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Home care firm creating 50 jobs : Radis Community Care, which has branches in south Wales and England , will work with Powys council to provide home help in Welshpool and the surrounding area. Support will be provided to elderly people and vulnerable adults, including those with mental ...

Italy's borrowing costs hit new record high in debt crisis : It obviously had difficulty understanding the vow of poverty . I understand they still have difficulties with understanding this vow today. Bryani I think you idea is great and even if there are downsides they would only be temporary. ... The Guardian

Liverpool fans' ovation was stunning : WAYNE Routledge admitted he was shocked by the standing ovation Liverpool fans gave Swansea City after their draw at Anfield on Saturday. Routledge's mum is from Merseyside and the winger used to watch the Reds as a boy. And he insists he has never ...

Blueprint to boost city economy : Experts have been appointed to steer a blueprint to develop Glasgow's economy over the next 10 years. The Glasgow Economic Leadership Board will work on recommendations from a report into the city's prospects. It will be chaired by Strathclyde ... BBC News

Charity apologieses as 'chuggers' target bus passengers Fundraisers on behalf of Shelter and other charities , including Oxfam, do visit people's homes in a bid to promote the direct debit facility, while workers are a common sight in city centres across the UK . City centre Conservative councillor Joanna ...

£1.3 billion to be invested in schools and hospitals : It has a pivotal role to play in the delivery of affordable housing , improved transportation infrastructure, better schools and hospitals and green energy infrastructure. “We are currently working on a Welsh Infrastructure Investment Plan. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Best Buy bags US mobile venture, axes UK chain : By Mark Potter LONDON - US electricals retailer Best Buy Co Inc is buying its British partner out of a fast-growing US mobile phone joint venture for $1.3 billion and scrapping plans for a chain of European megastores, ...

Olympic torch route: London 2012 flame's 8000-mile trip around the UK The route that the Olympic torch will take is unveiled today by the organisers of next year's London games. They claimed that 95 per cent of the population will come within ten miles of the torch during its 8000-mile journey between May 19 and July 27 ...

U.K. House Prices Rise : By ILONA BILLINGTON LONDON — UK house prices have barely changed over the course of 2011 and the outlook is for more of the same into next year, lender Halifax said as it published its October house-price index Monday. However, there is a possibility of ...

Government splash out £750000 on Olympic tickets for London 2012 By Mirror.co. uk - Despite 1.2 million Brits ending up empty-handed in the ballot, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has bagged 8815 tickets. The haul has 213 tickets to the opening ceremony – including 41 priced in the top £2012.12 ...

Tatchell says Commonwealth meeting was a mixed bag on gay rights : One of the UK's best-known human-rights campaigners, Peter Tatchell, has condemned last month's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Australia as a mixed bag in terms of gay equality. Tatchell – a founder member of the gay campaigning ... DigitalJournal.com

Cost cuts jeopardise 'working prison' plans : Prison providers would also be paid according to their success in reducing reoffending levels. But the RSA report said that organisational and management challenges would also need to be overcome in order for UK prisons to focus on work. ...

Pastor takes time to help local jail inmates improve their lives "People in jail sometimes have a fear of success; they're afraid to live a clean lifestyle," he said. "They just don't know how sometimes." Rutherford said he's not naive to how jail programs work. He's aware that some students merely attend his ...

Terrorist Munir Farooqi, 54, is serving four life sentences for soliciting ... : About 5000 people have signed an online and paper petition which calls on the British public to oppose what they called 'collective punishment.' Farooqi's daughter Zulaika, 28, said: 'Leaving three generations of a family homeless , including an ... Daily Mail

Border control fiasco: stop the blame game : And yes, other EU states have similar problems with economic migrants, not least poor Greece and souther Italy. Even as they poorer again in the euro-crisis it won't stop. Poverty is relative and Libya is in turmoil. Anyway, interesting new witnesses ... The Guardian (blog)

FIT cuts: Peabody solar programme in doubt : Stephen Howlett, Peabody Chief Executive, said: “We're really concerned about the impact of these changes on our residents' ability to avoid fuel poverty . Fuel poverty kills more people in England and Wales each year than in road traffic accidents. ... 24dash (press release)

Rangers goalkeeper Grant Adam brother of Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam in ... Rangers goalkeeper Grant Adam, brother of Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam, is due in court today charged with a sectarian breach of the peace. Adam was arrested in the early hours of yesterday after a boozy night out celebrating his call-up to the ...

Global Poverty Project: 1.4 Billion Reasons | EWB-UK : The Global Poverty Project and Malaria No More UK are proud to present their UN-endorsed and world renowned 1.4 Billion Reasons Lecture Series at Imperial ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Welfare plan 'may increase poverty' - UK Economy - MSN Money UK : A leading think-tank has said Government policy on social welfare could lead to a rise in poverty and inequality. - UK financial news, base rate decisions & FTSE ...

Sentence delay over student death : The High Court in Glasgow heard a social worker had not been able to interview Smith. Without the report Judge Lady Dorrian said she could not sentence Smith, even though she said she understood the consequences of delay for a large number of people ... BBC News

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Plans for Scottish eco village : It has commissioned the Robert Gordon University's Centre for Understanding Sustainable Practices to research optimised energy building design, wind power, renewables, water and sewage. Scandanavian technology not yet rolled out in the UK on this scale ...

