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Youth' gene may explain why some people age well

Youth' gene may explain why some people age well  - Dutch and British biologists studied the DNA of 2,693 people and then ... People with one copy of the gene looked up to one year older on average.

One in four suffer emotional upheaval in middle age but it sends creativity into overdrive

One in four suffer emotional upheaval in middle age but it sends creativity into overdrive   - Dr Oliver Robinson, who presents his research to the British Psychological ... Older people - aged 60 plus - were much less likely to report being in a ...

Working later into life could help us live longer, new study shows

Working later into life could help us live longer, new study shows  -  We must make sure that older people aren't discriminated against in the ... There are about 1.2 million people aged over 65 in work in the UK , ...

Scientists have discovered the REAL secret to looking young

Scientists have discovered the REAL secret to looking young  - Researchers identified a gene variation which is linked to how old people are perceived to be. Having a variation of the MC1R gene could mean you ...

Four Thai men charged as shocking video emerges of brutal attack on British family

Four Thai men charged as shocking video emerges of brutal attack on British family  - Four Thai men have been arrested and charged with the brutal assault of an elderly British couple and their middle-aged son who were punched and ...

UK charity helping deaf children in Uganda

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UK charity helping deaf children in Uganda  -  POVERTY AND and disability are interlinked. Eighty percent of the world's 32 million deaf children live in developing countries and this shocking ...

Bullied Children Need Support Not Anti-Depressants, Mental Health Campaigner Warns

Bullied Children Need Support Not Anti-Depressants, Mental Health Campaigner Warns  - Devon said mental health problems among school children are “much ... because they don't know what else to do,” he told The Huffington Post UK .

Britain's child mental health crisis is spiralling out of control'

Britain's child mental health crisis is spiralling out of control'  - Furthermore, a 2014 survey by mental health charity Young Minds found that children as young as 12 are concerned that they will be unemployed and ...

UK study says gay men with boyfriends less likely to suffer from depression

UK study says gay men with boyfriends less likely to suffer from depression  - London researchers have found gay and bisexual men who live with their boyfriends are half as likely to suffer from depression as their single ...

What Is YOUR Most Significant Gay Moment In Culture?

What Is YOUR Most Significant Gay Moment In Culture?  - Historically, gay storylines and songs preached only to the choir, finding an audience who had to know enough to want to seek it out. But increasingly ...

UK gives asylum to Singapore trans woman who faces compulsory army service if deported home

UK gives asylum to Singapore trans woman who faces compulsory army service if deported home  - For the first time ever, the UK has granted a transgender woman from ... Before coming to the UK , the woman served her conscription in Singapore. ... the all-party parliamentary group on global LGBT rights commented that the Home ...

This brilliant pro-gay billboard apparently touched a nerve with bigots who defaced it

This brilliant pro- gay billboard apparently touched a nerve with bigots who defaced it  - A billboard opposed to legislation in North Carolina passed recently to limit the rights of LGBT people has obviously touched a nerve with some bigots, ...

US Senators introduce Bill to end “harmful” anti-LGBT 'conversion therapy'

US Senators introduce Bill to end “harmful” anti- LGBT 'conversion therapy'  -  Gay 'conversion therapy' – which claims to 'turn' people straight – is ... Unfortunately, on the other side of the pond in the UK , conversion therapy still ...

8% of BBC workforce to be LGBT by 2020

8% of BBC workforce to be LGBT by 2020  - However, the BBC's quota for those who identify as LGBT is much higher than the actual UK percentage. In 2013 the ONS found that those who ...

Ugandan LGBT rights group releases shocking report into human rights abuses

Ugandan LGBT rights group releases shocking report into human rights abuses  - They responded that I am a homosexual . ... the organisation also calls on the UK's Forign and Commonwealth office to review the report and act on it.

Colombia legalises same-sex marriage

Colombia legalises same-sex marriage - Colombia's highest court has cleared the way for same-sex couples to ... British police believe Madeleine McCann could have been taken by a gang of ...

Same-sex marriage to be Sinn Fein's priority in the next Assembly session

Same-sex marriage to be Sinn Fein's priority in the next Assembly session  - He said the issue of same-sex marriage had to be addressed, claiming ... Abortion laws are far stricter in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UK , ...

Alarming study on gay and bisexual men reveals startling truth

Alarming study on gay and bisexual men reveals startling truth  - The study is the “first to examine the mental health differences within gay and bisexual men in the UK ,” the statement reads. “Depression, anxiety ...

The science of sexuality: From having older brothers to certain genes, experts study what really ...

The science of sexuality: From having older brothers to certain genes, experts study what really ...  - For years scientists have searched for the answer of what makes a person gay , exploring the influence of siblings and specific genes, and a new study ...

Watch the powerful UK trailer for Holding The Man

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Watch the powerful UK trailer for Holding The Man  - Watch the powerful UK trailer for Holding The Man ... pair meet, grow up together and the hardships gay men experienced in the 80s and early 90s.

Bradford Bulls rugby club offer stadium to help save city's gay pride

Bradford Bulls rugby club offer stadium to help save city's gay pride  - Bradford Bulls rugby club have potentially saved the city's annual gay pride by offering their venue for the event. Pride had been due to take place in ...

How Soaps Have Led The Way For LGBT Culture On Television

How Soaps Have Led The Way For LGBT Culture On Television  - Hollywood still lacks an openly gay A-lister at the top of their game, and as recently as this year, a UK music star felt the need to talk about his sexuality ...

The New British Invasion: How Gay Pop Stars Are Winning Over America

The New British Invasion: How Gay Pop Stars Are Winning Over America  - American teens are pining over openly gay male pop stars from the United Kingdom and Australia. Years & Years' lead singer Olly Alexander could be ...

Scottish LGBTI boxing club introduces new session

Scottish LGBTI boxing club introduces new session  - Not only is this a great opportunity for anyone from the LGBTI community in Glasgow to learn to box or engage skills, it is also a great way to work the ...