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New 'wonder drug' will help heroin addicts kick the habit | UK2U ...

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New 'wonder drug' will help heroin addicts kick the habit | UK2U ... : "It is estimated that the annual cost of drug addiction and crime to the British taxpayer could be as much as £15billion. Tweet. Share and Delight in: ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Dr Julian Huppert MP issues statement condemning UK drug policy

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Dr Julian Huppert MP issues statement condemning UK drug policy : "In an article for politics.co. uk , Dr Julian Huppert MP, one of a small number of ... on drug addicts for relatively small drugs charges hasn't worked. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Thief banned from Paddington station

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Thief banned from Paddington station : " DC Graney said: "Hinton is a prolific and persistent thief, known to police over a number of years, causing misery and inconvenience to many people in order to feed his drug addiction . "We welcome the court's sentence and I hope it serves as a clear ... Westminster Chronicle "

Sheen's wife determined to beat drug addiction

Sheen's wife determined to beat drug addiction Brooke didn't know Amy, but she relates to her addiction with drugs. Brooke doesn't want to die, and she realises that if she continues to use drugs, she will. Brooke has been telling friends that she doesn't want to end up like Amy," femalefirst.co. uk ...

Drugs debate sparked in France

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Drugs debate sparked in France : "Something's in the air tonight Provence & Côte d'Azur: France opems discussions on the legalisation of cannabis With the death of Amy Winehouse hitting the headlines world over, the debate about drug addiction has hit the headlines once again. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Scam alert as police investigate discount holiday package firm

Scam alert as police investigate discount holiday package firm Lothian and Borders Police have been contacted by detectives in Florida investigating Your Holiday Getaway, thought to be trying to defraud elderly people in the UK . The company is alleged to be offering fraudulent discount holiday packages, ...

Libraries to take the joy of reading to residents homes

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Libraries to take the joy of reading to residents homes : "Libraries across Stoke-on-Trent have set up a new service giving older people and those housebound the chance to enjoy reading in the comfort of their own homes. From September, a team of volunteers will be available to go to residents homes and read ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Charity set up in couple's name

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Charity set up in couple's name : "It hopes to widen participation in the field of medicine and physiotherapy by offering grants to UK students, many of who face sharp rises in tuition fees. Mr and Mrs Mullany's family say they have been overwhelmed in the way people – from people who ... United Kingdom | Ireland

UK Based Care Home Held under Negligence Case

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UK Based Care Home Held under Negligence Case : " The Care Quality Commission (CQC) visited 23 institutions of the company in May, and found that hundreds of people with learning disabilities and mental - health problems have been tortured; daily they were locked in their rooms, and were subjected to ... News Tonight "

Consider the Benefits of Solar Panels for your Home

Consider the Benefits of Solar Panels for your Home The Independent has reported that the rise leaves almost a fifth of households in the UK in fuel poverty - the point at which at least 10 per cent of a household's income is spent on heating. One way homeowners could try and sidestep this rise though ...

Charity signs up to pay staff living wage

Charity signs up to pay staff living wage Church Army employs about 200 people in Britain and runs projects across the capital to help alleviate poverty, including the Marylebone Project, which helps more than 200 homeless women a week. However, until April, the start of the financial year, ...

DEPORTED: Homeless criminal migrants sent home

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DEPORTED: Homeless criminal migrants sent home : "They did neither and were detained by the UK Border Agency last Tuesday, initially at Spalding Police Station, before being moved to Immigration Removal Centres to await their weekend flights. Mr Hayes said he had contacted the Immigration Minister ... United Kingdom | Ireland

DUP's attitude towards Pride no real surprise

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DUP's attitude towards Pride no real surprise : "It would not be considered acceptable by any other political party in the UK and demonstrates that the DUP is still archaic in its attitudes towards the LGBT Community. I question how any member of the LGBT Community in Northern Ireland could vote for ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Watershed year for gay rights

