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Brothers jailed for their roles in Class A drugs enterprise : " Judge Devaux sentenced the 16-year-old from London to 12 months in detention, while the 17-year-old was given an 18-month detention order. n Has your family's life been affected by drug addiction ? E-mail eveningstarletters@eveningstar.co. uk or write to ... East Anglian Daily Times "

Yoko Ono is special guest at new Museum of Liverpool opening by Laura Davis, Liverpool Daily Post DURING Yoko Ono's first visit to Liverpool in the 1960s she invited people to snip off her clothing for her performance art work Cut Piece. In 2004, she hung a giant photograph of a naked breast from St Luke's ...

Union visits Dungannon care homes in bid to resolve jobs crisis : "They have a genuine passion for what they do, in caring for vulnerable and elderly people . As such, it is shocking and horrifying to think that these people have been left with such insecurity that they are not sure if they will still have a job next ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Boy, 6, in holiday park road horror : "Liam McDonald, from Glasgow , was struck near the entrance to Seton Sands Holiday Village in East Lothian. Ambulance staff tried battled to save the youngster but he is said to have died at the scene. The boy had been staying at the park, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Soaring costs could see Sick Kids go to Glasgow : "By ADAM MORRIS THE soaring cost of building the new Sick Kids hospital could lead to its services being moved to Glasgow , it has emerged. Unison, which represents thousands of health workers in the Lothians, said the health board would simply not be ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Hugh Grant wins legal victory in UK phone hacking case : "By AP entertainment staff Associated PressBritish actor Hugh Grant outside the Houses of Parliament in London earlier this month. LONDON (AP) — A British judge has awarded "Notting Hill" actor Hugh Grant the right to see evidence that could reveal ... United Kingdom | Ireland

King's efforts recognised : " ZULU monarch King Goodwill Zwelithini's fight against the spread of HIV and Aids has earned him recognition from the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies - a research hub in the rural area of Mtubatuba, in KwaZulu-Natal. ... Sowetan "

Charities celebrate thanks to UK Healthcare : "North West-based charities Marie Curie, Boot Out Breast Cancer, Ear 4 Kidz, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Charity , The Christie Charity and Bolton Hospice are celebrating thanks to generous donations from health cash plan provider UK Healthcare. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Book keeping leads to heroin gang's downfall SOCA's Richard Watson said: “This is the end of the road for a crime group that did major damage to UK communities. “It was led by an individual who chose to apply his business aptitude to drug trafficking , and the sheer scale of his gang's criminal ...

Pensioners 'struggling' with high inflation : "A pensions expert says that many older people underestimate the amount of money they need to live on, as well as their life expectancy. Many older people are struggling to deal with high levels of inflation, a pensions expert has claimed. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Council commandeers private house for homeless family : " ... Lakeland District Council to provide accommodation for a homeless family. The vandalised property in Kendal has become the subject of the district's first Empty Dwelling Management Order (EDMO). So far, only 40 EMDOs have been granted in the UK . ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Heineken UK Sponsors Trade Charity Helpline : " By Adam Pescod Heineken UK has made a £10000 donation towards the running costs of the Licensed Trade Charity's helpline in 2011. The contribution will cover the cost of providing guidance and information on a range of issues including housing, ... Morning Advertiser "

Elderly People to get Better Health Care : " ... commission to make progress in the health care of elderly people . This would be done with partnership of a leading charity. The LG group, which comprised the Local Government Association, Age, UK , to be chaired by the Head of the NHS Confederation, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

London 2012: Olympic torch relay is an amazing honour - Kenton Cool : " She studied to become fully qualified to care for older people suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia and began work with MHA, a charity providing accommodation throughout Britain, offering independent living, residential, nursing and specialist ... Metro "

Increase in Cornwall's homeless : " ... UK have been affected by changes to housing benefit which reduced the amount of money available to some claimants. Cathy Hadfield, the assistant head of housing at Cornwall Council, said: "We will aim always to prevent homelessness wherever we can, ... BBC News "

Three year countdown begins for Glasgow 2014 : " The countdown to the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow is continuing to gather pace, with a ceremony on Wednesday in the city's new velodrome. On Wednesday, July 23, 2014, people from around the globe will celebrate the opening ceremony of the games ... stv.tv "

Michael Vick, Animal Rights Activist, Seeks Redemption : "But I'm also a big believer in rehabilitation . You did your time and now you are working with Wayne that's a good endorsement, not mention Tony Dungy, who is a good friend of the program . MICHAEL VICK, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES QUARTERBACK: Yes, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Study: Framingham inmates struggle to find work, home after release "Consequently," the report reads, "they sequentially and repeatedly utilize services, programs and facilities geared towards each of these categories: battered women's shelters, homeless shelters, prisons , jails, rehabilitation facilities, ...

