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US politician Sally Kern: Gays are more dangerous than terrorists : Now promoting a book, The Stoning of Sally Kern, the politician says that as a result of HIV / AIDS , homosexuality has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans. In an interview given to Peter LaBarbera of anti-gay campaign group Americans for Truth, ... PinkNews.co.uk

Crazy World: Glowing cats to cure HIV? : US: Scientists have developed a strain of green-glowing cats with cells that resist infection from a virus that causes feline AIDS , a finding that may help prevent the disease in cats and advance AIDS research in people. The study, published on Sunday ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Older carers 'suffer from poor health' : It found that 65 per cent of carers in this age group had long-term health problems or disabilities. Nearly seven in ten respondents (68.8 per cent) also said that taking on a caring role had an adverse effect on their mental health . ... United Kingdom | Ireland

IFS warns of tough times for UK households : Child poverty is measured by the percentage of children in households where income is less than 60% of the average for the UK . Child poverty fell from 25% in 2000 to 20% a decade later, according to the study. The survey also points out that families ... Finance Markets

London Assembly To Question Energy Companies : With energy prices rising this autumn, fuel poverty is getting worse and London has historically lost out on national energy efficiency programmes, compared to other parts of the UK . In its second of two sessions, the Committee will ask guests about ... United Kingdom | Ireland

David Cameron begins Russia visit : Relations between the UK and Russia have been strained since the Russian dissident was murdered in London in 2006, and Russia then refused to extradite the prime suspect. The PM said in Moscow that the UK would continue to push for Mr Litvinenko's ... BBC News

Google: Internet boom to create lakhs of jobs in UK LONDON : The European head of search engine giant Google has predicted that despite the economic downturn hundreds of thousands of jobs could be opened up in Britain within five years because of a boom in internet businesses. Philipp Schindler said that ...

Northern cities lead UK in renewable energy installations : The AEA report predicts that changes to FITs will drive installations in the meantime, from solar parks and social housing projects as well as householders. Social housing , in particular, could see installation rates in cities increase dramatically in ... United Kingdom | Ireland

More employers hiring ex-offenders: DPM Teo : Desmond Chin, Deputy Director of the SPS, said: "A person entering the prison system begins his rehabilitation from day one... whether it's through treatment programmes, skills training via WDA (Workforce Development Agency) route and so on. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Health scares inspire siblings to set up charity by Madeleine Brindley, South Wales Echo A SISTER'S horrific car accident and a brother's progressive heart condition have inspired two A-level students to set up a charity to support the work of two Cardiff hospitals. Cian Wade and Osian Davies hope to ...

Study to create 'inorganic life' : A team from Glasgow University has demonstrated a new way of making inorganic chemical cells. The aim is to create self-replicating, evolving inorganic cells which could be used in medicine and chemistry. The project is being led by Professor Lee ... BBC News

Severe weather disrupts Isle of Man sailings : The gales, forecast for throughout Monday, meant sailings between Liverpool and Heysham were cancelled. The Ben-my-Chree evening sailings will be reviewed a few hours before sailing. A Steam Packet spokesman said passengers affected by the ... BBC News

Are older people angry enough to riot? : As yet storm troops for age equality like Age UK's celebrity ambassadors June Whitfield, Sir Roger Moore and Lionel Blair seem to be making little impact. Older people's own organisations like the National Pensioners Convention are mostly strapped for ... The Guardian

Stonewall report: Older gay people at risk of loneliness : by Staff Writer, PinkNews.co. uk for PinkNews.co. uk A report by gay rights charity Stonewall says older lesbian, gay and bisexual people are at more risk of loneliness and isolation. The findings, to be officially launched tomorrow, were reported by ... PinkNews.co.uk

Cambridge charity fights Kenya food crisis Cambridge based charitable business CBM ( UK ) Ltd has secured a grant of almost £100k from the Scottish Government to boost humanitarian efforts in Kenya. CBM, an overseas disability charity , has received a grant of £96002 from the Scottish Government ...

Deafness Research UK hosts event in promoting UK's largest legacies campaign National charity Deafness Research UK will be playing their part in the UK's largest cross charity campaign, Remember A Charity Week, 12 – 18 September, by hosting a legacy event aimed at thanking their current supporters, raising awareness of the ...

Social housing: the case for expansion, investment and devolution : We now need to provide substantially more social housing , to accommodate up to one in four of all UK households. This will take considerable political will against the backdrop of a de-leveraging economy and large public debt overhang, but the case for ... The Guardian (blog)

Drugs under the spotlight : These salutatory tales should be enough to warn any young footballer that any kind of drug abuse - be it performance enhancing or recreational - or a flippant attitude to the whole process will result in stern punishment. It remains to be seen if an ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Mitch Winehouse was numb over Amy's death Mitch believes Amy - who had struggled with alcohol and drug abuse before her death - passed away from a seizure related to her alcohol detoxification. While the part-time jazz singer - who separated from Amy's mother, Janis, when she was young - still ...