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Watershed year for gay rights : "The Isle of Man was on a potential constitutional collision course with the UK , which feared the European Court of Human Rights would force it to legislate over Tynwald's head to decriminalise gay sex. In 1992 Manx politicians changed the law ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Ill health, work and worklessness among older people in the UK

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Ill health, work and worklessness among older people in the UK : "Ill health, work and worklessness among older people in the UK . Dr Fiona Carmichael, University of Birmingham. Dr Claire Hulme, AUHE ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Parole seeker won't admit guilt

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Parole seeker won't admit guilt : "Hightower-Henne said that by releasing Pratt, the state would save the cost of the rehabilitation program as well as Pratt's incarceration costs. Newring said the Parole Board will have to decide what level of risk it would accept by releasing Pratt. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Young offenders receiving better health services, say inspectors

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Young offenders receiving better health services, say inspectors : "The physical care needs of the children and young people are also still not always sufficiently assessed, and services such as alcohol and substance misuse programmes and mental health support are not being provided consistently. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Charities critical of child support reforms

Charities critical of child support reforms But the UK Government says the figures suggest many separated parents could be supporting their children without CSA intervention. Ministers say reforms going through Parliament will see better help and support available for parents at the time they ...

IT industry news: Older people 'are increasingly using broadband'

IT industry news: Older people 'are increasingly using broadband' The numbers of older people using broadband is rising, according to Edd Dawson, editor of broadband.co. uk , a site offering information on the best UK broadband deals. "There is a huge number of pensioners who are now online and they are increasingly ...

Parkinson's UK - People with Parkinson's who experience mental ...

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Parkinson's UK - People with Parkinson's who experience mental ... : "People with Parkinson's who experience mental health problems may be taking unproven ... And in a UK study published in The Lancet, researchers found that 2 ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Building collapses near city road

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Building collapses near city road : " Residents and businesses were evacuated after an outbuilding collapsed near Victoria Road, in the Govanhill area of Glasgow . Emergency services were called to the scene at about 1800 BST. The first-floor drying area of a four-storey tenement partially ... BBC News "

Let the Games begin

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Let the Games begin : "From fielding competitors to providing accommodation, social housing will be making a highly eclectic contribution to next year's Olympic Games. Nick Duxbury finds out how the sector is limbering up to the challenge It is tempting to describe social ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Drug policy, intravenous drug use, and heroin addiction in the UK

Drug policy, intravenous drug use, and heroin addiction in the UK In order to fully understand and appreciate today's drug problem in the UK , the foundations of drug legislation and the history of drug evolution require ...

The children who start school without even knowing their own name

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The children who start school without even knowing their own name : " Mr Field, who has conducted a review of poverty in the UK , said children who are behind when they start school never catch up with their peers. He blamed the situation on the low aspirations of parents trapped in poverty where no one in the family has ... Daily Mail "

Cocaine Use In The Uk: Drug deaths, misuse and overdose statistics ...

Cocaine Use In The Uk: Drug deaths, misuse and overdose statistics ... Cocaine Use In The Uk in the News Cocaine Use In The Uk : Drug deaths, misuse and overdose statistics in England : see how they've changed But despite.

200000 people live in private retirement housing. Are they being ripped off?

200000 people live in private retirement housing. Are they being ripped off? “I believe the market will define what products and services should be in the sector because people will demand what they want. I don't think that's happened with older people yet in this country because not enough of them have demanded it. ...

Al Kellock still feels he belongs in Glasgow

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Al Kellock still feels he belongs in Glasgow : "By David Ferguson GRASPING the World Cup dream may be uppermost in the minds of Scotland's leading internationalists, but Al Kellock and Richie Gray were back in their home city yesterday to launch Glasgow's new strips keen to ensure their loyalty to ... United Kingdom | Ireland

DPP was warned hacking was rife at Murdoch paper Crime UK The ...

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DPP was warned hacking was rife at Murdoch paper Crime UK The ... : "The former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lord Macdonald was warned by his own employees as far back as 2006 that there were a "vast array" of News ... United Kingdom | Ireland

The sober generation: Fewer under-16s drinking, smoking or taking drugs than a ...