Philip Pullman: 'Why we must stand up to the book barbarians' : " The popular stereotype is that the digitally excluded are mostly elderly people , but Lane Fox estimates that at least one million are families with children. Pullman blames all political parties for selling libraries down the river. ... Telegraph.co.uk "

Children destined to be poorer than their parents : " “Some of the young people we talked to are very angry about this,” says Mr Hall. “And there are some who recognise their parents were just lucky. "We have several older people on the series saying there could be a revolution among young people as they ... Telegraph.co.uk "

NT cop killer gets less than 2 years jail : " ... would serve his sentence in a NT prison while his family resided in South Australia. "I accept that there are reasonably good prospects for your rehabilitation ." Martyn's sentence was backdated to May 27 to include time already served in custody. United Kingdom | Ireland

Using charitable donations to reduce IHT To qualify for the proposed relief, the legacy must be for a charity for UK tax purposes. This means that it is a charity or other organisation in the UK , a European Union member state, Iceland or Norway that would be a charity under the law of England ...

Cardiff is running out of space for new houses CARDIFF council leader Rodney Berman last night issued a furious attack on Wales ' planning system after a Welsh Government-led report put pressure on the authority to release more land for development. The Lib Dem councillor spoke out after a land ...

'Children hate the stigma of free school meals' by Peter Law, South Wales Echo A POLITICIAN who suffered childhood poverty has called for an end to the “stigma” Cardiff children face when claiming free school meals. Canton councillor Ramesh Patel said the council must urgently introduce a cashless ...

Seven steps to keep Alzheimer's at bay : "But a leading academic at Cardiff University suggested the work should be treated with caution – and argued that unknown genetic factors could play a far bigger part in treating and stopping Alzheimer's. The report, presented to The Alzheimer's ... United Kingdom | Ireland

UK police chief denies criticising Cameron : " LONDON , July 19 (Reuters) - The outgoing head of London's police said on Tuesday that his resignation statement was not an attack on the way Prime Minister David Cameron had handled a phone hacking crisis. "I was taking no such swipe at the prime ... United Kingdom | Ireland

More action is needed to end fuel poverty : "It will be the first time in over 30 years the UK has been without a publicly funded energy efficiency programme. It should be restored. The energy bill will set up the energy company obligation to tackle fuel poverty . ... United Kingdom | Ireland

“Rehabilitation programme needed to help reduce crime”…says Birmingham ... : " “A rehabilitation programme will be looking at the background of young people who are in prison and those who are in gangs to help them to look at life differently, which leads to helping to reducing crime,” he said. Clarke said because of his work as ... SKNVibes.com "

Prison Again For Serial Bank Robber With Gambling Addiction : "As a persistent felony offender, Miller could have received more than 10 years in prison . Such laws with enhanced penalties were passed to combat recidivism for criminals who demonstrate a pattern of resistance to rehabilitation . ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Murdochs in the dock Crime UK The Independent : "The phone hacking scandal that has claimed the jobs of Britain's two most high-profile police officers, caused the closure of one of the country's most ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Watch live: Murdoch attacked in UK Parliamentary hearing : "I employ 53000 people around the world." As the session before the lower house media committee got under way, the chairman rejected a request by James Murdoch, the 38-year- old heir apparent and chairman of British newspaper unit News International, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Close ties between UK media, police scrutinized : "Scotland Yard said that between 1980 and 2000 the Ukrainian-speaking Marunchak was on its list of London interpreters who provide translation services for victims, witnesses and suspects. At the same time, Marunchak was working for News of the World, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

No outside involvement in UK whistleblower's death LONDON (AP) — Sean Hoare said he was told to stop at nothing to deliver celebrity scoops for the Sunday papers, and he delivered some of the most sensational as he knocked back whiskey and snorted cocaine with the stars. Then he helped break open the ...

UK Immigrant Magazine » HIV/AIDS: More proof that PrEP works : "(PlusNews) – A new study has added to growing evidence that a daily dose of antiretroviral treatment taken by the HIV -negative partner in a heterosexual, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

First out gay man confirmed as federal court judge - PinkNews.co.uk : "The US Senate has confirmed the first out gay man to serve as a federal court judge. J Paul Oetken, 45, was last night voted on to the bench for the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York. United Kingdom | Ireland

Will free installation convince doubters of the benefits of telecare? : "Remote monitoring technology can help older people remain in their homes and keep them out of hospital. Photograph: Paula Solloway / Alamy/Alamy Whatever happens to the funding of long-term care in response to the recent Dilnot review, and the signs ... United Kingdom | Ireland

21 prisoners will return to Calaveras : "The noticeable drop in 2009-2010 may be due to the Probation Department's efforts to implement alternative sentencing and rehabilitation programs or, as Yook said, “doing things differently.” At the end of her presentation, Yook boiled it all down to a ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Sheridan 'released on home leave' : " The former Scottish Socialist Party leader was jailed for three years at the High Court in Glasgow in January after being convicted of perjury. A jury found him guilty in December last year of lying during his successful defamation case against the ... BBC News "

Boy killed outside holiday park : " Lothian and Borders Police said he was holidaying there with his family, from the Glasgow area, and have launched an appeal for witnesses. The driver of a Vauxhall Corsa has been helping officers establish what happened. Police said they wanted to ... BBC News "