr Robert Linford said he ...

Ruby Wax: Mental health problems don't get sympathy cards  - Writer and comedian Ruby Wax, who suffered from depression, said mental health problems did not elicit the same sympathy as physical ones - but ...

Petition launched in effort to save 'lifeline' mental health centre in Harrow  - The Don't Close the Bridge, petition aims to save The Bridge, a mental health centre that has been running for over 20 years and currently has around ...

Mental health care crisis as new report reveals just 15 per cent of people are getting the help they ...  -  A new report has found that mental health problems represent the largest single cause of disability in the UK and suicide rates in the country are on ...

Corrie babe Faye Brooks tells us about her first ever gay kiss  - And while Faye is an experienced stage actress, she admits playing a lesbian on one of Britain's biggest soaps was a nerve-racking experience.

Christian Lobby: government has met us over gay marriage 'no' campaign  - The Turnbull government has 'had some initial discussion' with the ACL, which has been opposed to changing the definition of marriage. 

Chiwetel Ejiofor: 'Being gay is harder than being black in Hollywood'  - "I hope this changes (but) I think it's probably harder to be gay ," he told British newspaper The Times. "I think sexuality is still marginalised in a way that ...

UK's biggest poppers manufacturer vows to fight legal high ban on product he's made for 35 years  - Mr Addy says he decided to talk after gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt, a former prisons minister, gained nationwide attention by admitting in a Commons ...

How Will We Living In 100 Years?  - The SmartThings Future Living Report was authored by a team of leading academics including TV presenter and one of the UK's leading space ...

Melbourne clinic expands to provide greater LGBTI health support  - She also provides training for rural GP registrars in LGBTI health working closely with the Royal Children's Hospital Gender Clinic. “A trans and gender ...

Safe Schools report shows young LGBT people proud to stand out  - under the Stand Out banner and for the first time a primary school joined the celebration of LGBTI pride to help spread a message of inclusion.

Adidas: LGBTI athletes protected from discrimination  -  LGBTI athletes sponsored by sportswear giant Adidas will not need to worry about losing their endorsement deals if they come out. Last week the ...

Government and schools not doing enough to promote LGBTI equality  - Teachers have reported serious concerns about the reality of school-level commitment to LGBTI equality at the largest gathering of LGBTI teachers, ...

Republican compares LGBTI people to pedophiles during anti-discrimination hearing  - A Republican lawmaker compared LGBTI people to pedophiles when arguing against a non-discrimination amendment to a bill in West Virginia.

Jakarta police criticized for shutting down LGBT rights workshop  - In January, an Indonesian education minister called for LGBTI students to ... Reform Minister Yuddy Chrisnandi joined in the attack on LGBTI people.

The EU Says Crimea's LGBT Rights Situation Is Now 'Gravely' Concerning  - It reads that the European Parliament “expresses its grave concern regarding the situation of LGBTI people in Crimea, which has substantially ...

You have to see these incredible LGBTI -themed cakes baked by school pupils  - Prepare to be inspired – and loosen your belt – as we share this year's best bakes from the Educate & Celebrate Great Rainbow Bake-off 2016, ...

43% of LGBTI teachers have faced bullying, finds study  - A study commissioned by the NASUWT, the UK's largest teachers' union, has found that almost half of LGBTI teachers have faced stigma because of ...

Nearly half of LGBTI teachers suffer bullying, poll finds  - Nearly half of teachers from the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ( LGBTI ) community have experienced discrimination, bullying or ...

'In Guatemala to be a feminist is not welcomed, a lesbian, even less so. I am a lesbian feminist'  - Amid an extraordinary wave of people power which helped bring down a corrupt government in last year's Guatemalan Spring, the LGBT community ..

Obama praises DeGeneres for her role in helping attitudes shift on LGBTI equality  - Obama said his efforts on behalf of LGBTI equality are 'one of the things I'm proudest of because my whole political career has been based on the ...