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12 held after Ibiza drugs swoop : "Inquiries were carried out on the basis of intelligence obtained by the Guardia Civil after other gangs involved in drugs trafficking on the island were dismantled. "The majority of these gangs were British and took advantage of the influx of young ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Four held over charity goods theft Four men have been questioned after police raids in east London and Essex on a criminal gang suspected of stealing second-hand clothes worth hundreds of thousands of pounds to UK charities. Thirty officers raided a warehouse believed to be the hub of ...

Pair admit sex trafficking charges Stephen Craig, 34, of Clydebank, Glasgow , and Sarah Ashleigh Beukan, 22, of Leith, Edinburgh, pleaded guilty to a contravention of Section 22 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003, Glasgow Sheriff Court confirmed. Strathclyde Police said the ...

Gay Men Now Free to Donate Blood in UK, Only if They Have Not Had Sex in the ... However, the proponents of the lifetime restriction defend it because of the risk of false negative test results and because the MSM population tends to have a relatively high prevalence of HIV / AIDS infection. For instance, in the US, men who have had ...

Urgency for UK HIV and AIDS prevention - Have your say : The health issue of Human Immunodeficiency Virus ( HIV ) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ( AIDS ) is one of the most serious in the UK ; preventative ... United Kingdom | Ireland

New Report on AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma (ARKS) Therapeutics Market ... LONDON -- Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is considered an AIDS -defining disease, which means that when HIV -infected patients develop KS, their condition has progressed to AIDS . In the United States, for example, KS serves as an ...

Empowering the homeless to build homes Equfund, the social investments and finance specialist, said its Community Bond will fund projects for residents of one of the most deprived areas of the UK to self-build affordable homes within their communities. The project shows how private ...

Green Party's Caroline Lucas criticises UK government's riots response : While she condemned those involved in violence and looting, she said the government's response would marginalise them further. "Heavy sentencing, cutting benefits, making people homeless . All panicky and unnecessary responses made against the advice of ... BBC News

Child protection: can't afford to cut spending, can't afford not to : While councils find it relatively easy to ratchet down spending on other areas of spiralling demand, from homeless support to youth clubs, few are prepared to impose brutal cuts on children's social care. While other services are tightly rationed, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Hyde faces credit rating downgrade : 'While there remains strong need for housing growth over the long-term in the UK , and Hyde's delivery of housing since the financial crisis has been strong in comparison to its peers, its planned increase in development is being undertaken within still ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Record housing shortage will force families out of market The stark forecast comes three days after a separate study said London had some of the worst housing problems in western Europe. Knights Frank blame a "hangover" from the financial crisis, deep cuts in grants for social housing and endemic planning ...

Sacramento County sheriff wants governor to delay shift of prisoners to counties : ... and to provide rehabilitation programs for prisoners who are released. The plan is a major part of the governor's effort to bring California's prison system into compliance with federal court rulings that have found it dangerously overcrowded. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Campaign to humanize prisons launched at Roumieh The rehabilitation aspect of the program includes teaching prisoners technical and practical skills to help them find work once they leave jail , by training them to repair watches, computers and mobile phones, as well as other courses on various types ...

Prison population in England and Wales hits new high : The government aims to cut costs by reducing the prison population through the introduction of the more robust community sentences for some offenders and improvements in the rehabilitation of offenders. It has said that the new prison high would not ... BBC News

Donations of food to aid poverty-stricken : Kind-hearted concert-goers donated thousands of food items to help people living in poverty in Preston. The city's One Voice Community Choir held a 'Soul Food' concert which saw more than 4000 donations for the Salvation Army. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

A night to remember for seven million good reasons The couple met Rothschild chief executive Nigel Higgins and Michael Gutman, managing director of Westfield UK , both of whom made five-figure donations to help London tackle poverty and inequality. Mr Iferi, whose story helped to change the way pauper ...

Christian group attacks LGBT integration in UK Armed Forces : An evangelical Christian pressure group has attacked the UK's policy of allowing LGBT personnel to serve openly in the Armed Forces, claiming it has damaged morale and discipline. In an interview with a news affiliate of the American Family Association ... So So Gay

London charity for older LGBT people seeks volunteers : by Jessica Geen for PinkNews.co. uk The service, run by Age UK , offers information, help, 'befrienders' and social activities for lesbian, gay , bisexual and trans people over the age of 50. It is estimated that there are 100000 older LGBT people in the ... PinkNews.co.uk

Three gay men attacked in Utah in a fortnight : by Staff Writer, PinkNews.co. uk for PinkNews.co. uk Three gay men have been been attacked in the US state of Utah in the last two weeks. Early on Thursday morning, 32-year-old Cameron Nelson was attacked in American Fork as he took out rubbish at a hair ... PinkNews.co.uk

People with diabetes urged to get regular health checks : People with diabetes are at risk of preventable complications as a result of not having regular health checks, a leading national charity has said. Diabetes UK revealed that more than half a million people in England could be at risk of blindness ... United Kingdom | Ireland