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More older people quitting home ownership to rent : "More older people are among those selling their properties to move into rental accommodation, Homelet has reported. While numbers remain small, the rise has been 16% in the number of people aged between 66 and 70 who have sold up in order to rent over ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Care home crisis to leave thousands in hospitals : "Government cuts could kill off a huge number of care homes altogether, leaving older people without savings languishing in hospital wards for months. This will have the dual impact of leaving vulnerable people in wholly inappropriate surroundings - and ... United Kingdom | Ireland

UK College of Public Health Professor receives $2.86 million NIH grant : "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has termed AIDS a health crisis for African-Americans and has called for a heightened national response. The crisis is especially dramatic in the South and it is now apparent that young ... United Kingdom | Ireland

To England, with sympathy and concern : "This was Hindu-Muslim mayhem which left people murdered, raped, maimed and homeless in Calcutta during the 1960s. So my reactions to rioting or mindless mob violence is completely at odds with my usual pro-poor, pro-human rights, liberal view on life. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

US to get Charity Defence Council to lobby for sector growth and rights While Pallotta intends for the group to partner with organisations around the world, including the UK , for the same purpose, the Charity Defence Council has been set up as a US body first because US grantmakers were more amenable to supporting a local ...

Dissaffected Britain A Subject For Charitable Concern : " Island Second Sunniest Place in Great Britain. Whilst this weekend Eastbourne basks in winning the title of being the 'sunniest place in Great Britain' with an average of 34.6 hours of sunshine ... Nobel Prize For UK Charity Champion. ... Island Pulse "

Council tenants and staff receive riots warnings : "In the aftermath of the riots, many affected councils said they would consider evicting social housing tenants involved in disturbances under powers they currently hold through the 1985 Housing Act. Immediately, however, legal experts warned such ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Price rises 'will push the poorest into fuel poverty' : ""A full investigation is required to protect the public, promote competition and stop the cartel-like behaviour which results in ever-higher energy costs for UK households," the politician argued. He warned that the price hikes will have an adverse ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Charity shop hurt by road's closure : "Staff for UK Drainage Network are currently working at the site. Spokesman Claire Harrowell said: “Drainage repairs are being carried out about 4.5m deep and some pipe work is being replaced. “English Heritage are monitoring our work because there's a ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Riot cases heard in Welsh courts : " A total of 12 people have been arrested across Wales for similar offences. Five people were arrested by Gwent Police, three by the North Wales force, two by Dyfed-Powys and two by South Wales Police. In Cardiff , Anthony Gristock, 23, pleaded not guilty ... BBC News "

No rest for the wicked: Courts stay open through the night to deliver round ... Daniel Moran, 26, of Grazewood Avenue, Cheetham Hill, is accused of going equipped, possession of cannabis and a public order offence. He did not enter a plea. Student Peter Bugososlavsky, 20, of Park Range, Rusholme, entered no plea to a charge of ...

Cops seize 500 cannabis plants in Kingswinford : "COPS in Kingswinford recovered more than 500 cannabis plants from during a raid at a vacant industrial unit. Members of the Kingswinford neighbourhood team swooped on the unit at Dawley Brook Road, Kingswinford at 10pm today (Thursday August 11). ... United Kingdom | Ireland

After the riots, the media sorts the heroes from the villains : " The broadsheets are still grappling uneasily with deeper causation: poverty and hopelessness versus feral criminality and social indiscipline. It's worth repeating that the collective anger – and, more constructive, the solidarity – of the majority is ... The Guardian (blog) "

UK law is proving adaptable to tech-assisted crime, but is blocking social ... Among the hundreds of arrests for looting and violent behaviour have been a significant few for inciting criminality using social media. The arrests were made by the South Wales Police, which said it is continuing to monitor social networking sites ...

Ed Miliband links riots to banking and expenses scandals : " There's a debate some people are starting: is it culture, is it poverty and lack of opportunity? It's probably both." Later Lord Tebbit, employment secretary during the riots of the 1980s, said a much "more complex set" of circumstances seemed to lie ... The Guardian "

Charity donation improves Manx osteoporosis care : "A government spokesman said it also meant some Manx children would not have to travel to the UK for treatment. Radiology manager, Diane Rainford said: "This donation couldn't have come at a better time. "This donation has ensured that the hospital has ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Skin cancer charity tricks 14k into 'buying' tanning cream that 'triples sun's ... More than 14000 people attempted to order the product online, who were completely unaware that the website advertising the 'miracle' cream was actually a hoax created by a skin cancer charity . The spoof website offering Sunny 3 cream in the UK was ...

UK Construction Output Boosts GDP Growth : "By ALEX BRITTAIN And AINSLEY THOMSON LONDON — UK construction output grew much faster than previously thought in the second quarter, boosting the economy's growth rate in the period, the Office for National Statistics said Friday. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Mental health service users cast doubt on personal budgets : "By Lucy Phillips | 12 August 2011 Mental health service users in England are sceptical that personal budgets will improve their care, according to a report published today. Many were also confused about what personal budgets were and how they would ... United Kingdom | Ireland

The UK Riots: What Implications For Immigration and Race Relations? : " They have thrived on a narrative that postulates that immigrants have taken away jobs, social housing and others from the indigenous, working class whites. This erroneous and negative branding of immigrants does seem to strike a chord among some ... Myjoyonline.com "

Care workers and clients told business as usual, despite administration ... disabilities and mental health issues in the two towns have been told that Mears Care Scotland Limited has bought the supported living division of Choices Care, safeguarding 500 jobs out of 1400 employed in Scotland and the north-east of England . ...

