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Britain desperately needs to tackle its dog control problems : All you "oh they make lonely old people less lonely" types out there, know that cats are just as good. Dogs are a menace. They hospitalise thousands every year. They shit all over the place (yes, yes, that's down to bad owners. ... The Guardian

Helping to improve care of older people in hospitals | Whitchurch ... : A campaigner from Whitchurch was interviewed on radio and television about improving the care of the aged in hospitals.

Older people increasingly isolated - Age UK : It is often said that one of the ways to judge a society is how it looks after its older people .

Adam ready for Ibrox return : Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam returns to former club Rangers on Tuesday with mixed feelings of his time in Glasgow . The Reds play a friendly against the Scottish champions in Glasgow with the 25-year-old admitting his nine-year association with the ...

Wales confident on 2015 home games : Welsh Rugby Union group chief executive Roger Lewis says they are in a "very strong position" to negotiate Wales playing some games at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium during the 2015 World Cup in England. The existing agreement already guarantees that ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Commission to scrap regulatory compliance cases : The Charity Commission is to stop carrying out regulatory compliance investigations, the type of inquiry it conducted into the charity operated by Liam Fox MP and his friend Adam Werritty last year. The regulator introduced regulatory compliance cases ...

Pedestrian road death witness appeal near Dinas Powys : The woman, who police say was local, was airlifted to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff where she was later pronounced dead. South Wales Police said the road was closed for about five hours while officers carried out initial investigations ...

House prices in Wales fall as rest of UK sees rise, new figures show In North and Mid Wales the average asking price of a house is now £186509, compared to £182280 this time last year, while in Swansea the year-on-year increase is 8%. While South Wales on average has the lowest asking prices – at £152898 – Cardiff is ...

David de Gea shrugs off his dodgy mantle to rise above the occasion : The Manchester United goalkeeper, David de Gea, saves a shot from Liverpool's Jordan Henderson. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images When it is Liverpool and Manchester United, no opportunity is too good to pass up when it comes to taking malicious ... The Guardian

Doctors stress benefits of the free flu jab : ELDERLY and vulnerable people in Eastbourne are being told not to risk catching winter flu by making sure they have their jab. According to recently-released statistics, more people died from flu and pneumonia than breast cancer or prostate cancer in ... Eastbourne Today

UK Small Business Confidence Plummets : By ALEX BRITTAIN LONDON —Confidence among small UK businesses dropped sharply in the third quarter, a survey showed Monday, the latest sign of a slowdown in private-sector activity that is building pressure on the government to offer more support for ...

Planning reforms 'to hit OAP homes' A group of leading housing providers have warned the Government its proposed planning changes will fail to deliver enough homes for older people . Chief executives from developers Anchor, McCarthy & Stone, Audley Retirement and Housing 21 signed a joint ...

Four jailed over cannabis haul : It is believed to have set off from north Africa and came under the suspicion of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) when it was spotted off Falmouth, Cornwall. The 56ft yacht was tailed by a UKBA patrol vessel for 100 nautical miles up the English Channel ... See all stories on this topic »

UK government considers ban on squatting The owner is unhappy about the unwanted guests, but they are not committing a crime — something that could change if the British government has its way. Britain's Conservative-led administration says squatters are an anti- social scourge, and has begun ...

Lockable letterflap helps prevent arson : “That's why we created Flaplock as an affordable and highly-effective anti-arson solution for social housing organisations, businesses and homeowners throughout the UK . It is already easing fears for many residents, particularly leading up to November ... 24dash (press release)

Older people's friendship scheme puts £345k grant to good use : A successful friendship scheme that helps older people beat loneliness is making good use of a £345000 Big Lottery cash windfall. KIND FRIEND: Bet Hill talks to Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers during his visit to meet the team at Friendship At Home. ...

The poverty of Britain's energy debate : Then, the managing director of British Gas was invited on to say that “unless someone discovers huge amounts of gas and imports it into the UK …”. And, bafflingly, no-one mentioned the small fact that one of BG's rivals recently discovered 200 trillion ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Couple Gives Poor Students a Lifeline : I decided that education would be the best way to get them out of poverty ," says Mr Clark, who adds that he has an emotional attachment to his country of birth. But it took years of fundraising from his friends in England for Mr Clark to establish two ...

Why GPs need mental health training : ... training mandatory for all GPs and GP staff can and will make a real difference to a person experiencing mental ill health. Ewan Hilton is the executive director of mental health charity Gofal.

Famous bridge turns 100 years old : It is the only bridge in the UK available for bungee jumps. The running of the bridge is funded by both Middlesbrough and Stockton councils. Centenary celebrations have already included a concert, interactive light display and people bungee jumping off ... BBC News

Police officer denies manslaughter at G20 protests : by Stephen Gregory PC Simon Harwood, a police officer on duty during the London G20 protests in 2009, has pleaded not guilty of killing Ian Tomlinson, a homeless newspaper seller. Harwood was first accused of manslaughter week after the G20 protests in ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Norfolk police get new weapon in drugs fight : An unusually high degree of heat can indicate unlawful activity inside a property, including illegal connections to the electricity network to power equipment used to grow cannabis . David Shepherd, UK Power Networks head of security, said: “We took the ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Appeal over fake police robbery : Police in Glasgow have been stopping motorists and pedestrians near a city centre bank which was held up by men dressed in fake police uniforms. The raid happened at about 10:40 last Monday at the NatWest bank in Blythswood Square. ...

