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Children trafficked for 'sex work and drug production' : The report was based on referral data from 1 January until 15 September of this year from the UK Human Trafficking Centre (UKHTC) and the NSPCC's Child ... BBC News

How to prevent riots: invest in young people, don't criminalise them : Poverty has no political voice, but that doesn't mean the poor have nothing to say. The history of riots teaches us that the removal of hope results in extreme behaviour. The hopeless, the marginalised, the emotionally and financially impoverished ... The Guardian

New Affordable Housing Handed Over in Padstow : Westcountry Housing is a member of Westward Housing Group which provides more than 6500 affordable , high quality homes and housing related services across Cornwalland Devon. Visit: www.westcountryha.org. uk Ceerie Jobson and Marc Holmes with their ... 24dash (press release)

EPL should keep relegation, promotion It seems right, then, to abolish the concept on the grounds of mental health . Julian Finney/Getty Images Trauma Central: Craig Gardner of Birmingham City is consoled by a member of the crowd after his team was relegated in 2011. ...

Alan Green: Ferguson wrong to leave Rooney out against Liverpool Then, there are times I scratch my head wondering what on earth the Manchester United manager is thinking: such as the team he selected against Liverpool . That he was concerned about his defence beforehand is not in doubt. He'd have been foolish to ...

UK government considers ban on squatting : The idea seems to have wide public support, but faces opposition from squatters, housing charities and many legal experts -- including one London judge, who has ordered a local authority to release a list of empty buildings to a squatting support group ...

Rafa return desire : Former Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has again reiterated his desire to become the club's manager again at some point in the future. It is not the first time the Spaniard has come out and publicly stated that he would like a return and a second chance at ...

Travel misery for commuters : Overhead wire problems in the Bethnal Green area of east London led to long delays and cancellations to trains in and out of London's Liverpool Street station. Among those affected were air passengers using the Stansted Express to Stansted airport in ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Occupy London protest continues into second day | UK news ... : Some 400 anti-capitalism protesters spent the night outside St Paul's Cathedral and have continued peaceful protest.

The day Joan Hill turned the tables on City by Terry Phillips, South Wales Echo CARDIFF City meet up with former Bluebirds' chief executive Joan Hill at Peterborough United tonight. London-born Hill started her career at Peterborough 26 years ago as one of the first women in commercial football ...

Stat of the day: €16bn : The fortune accrued by L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, who has just been put under the guardianship of her family after concerns about her mental health . It's the stuff of Hollywood tragedy: Liliane Bettencourt, the L'Oréal heiress and France's ...

Commonwealth country leaders 'to be asked to decriminalise gay sex' : by Jessica Geen for PinkNews.co. uk Leaders of Commonwealth countries will be asked to decriminalise homosexuality to help to stop the spread of HIV, an Australian official has said. Forty-one of the 53 Commonwealth countries – including Uganda, ... PinkNews.co.uk

UK inflation hits highest rate in 3 years : Elderly man fights off robbers with batTwo Perth home invaders got more than they bargained for on the weekend, when they were attacked by a feisty baseball bat-wielding seventy-year-old who refuses to be a soft target because of his age. ...

Orpington to get the best of dementia care as work starts on a new home for ... It will feature the latest innovations in residential care for elderly people , with specialist services for those with dementia, and is expected to create around 80 jobs. As the leading independent health and social care company, Care UK provides ...

UK government considers ban on squatters : Five people live in the brick and stucco 19th-century row house on a street of 600000 British pound (950000 US dollars) homes. AP LONDON—Like many young Londoners, 25-year- old Rueben Taylor shares a house in a neighborhood that's part scruffy, ...

U.K. Inflation Continues Rise : By JASON DOUGLAS And NICHOLAS WINNING LONDON —Inflation in the UK accelerated to match a 2008 record of 5.2% in September, official figures showed Tuesday, stoked by big increases in the prices households pay for gas and electricity. ...

UK inflation rate jumps to 5.2 percent, the highest in 3 years By AP, LONDON — Official data show that UK inflation has risen to 5.2 percent, a bigger than expected increase driven by rising costs for electricity and gas and the highest rate in three years. The consumer price inflation rate announced Tuesday by ...

UK leads the way on Fairtrade : Over three quarters of shoppers believe it is not enough for companies to do no harm - some 79% worldwide, and 83% of UK consumers, say that they look to companies they deal with to help in reducing poverty through the way they do business. ...

