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UK-Cambridge: water distribution and related services : This framework agreement will include, and be for the benefit of, NHS trusts in England , including acute, foundation, ambulance, care, primary care and mental health trusts, strategic and special health authorities. Please follow the links below to ...

Psychiatric patient is first to have his appeal held in public : Mr. Haines is the first psychiatric patient to have an appeal against detention open to the public. This action has made legal history this week. In the past seven years there have been about 100000 mental health tribunals in England and Wales. ... ww.mentalhealthy.co.uk

Adoption: 'A competitive marketplace' : Figures reveal adoption figures in England have fallen to a 10-year low, while the average length of time children wait to be adopted is now two years and seven months. Here, three people tell of their experiences of the adoption system. ... BBC News

Friend guilty of solicitor murder : A man has been jailed for life for murdering a Liverpool solicitor before hiding her body in the boot of his car. The jury at Chester Crown Court convicted Philip Martins of smothering and strangling Linda Bakewell, 45, who was director of a law firm. ... BBC News

Man, 29, murdered and set on fire : A man whose body was found near the River Clyde in Glasgow had been violently attacked and his body set on fire, police have revealed. The body of 29-year-old Brian Faulds was discovered on the walkway to the river, near Dalmarnock Bridge at Dalmarnock ... BBC News

Man admits killing 'good friend' : A 53-year-old man has admitted killing his "good friend" during an attack at the victim's home in Glasgow . Patrick McGowan inflicted multiple fractures on Douglas Hill, 63, at the flat in Anderston last September. McGowan was charged with murder but ... BBC News

Charity reveals there are 500 families on the breadline in Maidenhead ... in danger of becoming homeless . Foodshare collection points have so far been set up in Co-operative Funeralcare, Quench Bookshop and the Advertiser office, all in Queen Street.

Charity reveals there are 500 families on the breadline in Maidenhead ... in danger of becoming homeless . Foodshare collection points have so far been set up in Co-operative Funeralcare, Quench Bookshop and the Advertiser office, all in Queen Street.

UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Thursday Sept 29 : By Tricia Wright LONDON , Sept 29 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen falling on Thursday, tracking weakness overnight on Wall Street and in Asia, on anxiety ahead of a German vote on boosting the euro zone's rescue fund, and an EU and IMF ... United Kingdom | Ireland

U.K. House Prices Remain Flat : By ILONA BILLINGTON LONDON —The UK economy remains firmly in the doldrums, with no sign of a boost from the subdued housing market, slowing lending growth and a fourth straight drop in consumer confidence, data showed Thursday. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Friend guilty of solicitor murder : A 48-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering his friend, a Liverpool solicitor, whose body he hid in a car. The jury at Chester Crown Court convicted Philip Martins of smothering and strangling Linda Bakewell, 45. Mr Martins, a machine operator ... BBC News

Prisoner release comes with a whole lot of questions for San Francisco : The commission is also expected to consider changes to the penal code and to make recommendations to supervisors and the Mayor's Office on budget decisions affecting jail and rehabilitation programs . One part of the overall review, however, ... San Francisco Examiner

World's Largest Cancer Charity Invests in Dotmatics Solutions : CRT, the technology development and commercialisation arm of Cancer Research UK , the world's leading cancer charity has deployed Dotmatics tools to improve the analysis of their data and accelerate the drug discovery process. Researchers at CRT are now ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Age UK appeals for donations to its Flintshire charity shops “We do have a lot of regular donors but with so many charity shops all wanting donations things have become increasingly difficult. And perhaps the current economic climate does hasn't help as people are seemingly holding on to items of clothing that ...

U.K. House Prices Remain Flat : By PAUL HANNON, JASON DOUGLAS and AINSLEY THOMSON LONDON — UK consumers became more downbeat about prospects for the economy and the jobs market in September, according to a monthly survey released Thursday by the European Commission. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Chronic Conditions Cost UK Economy More Than 20 Billion Pounds a Year : ... diabetes and cancer are costing the UK economy 21.6 billion pounds a year in lost productivity. Insights into the overall well-being of Britons from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index (WBI) will be unveiled during an event Thursday at London's ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Santander UK Sets Investment Plan To Improve Profits By 2014 : By Margot Patrick Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Santander UK Chief Executive Ana Botin on Thursday said the bank will undertake a major investment program in the next two years, as she set out ambitious targets to sell more products to ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Halton Council to mark UK Older Peoples Day with events A RANGE of activities are taking place to encourage people to get fit and stay fit in later life to mark UK Older People's Day on Saturday. More than 30 activity sessions suitable for older adults operate weekly at low-cost throughout the borough. ...

