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London's poverty and inequality are worst in England, says report : Housing costs are a critical factor in explaining why London has the highest poverty rates of all England's regions. Taking account of housing costs, the poverty rate in London is 28%, compared to 22% in the rest of England , and the gap has grown in ...

Hoarding of housing by elderly is not out of choice : There is a shortage of suitable housing accommodation to buy or rent for retired people in the UK and this is crux of the crisis.” “With RPI currently running at 5.6% and utility companies putting up their prices, many older people are facing a bleak ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Protesters set up camp in square : Occupy Birmingham set up camp on 15 October to coincide with protests in city centres across the UK . Jonathan Hone, a 28-year- old political writer who describes himself as a professional protester, said: "At its highest there are probably about 60 ... BBC News

Cancer Research UK charity competition at Thornbury Golf Centre Windmill Golf Academy blew away the opposition at a special charity golf day held in aid of Cancer Research UK at Thornbury Golf Centre. Windmill saw off 14 other teams to claim the top honours at Thornbury - part of Burhill Golf and Leisure, the UK's ...

Wirral family walks more than 500 miles for charity A FAMILY from Wirral has turned a song by The Proclaimers into a reality by walking more than 500 miles across the length and breadth of the UK for charity . Dick Sands, 55, and his two daughters, Rebecca, 23 and Abigail, 20, from Wallasey, ...

Regeneration of hostel gives tenants new skills : Liverpool Mutual Homes is using its own web television service to document the redevelopment of Belvidere Road Family Centre – a 19 th century convent – into the UK's first eco-friendly homeless hostel. Contractors Bardsley construction are undertaking ...

Glasgow men have lowest lifespan in UK : By JASPER HAMILL PEOPLE in Glasgow still have the lowest life expectancy in the UK, statistics have revealed. Men in the city can expect to live 71.6 years, while women can expect to reach 78, according to figures from the Registrar General for ...

Cannabis seized at Dublin Port : A man from Northern Ireland has been arrested along with another man from the UK , after cannabis with an estimated street value of 1.1m euros was recovered at Dublin Port. It was detected by a sniffer dog during a routine patrol by Irish Revenue and ...

MPs sign motion over Sun sources : Ninety-six Liverpool fans died as a result of the tragedy at Sheffield Wednesday's stadium on 15 April 1989. The Sun's coverage in the aftermath of the disaster claimed Liverpool fans had stolen from the dead and urinated on victims. ... BBC News

Over-60 bedroom blockers 'should be taxed out of their homes' to encourage ... : When Labour was in government, it tried to persuade older people in council and housing association homes in London and other cities to exchange them for smaller social housing in seaside towns. But Miss Jowell is the first Labour MP to demand that ... Daily Mail

Importance of Selecting the Perfect Drug Rehab Program : Narconon Arrowhead is a premier drug rehab center that helps individuals to recover from the clutches of substance abuse . It has a very high success rate in effectively treating alcoholics and drug ad Canadian, Oklahoma, UK - Narconon Arrowhead is one ...

U.K. Retail Sales Rise : By NICHOLAS WINNING And AINSLEY THOMSON LONDON — UK retail sales rose unexpectedly in September, but the underlying picture in the sector remains weak as Britons are squeezed by elevated inflation, stagnant wage growth and rising unemployment, ...

We ignore poverty in London at our peril : Child poverty costs the UK at least £25bn a year, with a large proportion of that in London . For children living in poverty, London is the worst region in England to grow up. Children living in poverty in London are more likely than their ... The Guardian (blog)

Cambuslang tot given boost by Thomas Cook Children's Charity The Thomas Cook Children's Charity demonstrates the UK travel company's clear commitment to supporting the health and well-being of young people from a diverse range of communities. Since its launch in 2009, the Thomas Cook Children's Charity has ...

Pub pedallers pull in £6165 for UK charity : By Sarah Newstead REGULARS and friends of a Cumbrian pub swapped bar stools for bike seats to raise more than £6000 for charity . Saddle do nicely! In four years it's gone from 15 regulars from The Spinners Arms to more than 60 cycling 25 miles round ... News & Star

Police want Cardiff clubs to introduce fingerprint ID for customers by Peter Law, South Wales Echo PATRONS at some of Cardiff's most popular nightspots will be forced to scan their fingerprints in a bid to curb alcohol-fuelled violence and identify troublemakers. Partygoers wishing to enter venues with the ID systems ...

Lancashire and Merseyside police join forces for cross border crime operation Police figures show that so far this month that there had been 37 reports of what the police call serious acquisitive crime , a 5% fall compared to last year. These include burglaries, robberies and vehicle crime . According to Police UK Statistics, ...

Fuel poverty kills more people than road accidents Sally Copley, Save the Children's head of UK poverty , urged the Government to deal with the crisis before it is too late. She said: “No parent wants their children doing their homework or going to bed in a freezing cold house, yet this is the reality ...

UK businesses miss out on growth because of lack of communications training ... UK -based businesses could be risking international growth by failing to invest in cross-cultural, language and communications training, according to a survey of HR directors by The London School of English. The research questioned 100 HR directors on ...

Hoarding of housing by elderly is not out of choice : Peter Girling Chairman of Girlings Retirement Rentals comments, “It is true elderly people in the UK are based in under-occupied homes worth an estimated £3 trillion – but for many, it is not out of choice. Many are desperate to sell their homes and ...