The sober generation: Fewer under-16s drinking, smoking or taking drugs than a ... 'More responsible attitudes to alcohol and drugs will lead to improvements in the general physical and mental health of young people and lower rates of youth crime. 'They will also result in less casual sexual activity which, in turn, will be reflected ...

Ministry of Defence has no idea how much Afghan war will cost Britain

Ministry of Defence has no idea how much Afghan war will cost Britain But the MoD is meant to cover other costs, including training exercises, soldiers' wages and paying for their long-term injuries and mental health care, and existing equipment. The committee revealed that the MoD had estimated the cost of military ...

Drug addicts in Hyd jail get no rehab or detox

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Drug addicts in Hyd jail get no rehab or detox : "The prisons department additional inspector-general Mr B. Sunil Kumar, says, “Drug addicts are treated on par with other prisoners. In serious cases, we give them psychiatric help.” Experts say that this is not enough and a proper prison rehabilitation ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Plush and unusual punishment

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Plush and unusual punishment : "This is a place for hardened criminals, and it's typical of the Norwegian prison system as a whole. It's one thing to favor rehabilitation for the majority of inmates, but it raises ethical questions when spending 20 years in a place like Halden could ... United Kingdom | Ireland

20m charity fund launch to provide free PV for community buildings

20m charity fund launch to provide free PV for community buildings A Cornish sustainable energy charity has taken a pioneering approach to helping community buildings, academy schools, churches, charities and farmers to generate their own renewable energy after securing an investment ...

Former Beatles Drummer Gets Street Named After Him

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Former Beatles Drummer Gets Street Named After Him : " Pete Best, the original drummer for The Beatles, will be immortalized by a new street sign in Liverpool . Over 10000 Facebook users campaigned the Liverpool City Council to “Name A Street After Pete.” And earlier this week, their efforts were recognized ... Paste Magazine "

David Goodwillie would prefer England over Scotland move

David Goodwillie would prefer England over Scotland move Peter Houston says he believes the Dundee United striker would be best not to switch to Glasgow and shoots down Celtic rumours. David Goodwillie would rather move to England than stay in Scotland, according to Dundee United boss Peter Houston. ...

Funding for nonhuman primate research questioned

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Funding for nonhuman primate research questioned : "The others were used by government institutions and universities to study conditions such as HIV / AIDS , Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. In the United States, the use of nonhuman primates for research is much greater with as many as 60000 experiments being ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Why some children 'don't know their name'

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Why some children 'don't know their name' : " Are there really children in the UK who start school or nursery not knowing what their names are or even that they have a name? That was the startling claim by the government's poverty czar Frank Field on Saturday. Now he has been backed by the person ... BBC News "

Mother of murdered UK girl on hacking list - charity

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Mother of murdered UK girl on hacking list - charity : "The Phoenix Foundation, a children's charity that Sara Payne co-founded after her daughter Sarah was killed by a paedophile 11 years ago, said police had found her details on a list seized from investigator Glenn Mulcaire, who was employed by the News ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Brave mum closing in on charity vote win

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Brave mum closing in on charity vote win : " A mum-of-two is on the verge of being crowned Cancer Research UK's most inspirational fundraiser. Angela Smith raised £850 during a Race for Life event despite herself being diagnosed with cancer. The 34-year-old was told by doctors last October that ... Kent Online "

Child labour in Pakistan on the rise a year after devastating floods

Child labour in Pakistan on the rise a year after devastating floods In a report released today, the UK -based charity Save the Children warns that the number of children forced to work has risen by up to a third in areas worst hit by the floods. With their parents still unable to find jobs, children are being sent out ...

Bowel cancer rates on the rise, research charity warns

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Bowel cancer rates on the rise, research charity warns : " Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images The chances of a man getting bowel cancer have doubled since the 1970s, according to the UK's biggest cancer charity . In 1975 one in about 29 men was diagnosed with bowel cancer, but by 2008 that figure had ... The Guardian "