Mental health provision a suitable case for treatment : The Scottish male suicide rate is more than twice as high as elsewhere in the UK . Yet mental health remains the Cinderella of the NHS. Meanwhile, a report in Lancet Oncology yesterday argued that the cost of treating cancer is spiralling out of control ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Girlfriend killer up for release next week : Hutton confided to mental health workers in the UK that he strangled Ms White after an argument and described feeling under the influence of an external force, with an electric current running down his arms. Justice Osborn said Hutton had attacked a ... United Kingdom | Ireland

TA and veterans' mental health service up for health partnership award The finalists who have worked with veterans show how Health and Social care provision throughout the UK can be tailored to local needs. Improving access to welfare and specialist mental health care has delivered outstanding results. ...

Tens of thousands of surgical patients dying needlessly because of poor NHS ... Michelle Mitchell, Charity Director of Age UK , said: 'This is just more evidence that the NHS is not responding to the needs of older people who constitute the bulk of its patients. 'It's shocking that some of the UK's sickest and most vulnerable men ...

Old Treatment May Offer New Hope for Smoking Cessation : "There are still regulatory hoops to go through but I hope that before long this drug will be available throughout the world at a cost that every smoker can afford," lead author Robert West, PhD, director of tobacco studies at the Cancer Research UK ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Torture Charity Calls On UK To Halt Deportation Flight To Sri Lanka : Britain is being urged to halt plans to deport a planeload of Tamils to Sri Lanka on Wednesday amid fears they will be at risk of being detained and tortured on ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Judge rules out rehab for Brooklyn man charged in 'vigilante' incident Robert Langlois, 20, of Mason Road in Brooklyn, had applied for the accelerated rehabilitation program , a diversionary program that could lead to charges being dismissed. Police said Langlois was one of three men, including one hidden in the trunk with ...

Inmates Transfer to County Jail to Reduce Crowding : Santa Barbara County 1st District Supervisor Salud Carbajal said the jail system lacks adequate funding to maintain its various housing and rehabilitation programs . “[The bill] is an attempt in the right direction, but its severe lack of funding does ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Chowchilla sues to halt prison conversion : No decision has been made to convert the women's prison east of Chowchilla to a men's facility, Dana Toyama, spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation , said Wednesday. However, state prison officials are in the process ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Quality of life in the UK 'worst in Europe' : The inevitable price rise from EDF Energy, the last of the "big six" utility firms to increase prices, means that 6.87 million people will be pushed into fuel poverty this winter, according to uSwitch. Research from Moneysupermarket.com reveals that ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Plans revealed for US-style plea bargains : “Innospec provided some high level principles, emphasising the importance of a criminal fine and suggesting there should be parity between US and UK outcomes to avoid forum shopping.” Please don't cut articles from FT.com and redistribute by email or ...

AIDS news briefs... : Jackson is a long-time HIV / AIDS activist and was recently appointed to the President's Advisory Council on HIV / AIDS . Guerra made national headlines when he came out as both gay and HIV-positive on Project Runway. This year's USCA target population is ...

Labour proposes Ucas-style apprentice system : By Kiran Stacey in Liverpool Labour has called for an admissions system for apprenticeships modelled on the university admissions process, Ucas. Making the proposal at the Labour conference in Liverpool , Andy Burnham, shadow education secretary, ...

Labour left grappling in dismal debate : In Liverpool on Wednesday, Labour staged the most remarkable catchweight contest of them all. On the right: the chairman of the Police Federation, Paul McKeever, a fuller-figured gentleman. On the even further right (this being a Labour party ... United Kingdom | Ireland

University keeps fees below £9000 The University of Glasgow said the annual fee for students from the Rest of the United Kingdom (RUK) undertaking an undergraduate degree will be £6750, with the exception of those studying medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine who will be charged ...