Larger home rents unaffordable in Halton, according to charity research HOMELESS charity Shelter has claimed that Halton tenants in three and four-bedroom houses might be paying unaffordable rents. The organisation said high rates are financially crippling many families across England , forcing them to cut back on food and ...

Aid spending vulnerable to corruption threat : The public accounts committee warned that officials at the Department for International Development had failed to lay out their plans for mitigating against malpractise in the fragile states where the UK's aid budget is to be spent. ...

NICK GARBUTT: We must tackle growing poverty : THE biggest crisis we face in Northern Ireland, in the UK and across the world is that of youth unemployment. In the UK as a whole one million people under the age of 25 are without a job. Whilst 8.1 per cent of the overall population is out of work, ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Achievements of Norfolk's young homeless people celebrated : For more information about YMCA Norfolk's £1m appeal, go to www.ymca-norfolk.org. uk . Do you know a young person who has turned their life around? Call reporter Kate Scotter on 01603 772326 or email kate.scotter@archant.co. uk . Annual YMCA celebration . ... Norwich Evening News

How to buck the trend of poor results from poorest families In future conferences, effective practice from within the three local authorities, other parts of Wales, the UK and the world will be showcased and shared. Most of the work of Aspire, however, will be taking place deep within schools and their ...

Lord Coe: Olympic stadium will not be white elephant after London 2012 : Those fears will deepen if UK Athletics fails in a bid to host the 2017 world championships in London on 11 November. Coe said that the stadium would be filled for "every session" of the world championships if London is chosen by the International ... The Guardian

Cannabis should be legal, say 50 per cent of Americans : But it should NOT be smoked with tobacco which does a lot more harm than cannabis itself. Deaths from tobacco = hundreds of thousands. Deaths from cannabis = none. the trouble it causes in UK it should be banned ,makes people too lazy to work.causes ... Metro

Why Murdoch will still be writing the script at News Corp Evelyn Davis, an eccentric elderly investor who is a regular on the AGM circuit in New York, isn't making the trip to the West Coast. Murdoch will, on balance, miss her. More interested in her own publicity than the free food available at such meetings ...

Providing and managing proper social housing demands complex skills – we ... : The downside is the fact that many of these housing authorities are too small to have any sort of worthwhile scale. In Ireland, a small housing authority might deal with fewer than 100 housing units. In the UK , a small housing authority might deal with ...

British foreign minister discusses Sahel security in Mauritania : This is in addition to the growth of drug trafficking gangs' activities." Hague's Mauritania visit was the first ever for a British foreign minister, expert Mohamed Ould al-Imam noted. "It indicates the threat of terrorism that has unified the efforts ...

Prison Deputy Commissioner accused of sexual harassment : A female prison warden at the Divundu Rehabilitation centre in the Kavango region is still looking for justice to prevail after she was allegedly sexually harassed by the Deputy Commissioner of Prisons , Tuhafeni Hangula, five years ago. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Gang member escaped OC drug rehab center and shot rival, police say Islas was on parole at a state-contracted residential drug rehabilitation center at the time of the shooting. Islas is a documented member of a Santa Ana street gang, though police declined to name the gang. Islas, who has been sentenced to prison ...

Gay Activist in Belarus Claims He Was Sacked by British Multi-National Company ... Gay activist Alexander Poluyan has been effectively fired by the Belarusian subsidiary of British American Tobacco because he is gay , the Website Gayby.net reported yesterday. Mr. Poluyan, aged 26, was employed by the company in August as a manager in ...

Elderly National Express passenger devastated after losing £70000 life savings ... Cost: A National Express coach on waiting at The Hard Coach Station, Portsmouth, where the elderly man found his bag had gone. (File photo) The man had brought the money over from his home in Thailand with a view to purchasing a property in the UK , ...

Fuel poverty 'will claim 2700 victims this winter' : Michelle Mitchell, charity director at Age UK , added: "People are cutting back on heating or food to help make ends meet at a time of escalating fuel prices. This increases the risk of many older people becoming seriously ill. ... The Guardian

Europe on the breadline: 'I don't know how a default could be worse than this' : Looking around Athens today, at the spiralling poverty , rising prices and endless strikes, it's hard to imagine how a default could be worse. This article was published on guardian.co. uk at 17.43 BST on Wednesday 19 October 2011 . ... The Guardian (blog)

UK lawmaker to take phone-hacking campaign to US LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker who led efforts to expose the country's tabloid phone hacking scandal was heading to the United States Wednesday, where he said he would try to raise the issue at the annual general meeting of News Corp., ...

Man denies gun smuggling role : The jury was told that payments which Cardwell deposited into Greenoe's account were profits made from selling cannabis . Asked if he ever had anything to do with importing guns, Cardwell replied: "Never." Last week the trial was told that Greenoe, ...

Increasing Awareness of Postpartum Depression : By Rheyanne Weaver - Postpartum depression used to be an unknown mental health condition that afflicted new mothers, but now awareness is increasing and prevalence is estimated to be higher than ever before. ...

Two Cardiff teenagers arrested in Kenya by anti-terror police expected to ... It is believed the men, of Pakistani and Somali descent, will be brought to South Wales and questioned by South Wales Police. It is understood no charges were brought against either of the teenagers by Kenyan police. The father of the Somali teenager ...