UK charity urges new food system to battle hunger : UK anti- poverty charity War on Want appealed on Monday for a new food system which favours small growers in the struggle against world hunger. LONDON (Reuters) - UK anti- poverty charity War on Want appealed on Monday for a new food system which favours ...

Handling complaints: landlords struggle to learn from their mistakes We hope to be able to put our energy in to support those new stakeholders to see they are up to the challenge and up to scratch compared with the rest of the social housing sector. Local authorities need to concentrate on the positives and be less ...

UK medical group rejects new skin cancer treatment : By MARIA CHENG An independent British medical watchdog says the first treatment proven to help people with the deadliest form of skin cancer is too expensive to be used by the UK's health care system, a recommendation critics called a potential death ...

Holidaymakers warned on fake goods Gangs use the trade in fake goods to fund areas such as human trafficking , firearms and illegal drugs . Officers from the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) are at Glasgow Airport to drive home the message and show people examples of ...

Gay Twins Launch Proud2Be Project : The Proud2Be Project is an online video campaign, founded in June 2011 by gay identical twin brothers Matt and Jon Price. The project was set up to ...

18000km cycle marathon for Palmer Park Velo : She said: “I know the work the Zoe Sarojini Educational Trust is doing is changing lives for the better in one of the poorest communities in South Africa and one that has been devastated by the HIV / AIDS epidemic. I also know that the Palmer Park Velo ...

HIV Life Expectancy Rises in the UK, Study Finds : Blaming HIV / AIDS for myriad casualties transpired every single year, humiliation, discrimination and towering financial expenditures filed over the year, which have literally shackled the backbone of global economy, no longer claims and deserve novelty ... TopNews United States

Police plea over car death woman She was later pronounced dead at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW), Cardiff . Police said a 24-year-old man had been arrested and remains in custody. South Wales Police Inspector Robert Nicholls: "Police are appealing for witnesses following a ...

Young Welsh scarred with the beneficial wounds of experience Wales has been poor in the past few seasons because its two world-class props, Gethin Jenkins and Jones, have suffered long injury absences. Last February, at Cardiff , England beat Wales purely because Jenkins and Jones were unfit. Had Wales been able ...

How feminism made so many nurses too grand to care : This revealed that more than half of all hospitals in England do not meet standards for the dignity and nutrition of elderly people. One in five hospitals were found to be failing the elderly so badly that they were breaking the law. ... Daily Mail

UK food policy blamed for global hunger : By Martin Sandbu and Kiran Stacey The UK's policy on food security is a “central cause for global hunger”, according to War on Want, an anti- poverty campaign group. In a highly critical report released today, the group says the government's attempts to ...

What it means to be poor in Europe : But it seems to me that while the cruel, repressive, soul-destroying 19th century workhouse regime ended long ago, a deplorable four million children — one in three — are currently living in poverty in the UK , one of the highest rates in the ...

Help with mental health : The aim of the new initiatives is to promote mental and emotional wellbeing in schools and reduce mental health stigma among young people.

Occupy London protest continues into second day : This article was published on guardian.co. uk at 13.24 BST on Sunday 16 October 2011 . It was last modified at 14.05 BST on Sunday 16 October 2011 . Occupy London activists on their second day of protest after spending the night outside St Paul's ... The Guardian

UK town gets royal title for honoring war dead LONDON (AP) — A small town that honored British soldiers killed in Afghanistan as their bodies were returned home received a royal title Sunday for its compassion — the first such honor granted to a town in over 100 years. Princess Anne delivered the ...

Soldiers urged to face combat stress : Combat Stress is also the name of the UK's leading charity specialising in the treatment of veterans' mental health . On Monday it marked World Mental Health Day by launching its latest campaign in the Borders to battle the stigma of psychological ... Borders Today

Solvency II delay in UK may bring dual regulation : LONDON —The UK insurance regulator's decision to delay full implementation of Solvency II until 2014 may mean large insurers will have to comply with two sets of solvency rules in 2013. While the Financial Services Authority's announcement this month ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Charity Bulbs For Sale At Brentford Garden Centre : The charity creates a variety of different gardens at children's hospices across the UK according to the hospice's individual requirements. Growers, plant breeders, retailers, manufacturers and a host of gardening journalists and celebrities have ...

Teenage armed robber aged 13 revealed at court case : A 13-year-old member of an armed robbery gang from Liverpool was captured in a mobile phone camera picture wielding a shotgun, it has been revealed at court. Jobe Kilbride was the youngest member of a five-strong gang jailed after going on a terrifying ... Telegraph.co.uk

£1400 raised for cancer charities : It was for this reason that she organised a charity event at Camborne Rugby Club, to raise money for Research UK , Macmillan and Marie Curie Cancer Care. Sarah said: “The evening was a complete success and I was overwhelmed with the support, ...

UK's first joint mental and physical health nurse appointed By Ian Birch In what's thought to be the first post of its kind in the UK , Solent NHS Trust has appointed a clinical matron to champion both the mental and physical health of the Trust's patients. For a long time, charities such as Rethink Mental ...

£20 million to knock down mental health stigma | Invest in UK : “Comic Relief has a long standing commitment to helping people with mental health problems across the UK and has been working on this particular campaign ...

Royal College of Psychiatrists highlight need for mental health ... Anxiety UK works to relieve and support those living with anxiety disorders by providing information, support and understanding via an extensive range of services.