Drug dealer trapped by smell of cannabis : "Sadowski is Polish and has lived in the UK for seven years and was living in Bolton at the time, but the court heard he moved to Reading six weeks ago and is working full time as a garden maintenance worker. Recorder Michael Blakey raised concerns as ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Opinion: Mums the word – the reality of gay parenting : "Now, UK law is on gay couples' side, and Stonewall's Different Families report recently revealed how children with same-sex parents enjoy the same quality of upbringing as those from other families. 'Attitudes towards gay adoption and gay parenting are ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Heavy rain in Scotland causes travel chaos : "There were rush-hour delays in Glasgow at Queens Street station with trains affected by floods this morning. Grampian Police said a road was closed one mile south of Strathdon and that the deep water was only passable with 4x4s. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Police cuts warning after riots : " A murder inquiry has begun after a 68-year- old man was attacked as he tried to stamp out a fire in west London died in hospital. More than 1500 arrests have been made across England since the unrest began last Saturday. Mr Bohun said the "law-abiding ... BBC News "

Emergency debate to focus on cuts : "He will offer practical assistance for families left homeless by arson attacks and for uninsured businesses pillaged by gangs of youths across England's cities – a move that comes as Mr Johnson puts aside £50m into a relief fund from City Hall coffers. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Malaysian student feels sorry for UK riot attackers : " Asyraf Haziq Rosli who was attacked during the London riots, poses for photographs after a news conference at the Malaysian High Commission in London August 11, 2011. LONDON (Reuters) - A Malaysian student whose videotaped mugging became one of the ... Reuters "

UK authorises clinical tests for medicines made of genetically modified plants UK regulators have approved the clinical trial of a monoclonal antibody produced by genetically modified plants. This landmark decision sets the stage for the testing, in humans, of an anti- HIV product made of genetically modified tobacco plants. ...

England riots: Welsh MPs at emergency debate : " Mr Cameron admitted the police were slow to react to the riots and wrong to treat it as a public order issue rather than one of criminality . But he added that police had the legal backing to use any tactics necessary to bring the situation under ... BBC News "

Drugs baron in £150m cannabis smuggling plot jailed for 18 years A DRUGS baron has been jailed for 18 years after a judge described him as “pivotal” in a £150m cannabis smuggling ring, said to be the largest ever uncovered in the UK . Skunk cannabis was brought to West Yorkshire hidden in shipments of flowers, ...

Attacker gets 9 years for domestic abuse lasting three decades : "Joseph Loughran, 51, had pleaded guilty to a string of brutal attacks on the women at addresses in Glasgow . At the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday, he was given a 15-year extended sentence, of which he will spend nine years behind bars. udge, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

UK riots: four days of chaos that reshaped the political landscape : " 'This is not about poverty , this is about culture,' David Cameron told parliament. 'In too many cases, the parents of these children – if they are still around – don't care where their children are or who they are with, let alone what they are doing. ... The Guardian "

Facebook Decides to Close Accounts Owned by US Prisoners : " 2 accounts have already been closed and Facebook is on an outlook for more accounts that have been logged into from prison , announced by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation . The authorities stated, although, criminals are not ... All Tech News "

London riots: 6 shocking stories : "Rioters in London: As senior citizens were beaten, other citizens have been deliberately run over or forced to strip naked. Photo: Dan Istitene/Getty Images SEE ALL 4 PHOTOS The riots and looting that have unhinged England for the better part of a week ... United Kingdom | Ireland

The Michael Jackson Tribute Concert Has a Lineup : " On October 8 in Cardiff , Wales , a big huge Michael Jackson tribute concert will go down with sets from Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera, Leona Lewis, Smokey Robinson, Craig David, Alien Ant Farm (whaaat? Oh right, this), 3T (aka Tito Jackson's three ... New York Magazine "

Sociologists' offer to unravel the riots : "An understanding of the impact of social inequalities and deprivation, youth unemployment, racism and ethnic conflict, and crime and policing forms a large part of the concerns of UK sociology. Since most politicians and the police seem to have been ... United Kingdom | Ireland

For black Britons, this is not the 80s revisited. It's worse : " But fast forward three decades, and David Cameron tells the House of Commons that this week's rioting was " criminality , pure and simple". In the years up to 1981, tension had been building between black people and the police over the "sus" laws, ... The Guardian (blog) "

Cameron's marathon statement on the riots set the theme of responsibility : " Poverty isn't an excuse for chavness especially when the rest of the poors lives are made so much worse by the chav class. You do if the name 'bank' is attached to it. We are in an age of politcal pygmies. None of Obama, Cameron, Sarkozy, Berlusconi, ... The Guardian "

More social media abuse arrests : "The 21-year- old woman was arrested on suspicion of encouraging public disorder by mobile phone messaging. Police urged people to use social media responsibly and not fuel rumours. Earlier in Cardiff, two men were in custody after being arrested on ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Town targeted by multi-million drugs ring : "INVESTIGATIONS into an international drugs ring which saw £150million worth of skunk smuggled into the UK has revealed Redditch was one of four destinations where the cannabis was heading for. Today (Thursday), the three men behind the ring, ... United Kingdom | Ireland