Scientists discover new genital herpes treatment : By Max Bartram | Posted in Monday November 7, 2011 0 Comments | Share | RSS Originally formulated to tackle HIV - AIDS in Africa, the microbicide gel is found to have another surprising benefit in curbing herpes flares, reports the New York Times. ... 121doc

An international movement encouraging women to grow old disgracefully reaches ... “There are 116 chapters in the UK now and Northampton deserves a chapter too. “We are not like normal grannies we seize life. “ People think women of 50 plus have a static life, but they have huge changes to deal with and huge responsibilities and they ...

Liverpool named best in UK for nightlife : Liverpool is the best destination in the UK for a good night out, according to TripAdvisor. The travel website's users named the city the best nightlife destination in Britain ahead of its north-west rival Manchester, while London was ranked third. ... TravelBite.co.uk

Inside the unit for the UK's most disturbed female offenders : "At six days old she was taken away to foster parents. I could still see her but you can imagine how heartbreaking that was. I tried to persuade them not to but they had put her on the at-risk register before she was born. I never had any intentions of ... The Guardian

Breeders' Cup's storylines may not make good reading for Champions Day : An added frustration that will remain when trying to map out a campaign for older horses is the recent arrival of Ascot's Champions Day in mid-October. Next year's Breeders' Cup falls only a fortnight after Ascot's new Flat season finale, ... The Guardian

Dangerous Drugs: They are sold in our pharmacies, not on our street corners It means that fewer people take them. If all the people who drink or smoke were to use heroin, there would be considerably more deaths from heroin. That would not make it a more dangerous drug in terms of mortality risk. The level of risk would be the ...

Shein calls on Muslims to expose drug dealers : President Shein said dishonesty by public officials, drug trafficking and dealings, as well as abuse of children, were problems that were tarnishing the good image of Zanzibar as the land of dignified, religious people. He called on everyone to be ...

Care in the community is often very ... - Mental Health Foundation : Today, the Centre for Social Justice producted a report which claims that the poorest with mental health problems are failed by 'care' in the community.

How extreme wealth and absolute poverty have returned to disfigure the West : Child poverty in the United States stopped declining and began to increase again in the US, rising from 18% in 2007 to 19% in 2008 and then to 20.7% in 2009 (while in the UK , confronted by similarly high rates of child poverty , a concerted government ... The Conversation

Bungee jumping held in the dark Alanna Jackson, 26, from Glasgow , was the first to jump. She said: "What I would say to people is that, if they have jumped before during the day, they have to try this. It is the next level up." Bryan Jenkins, 29, from Aberdeen, also took the plunge ...

Christmas calendar featuring Britain's mental asylums Mr Beresford is known for unorthodox approach, having previously created calendars based around the UK's prisons, roadkill and even roundabouts. But not everyone has accepted his take, with some mental health groups slamming the calendar as 'revolting' ...

On crime policy, Santa Clara County takes a cutting-edge -- some say risky ... : On realignment, the county was able to draw on its previous positive experience with juvenile-justice reform programs , which have reduced the number of kids in juvenile hall and shifted the emphasis at youth ranches from punishment to rehabilitation . ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Affordable Changes to affordable housing in England mapped in ... : Affordable housing will be up to 80% of average rents for the area. What does this mean for your area? Here's what the effect of 80% of average rents looks like ...

Bali boy needs to be rehabilitated not rewarded : I am disgusted at the suggestion Channel Nine and specifically the 60 Minutes program will pay the boy arrested in Bali recently on drug charges for his story. The boy made a mistake and, while I do not believe he should rot in a foreign jail forever, ...

Glasgow TB rate is twice WHO's acceptable level Nearly half of the 506 cases recorded in 2010 were in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area. However, experts are hopeful that breakthroughs in the field of TB medicine – which still relies heavily on technology dating back as far as 100 years – could ...

Man, 65, dies after his car slams into pole in Glasgow 896 (Summit Bridge Road) in Glasgow and slammed into a pole, police said. The crash was reported at 4:39 pm on Summit Bridge Road, 400 feet north of Sweethollow Drive, said state police Sgt. Paul Shavack. The driver was heading north at a high rate of ...

Ball raises £8000 for children's cancer charity : ... Chiltern Shopping Centre this year in conjunction with the Bucks Free Press. Contact details and more information about the charity and neuroblastoma can be found on the charity website www.thomasball.org. uk or by calling Elaine Ball on 01494 890157. United Kingdom | Ireland

We need to care about poor kids : In September, the Higher Education Statistics Agency reported that almost 28% of those graduating in the UK in 2007 were still not in full-time work. Most were working part-time; some were volunteering; some had gone back to studying. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Why growing a moustache has become a charity fundraiser in the month of 'Movember' Indeed, one man dies every hour of prostate cancer in the UK , with 37000 getting diagnosed every year – that's the equivalent of 100 a day. Conceived Down Under by a group of friends in 2003, the phenomenon soon spread to more than one million ...

Catherine takes the plunge for charity : With that in mind, the 20-year-old student from Wanborough took to the skies and took a leap of faith to repay the charity that has helped her through her darkest days. Catherine, who studies anatomical sciences at Bristol University, took part in the ...

Archbishop at Sutton charity : THE Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, visited homelessness charity Framework's Sutton centre on Monday as part of a whistlestop tour of Nottinghamshire. He was shown around the Outram Street Centre, which provides accommodation for young people at ... Mansfield Chad