Europe presents new financial tax : Bank shares have fallen in London after the UK said it would "resist" a financial transaction tax on EU members proposed by the European Commission. The tax would raise about 57bn euros ($78bn; £50bn) a year and would come into effect at the start of ... BBC News

August a mixed bag for UK hotels : By Nathan Greenhalgh on 9/28/2011 August saw a slight boost in profit for provincial hotels but not London hotels, a UK market report from TRI Hospitality shows. Hotels in London suffered their first year-on-year decline in profit per room since April ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Pensioner on UK sex charges after Australia extradition LONDON — A 77-year-old man who was extradited from Australia appeared in a British court on Wednesday charged with a string of London child sex attacks dating back to 1949. Reginald Davis was remanded in custody during an appearance at Westminster ...

Footballers don't need to be gay to help us tackle homophobia : You state that "in the 13 years since Justin Fashanu killed himself, having become the UK's first openly gay footballer in 1990, no player has followed in his footsteps and come out". But this project is not about outing professional footballers or ...

Gay Burundian wins UK asylum after 11-year battle : The gay Burundian asylum seeker Alvin Gahimbaze has won his 11-year battle for sanctuary in the UK . Alvin fled Burundi with his sister, Danella, in 2000 when he was 16 years old. Alvin and his sister were fleeing ethnic clashes in which his family was ... San Diego Gay & Lesbian News

Running outdoors can improve mental health : While all types of exercise are thought to help reduce stress, it seems that running – for two miles or 26 – has a particularly beneficial effect on mental health . Research suggests it can boost mood, confidence and self-esteem and may even help in the ... Telegraph.co.uk

Romance scams plague UK: 200000 victims? : Research out of the UK today says that perhaps as many as 200,00 people have been victims of online romance scams and the same study says over 1 million people personally know someone who has been scammed by one of these heartless fraudsters. ...

U.K. inflation expectations stable at 3.5%: Citi : By Nicholas Winning LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The UK public's expectations for inflation over the next year were stable for the third consecutive month in September, defying both the rise in the country's inflation rate and the slowdown in the economy, ...

Pink evenings for charity : More than 44000 women and 300 men are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK each year and exercise has been shown to reduce the risk by up to 40 per cent. To help fund research into the disease and encourage people to help prevent it, ...

Grandad's happy to be the fall guy for charity : Picture: Ben Davis/Peterborough ET By KELLY PIPES A SKYDIVING grandad will throw caution to the wind this weekend to raise money for Age UK . Brian Jennings, from Yaxley, who is 82 years old, delighted the organisers of the charity tandem skydive, ... Peterborough Today

Charities 'sceptical' of insurance sector motives : He added: "Charities are changing - and so is the insurance sector's relationship with them. The UK's charities are engaged in a struggle for survival and, over the next five years, they're going to evolve rapidly. The challenge for the insurance ... Post Online

Nigeria: The Country's Lawmakers Highest Paid in the World--UK Scholar : ... United Kingdom ( UK ) said this yesterday as guest speaker at this year's Nigeria Independence Anniversary Lecture hosted by the Ministry of foreign Affairs. "More than 100 million Nigerians live in poverty - which is a quarter of the total poverty in ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Zimbabwe to introduce cash transfer scheme : "Protecting children from poverty , harm and abuse begins with reducing their vulnerabilities; cash transfers are one of the critical components that will contribute to the realisation of children's rights," said Dr Peter Salama, a Unicef representative ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Celebrate World Mental Health Day with CoolTan Arts Largactyl Shuffle : Celebrating world mental health day, this walk is entitled 'No Health without Mental Health ' and delves into the history and social impact of the NHS, 'From cradle to grave' since 1948. Comedian and broadcaster Arthur Smith will be joining this ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Social housing needs a 'New Deal' : An expansion of a flourishing social housing sector that places fairness and affordability at its core is the only viable alternative to meet UK housing needs. And the case for expansion using mainly public finance is compelling even against the ... United Kingdom | Ireland