Elderly pair eliminated over murder - UK News - MSN News UK : An elderly brother and sister arrested over the murder of a 77-year-old neighbour ... told they have been eliminated from police inquiries, a foMSN News - MSN UK . United Kingdom | Ireland

Driver arrested after man, 73, dies in crash : By James Rush » An elderly pedestrian has been killed in a collision with a car as he tried to cross one of Bradford's major roads. Members of the public tried to resuscitate the 73-year-old man, believed to be of African or Caribbean origin, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Effective care for older people with depression : The UK's largest ever study into the primary care of older people with depression is being carried out by researchers at the University of York. Under the £1.6 million CASPER project, the York Mental Health Research Group – a partnership between the ... United Kingdom | Ireland

New Homeless Link Backed Study Uncovers 'Deep Roots' of Homelessness : Mental health problems were also widely reported, with four in five reporting a history of anxiety or depression and over a third saying they had attempted suicide(1). The report, which draws together the findings of four separate studies, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Health choirs: let's have singing on prescription : Meanwhile results of research by Prof Clift on a choir for people with mental health problems, published in Mental Health and Social Inclusion this summer, showed some 60 per cent of participants had less mental distress when retested a year after ... Telegraph.co.uk

'40% of divorce cases involve people with mental health issues' Commenting on the legal terms that were used with reference to mental health issues, the judge said, "The phrase 'unsoundness of mind' was coined in 1869 by the UK parliament but we are still using it today. In my opinion, the whole terminology has to ...

Pakistan president undergoes tests in London : AP LONDON -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has recently undergone medical tests in London and received a clean bill of health. Pakistan's High Commissioner to the UK Wajid Shamsul Hasan said in a statement Sunday that Zardari underwent an ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Three more arrests over death of Wales fan : Thousands of tributes have been paid to the Cardiff fan on a dedicated Facebook page, with several messages referring to his wife, Nathalie, and children. There was applause for Dye before Cardiff's Championship match against Doncaster on Saturday, ... The Guardian

UK police arrest 5 on suspicion of enslaving 24 By AP, LONDON — Five people have been arrested in Britain on suspicion of holding two dozen men in squalid conditions against their will and forcing them to work for no pay, police said Sunday. Police said four men and one woman were arrested in an ...

White roses for the UK victims in the Twin Towers : Politicians and senior diplomats from dozens of countries later attended memorial services at St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey in London , at which members of the UK's Firefighters Memorial Trust laid a wreath in honour of the 343 members of ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Rising energy bills put elderly in debt : This figure, which relates to credit cards, loans and other unsecured debts, compares to a UK average of £24397. Matt Hartley, a spokesman for CCCS, said: “Absolutely it's going up. A lot of older people are struggling, particularly with all the gas ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Effective care for older people with depression - News and events ... : The UK's largest ever study into the primary care of older people with depression is being carried out by researchers at the University of York. Under the £1.6 ... United Kingdom | Ireland

I need help talking to older people? - Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers : Hi guys! I'm in my early 20s and am just starting out in the film industry, ... I am not in the industry, but I qualify as " old "; 50's age, but try to stay current with the times. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Bollocks to poverty - ActionAid UK's youth network :: ActionAid UK : We're ActionAid's youth arm. We want you to ditch the guilt and say bollocks to poverty by doing something you love. United Kingdom | Ireland

Russia's embassy in UK says hackers hit website : "Prior to the visit of Prime Minister David Cameron to Russia, the website of the Russian Embassy in London (www.rusemb.org. uk ) was brought down by a suspected DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack," the embassy said in a statement. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Silver renters contribute to lettings surge : Chairman Peter Girling said: “ Elderly people in Britain have £3trillion tied up in property and many need this money to fund their living. “Selling up in later life and renting is the ultimate in equity release. With inflation at five per cent, ... Belper News

Pensioner to visit Swiss suicide clinic in Sussex's first assisted death bid ... for our main objective – to change UK law so that very elderly , mentally competent individuals, who are suffering from various medical problems can be legally allowed to receive a doctor's assistance to die, if this is their persistent request. ...

UK services to mark 9/11 attacks : "And little children and elderly people gave their donations to firefighters on the streets and said will we take those to the firefighters in New York." In the US, commemorations will be held at the British embassy in Washington, while in New York the ... BBC News

Mid-life crisis : This compares with an international average of 17% obesity - half of the UK figure - and 18% admitting to being smokers. So is there a connection between the mental health and physical health of 40-somethings in the UK ? Dr Sneh Khemka, medical director ... BBC News

Gays more likely to face old age alone, survey reveals : Gay people in the UK over the age of 55 are more likely to live alone and have less contact with family members than their straight counterparts, a recent survey commissioned by Stonewall has revealed. Gay people in the UK over the age of 55 are more ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Health Minister sees importance of meals in the community : HEALTH Minister and Lagan Valley MLA Edwin Poots has joined Domestic Care driver George Neill on his round delivering community meals to older people in the Lisburn area to see for himself how the system works. The Health Minister is one of many local ... Lisburn Today

Group helps patients learn to live with pain of arthritis “People always say, or seem to think , that arthritis is an old people's condition but it isn't. It can affect anyone at any age. “People need to be able to talk to someone after their diagnosis and we are there, as only fellow sufferers can, ...

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

Thousands complete late-night charity walk : The Glasgow Shine event saw 3000 people walk through the city's streets in aid of Cancer Research UK . Shine on: Participants set off from the SECC. Around 3000 people have completed a late-night charity walk around the street of Glasgow to raise money ... stv.tv

Charity: Show your prize pumpkins to the world! : International aid agency World Vision has launched a global version of the old-fashioned village vegetable competition – so UK gardeners can show off their home-grown efforts to the world! The online contest, called Growing for Change, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Welsh prisoners' storytime helps them stay in touch with their children Mrs Berry said the charity was keen to expand its influence in Wales if possible, having processed 40 CDs from Prescoed prisoners last year. “It would be great to promote it in Wales – we're in 100 prisons in the UK ,” she said. ...