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Worcestershire residents urged to help stop abuse of the elderly  - MORE than 500,000 older people in the Uk are abused every year and the majority of those are women aged 70 or over, according to the charity ...

Closing high street chemists will 'put elderly and vulnerable at risk', warn charities  - The charity Age UK say the proposed move flies in the face of previous advice from the Department of Health encouraging people to go to their ...

NHS England confirms decision not to fund drug that helps prevent HIV  - and the people who will feel the effects are the 2,500 men who have sex with men who will be needlessly infected with HIV each year in the UK .

South London boroughs worst-hit by HIV  - LAMBETH IS the worst-hit borough in the whole of the UK for HIV prevalence, new figures reveal. There are eight times as many people living with HIV  ...

UK population poorer and hungrier  - One in three people, 3.9 million, have experienced poverty in Britain in the last three years. The ONS figures show that the numbers of people who are ...

Denmark removes transgender from list of mental illness  - The Danish Parliament has ushered in a historic victory in the struggle for transgender rights by today adopting a decision to no longer stigmatise ...

Meg Rosoff condemns UK education policy as an 'assault on childhood'  - Rosoff told the award ceremony: “It is no wonder that teachers in the UK are quitting in ... Not every problem and issue faced by children is the fault of the ... up sacking their own children's mental health champion Natasha Devon.

Walk a Mile for mental health  - While on the walk he spoke to hundreds of people about mental health , staying with people he just met across the Highlands, and succeeded in ...

Traditional Indian parents Vijay and Sushma Agarwal threw son a big gay Hindu wedding  - Despite his parents relocating to Canada in the 1970s, Rishi had a traditional Hindu upbringing and his faith was always extremely important to him. He always wanted a traditional Hindu wedding.

Publisher hit with anti-Semitic abuse after tweet about LGBT story  - A gay London publisher today spoke of his horror at receiving anti-Semitic abuse on Twitter after he read an LGBT children's story to his nieces.

Is Steven Beale gay ? EastEnders fans confused by character's Lauren Branning romance  - We all love a good EastEnders twist – and the latest intriguing curveball in Walford has not just been the return of Steven Beale but also the fact that he ...

US Special Envoy for LGBTI Rights to Visit Ukraine on June 7  - US Special Envoy for the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex ( LGBTI ) persons Randy Berry will travel to Ukraine in ...

Ontario politician promises more rights for gay parents, calls current laws 'outdated'  - Removing the need for this costly and lengthy process has been the focus of many LGBTI advocates for some time. They argue that it discriminates ...

Obama pays tribute to activists in final LGBTI Pride Month Proclamation  - The pro- LGBTI Obama administration had The White House illuminated in rainbow lights following the US Supreme Court ruling on same-sex ...

Australian Marriage Equality Advocates Back First Gay Wedding Magazine  - The magazine, Groom + Guy, is incredibly positive for members of the LGBTI community, and we can't wait until marriage equality is passed so ...

LGBTI Africans: Out and proud in Birmingham  - This beautiful and inspiring marriage proposal was witnessed by over 70 members of the African LGBTI organisation Out and Proud Diamond Group and other people.

Royston police officer takes pride in representing LGBT community and promoting equality  - A Royston police officer has spoken of the hard work he has put in as lesbian and gay liaison officer to represent the LGBT community in tackling ...

Can't make Pride? London Live have got you covered  - The programme promises to be chock-a-block with celebrity interviews, personal stories from the LGBT community on the march and all the latest info ...

The NHS “does not have the legal power to commission PrEP” - Every year thousands of gay and bisexual men in the UK are diagnosed with HIV. In many of these cases, if PrEP had been available, infection could ...

Manchester's Victoria station to be renamed 'Victoria Wood Station' to celebrate comedian's  -    The city's LGBT community choir will be performing their own special LGBT version of the Ballad of Barry and Freda, entitled The Ballad of Carrie and ...

Finding Dory trailer shows there could be a lesbian couple in the film  - While some rejoiced, claiming that it was progressive to have an LGBT couple in a kid's film, others have declared they will be boycotting the film.

Gay Chinese student publicly confesses love for friend on campus  - A gay student from China has surprised his friend with a public declaration of his love on their university campus. The pair of friends-turned-boyfriends, ...

 Incredible trailer brings gay superheroes to life  - They might not be appearing on the big screen any time soon… but a new trailer brings LGBT superheroes to life. The Shape History campaign, ...

Jewish journalist abused on social media over LGBT -book tweet  - Police have launched an investigation after a Jewish journalist was subjected to antisemitic abuse for tweeting that he had read a pro- LGBT story book ...