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Cannabis plants seized during Somerset drugs raid | This is Somerset Police seized cannabis plants and other drugs during a raid on a Taunton house yesterday afternoon. Avon and Somerset Police executed a drugs warrant at a ...

NHS postcode lottery survey reveals wide UK disparities There is more than three-fold variation in the amount PCTs spend on learning disabilities, a two-fold variation in spending on mental health and nearly two-fold variation on cancer. Others spent six times as much on neonatal care as others. ...

X Factor culture fuelled the UK riots, says Iain Duncan Smith Criticising the absence of male role models in both black and white families, he said reforms to social housing were needed to break the ghettoisation of the poor. He said he would do more to protect the poor from doorstep lenders by building up credit ...

Solar firm makes PV viable despite FIT cut A solar firm has worked with lenders, accountants, lawyers and a housing association to develop a lease model to work with the new, low-rate feed-in tariff. Social landlords have seen their solar plans largely stopped dead by an earlier than expected ...

Thousands sign Alan Turing petition As we reported earlier this week a petition has been launched calling on the UK government to issue a formal apology for Alan Turing; the World War Two code-breaker. Turing worked at Bletchley Park during the war aiding the British government crack the ...

Women's prison in Chowchilla to house male inmates instead In a sign of the vast changes in California's prison system, the state department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Friday that it will convert a women's prison in Chowchilla to one that will house medium- and low-security male inmates. ...

Donors say: give us more of a break As a result, UK charities are facing new challenges. Multimillion pound donations still largely go to the same causes: universities and arts institutions. That leaves charities with less money to compete for, as the value of large donations has also ...

Homelessness: end of the line for the bendy-bus rough sleepers About a third were from middle and eastern Europe, a third from the UK and the rest immigrants - legal and illegal - from other parts of the world. The charity has helped over 60 into accommodation. Lowe suspects many night riders were relatively new ...

Glasgow to host sevens ahead of Games Scottish Rugby has announced that the world famous HSBC Sevens World Series is coming to Glasgow . The event, seen in more than 140 countries worldwide and with a following of over 200 million, will be held at Scotstoun Stadium on the weekend of 5 and 6 ...

Sport a key in prisoner rehabilitation Sporting activities are the key ingredients in prisoner rehabilitation programmes at Pretoria Central prison , and inmates are responding well. JOHANNESBURG - Sporting activities are the key ingredients in prisoner rehabilitation programmes at Pretoria ...

BBC News Gay rights Africa the new frontier Gay rights appear to have become a new frontier in diplomatic relations between Western powers and African governments with the US and UK warning they would ...

Support, Not Punishment, Will Win the War on Drugs My first-hand evidence of what is happening in the UK today is terrifying. We urgently need to tackle the laissez-faire attitude to young people taking psychoactive substances, both legal and illicit. The impact of such substance abuse in our society ...

Glasgow fly-half Duncan Weir blazes a trail for clutch of young Scottish talent That much is obvious in Glasgow's selection to play Montpellier at Firhill on Sunday. Rory Lamont has just rejoined the club and wants to play fullback, but he's been put on the wing to allow 19 year-old Stuart Hogg to continue at 15. ...

Festive appeal helps children smile The gifts will be sent to children at The Sussex Beacon, which cares for people with HIV and Aids -related illnesses, The Federation of Disabled People, which promotes independence and dignity for all disabled people, and Rise, which supports families ...

Taking extra care building the foundation Taken together they build on the 'new deal for older people' in the recent government housing strategy and emphasise that the social housing sector and developers need to start reviewing their assumptions about this sector. Both have been published by ...

Social tenants unfairly blamed for summer's riots In the wake of the unrest, landlords including L&Q, Peabody, and Amicus Horizon said they would consider evicting tenants who were charged with riot-related offences, leading to criticism that social housing tenants would be punished twice. ...