St Paul's shelters UK's Wall Street protests : But he said the protesters were wrong to try to scapegoat the City of London . "The banking sector is a major driver of growth and tax revenue in the UK and elsewhere," he said. "The City has been a centre for trade, banking and now financial services ...

Housing shortage could get worse, fear councillors : “If the government goes ahead with this and its other anti- social housing initiatives, Northumberland's current housing crisis will turn into a calamity.” Tom Brechany, executive member for housing at the council and ward councillor for Cramlington ...

Battling stigma of combat stress : But the organisation, the UK's leading charity specialising in the treatment of veterans' mental health , believes there are dozens more who feel too ashamed or embarrassed to seek help. The campaign, entitled 'The Enemy Within Appeal' is funded by ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Increasing numbers of old age addicts but no services to help them : There is an increasing prevalence of substance problems in older people but a lack of designated service provision to help treat older addicts highlights an editorial published today in Age & Ageing, which has been reported on by the Daily Express. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Police seize car belonging to Kirwan's boyfriend : (CBC)A car owned by the boyfriend of a missing New Glasgow woman was seized by police Sunday evening, CBC News has learned. Mason Campbell was stopped by police who used a warrant to seize his vehicle. Amber Kirwan, 19, has been missing since ... CBC.ca

Britons detained by Kenya police : The pair, believed to be from Cardiff , were arrested on Sunday. Their families have been notified. A South Wales Police spokesman said: "These persons are being detained under Kenyan law and the force is liaising with local law enforcement to establish ... BBC News

RAG announces charities it will support : The National Aids Trust is the UK's leading charity dedicated to transforming society's response to HIV . They primarily work to educate key-decision makers to ensure that people currently living with HIV are given the highest standards of medical care ...

UK re-opens its embassy in Tripoli : London : UK on Sunday officially re-opened its embassy in Tripoli and appointed a new Ambassador to Libya, once ruled by strongman Muammar Gaddafi. The Foreign Office here said its Secretary William Hague, who re-opened the embassy and appointed John ... Zee News

RAG announces charities it will support : The charity works in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, and will be initiating projects in Central African Republic later this year. The National Aids Trust is the UK's leading charity dedicated to transforming ...

Revealed: how NHS cuts are really affecting the young, old and infirm : People with diabetes and leg ulcers are seeing less of the district nurses who help them manage their condition; specialists delivering psychological therapies are under threat and a growing number of hospitals are reducing the number of nurses and ... The Guardian

Two people killed in weekend accidents Meanwhile, a 24-year-old man was yesterday in police custody after a 25-year-old woman was killed when she was walking along a South Wales country road. The woman, who has not been named, was walking along a section of Cardiff Road between Dinas Powys ...

Rallyfest extravaganza comes to streets of Cardiff : The countdown has started to the final round of this year's World Rally Championship hitting the streets of Cardiff and forests of mid and north Wales , where one of the most closely-contested finales for years will be decided. 2011 sees Wales Rally GB ...

Cliff Richard backs gay marriage The singer, who has long faced rumours and speculation surrounding his own sexuality, said he didn't see why gay couples shouldn't be allowed to marry. He told Radio 4 'I don't see why gay people shouldn't be married. I have got friends, ...

Teacher banned for two years for teen pupil relationship Hockey coach and head of year Judith Anne Evans admitted having three sexual encounters with the female pupil in 1988, a teaching disciplinary hearing in Cardiff was told. The General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW) heard the case involving the ...

Prison term for Facebook bigot : Stephen Birrell, 28, from Glasgow , admitted posting the religiously prejudiced abuse earlier this year. Sheriff Bill Totten said what Birrell had done was a hate crime which would not be tolerated by "the right thinking people of Glasgow and Scotland". ... BBC News

Hillsborough disaster: Commons debate live : 19.00: Louise Ellman, Labour Co-operative, Liverpool Riverside, repeated much of what has already been said before Stephen Mosely, Conservative City of Chester, took over. Will the media companies who still see fit to employ McKenzie finally see the ... Telegraph.co.uk

About 900 Harrow residents will gave to contribute towards social care Paul Najsarek, the council's corporate director of adults and housing , said: "Our assumptions are that close to half of the people who use our services won't make any contribution because they have enough income. "We estimate 900 service users will pay ...

Report: Elderly Suffer From Neglect in British Hospitals : by John Smeaton | London, England | LifeNews.com | 10/17/11 12:41 PM A new report from the Care Quality Commission has highlighted the failure in many British hospitals to provide elderly people with adequate basic care. Mark Davies, Catholic bishop of ... LifeNews.com