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The woman who took on Glasgow's gangs : The unit's big moment, McCluskey says, was understanding that violence works "like an infectious disease. It's passed on. You can catch it. You might live and die in a square mile. Your life is not predictable or manageable. You may have ...

Christmas reminds landlords of their responsibility on money matters It is worth remembering that two thirds of all the UK's financially excluded households live in social housing . Our research demonstrates that social tenants are particularly reliant upon the high-cost credit sector, including pay-day loans, ...

Sainsbury's customers help to feed more than 2000 people AN INNOVATIVE food donation drive at Sainsbury's Nantwich saw customers donate enough food to provide 2000 meals to people suffering from food poverty across the UK . The first ever food donation drive at the store, situated in Middlewich Road, ...

Why do we hate the poor? : All of this was egged on by the UK's political leaders. As with child poverty , arranging a disturbance is also attributed to the failure of personal responsibility of the parents of those involved with a number of councils planning to evict the ...

Four people rescued from Port Glasgow tenement blaze : Four people have been rescued from a fire at a block of tenement flats in Port Glasgow , Inverclyde. Fire crews were called to the scene in Bouverie Street at 23:25 on Tuesday. They found a blaze in the ground floor close and several residents leaning ...

Addressing the Report that Glasgow Was Fired, the Return to the 4-3 and the ... : Certainly not enough time to address all of the things going on in my head in regards to the initial Twitter from CBS Sports' Bruce Feldman who reported that defensive coordinator Chad Glasgow had been fired, then the Twitter response from Texas Tech's ...

Matt Rees is the Welsh comedian who can't stop winning Luckily for us the comic will be playing many of the excellent new independent comedy nights which have cropped up in Cardiff and South Wales over the last year. “The scene is very healthy at the minute,” he adds. “These gigs have come about because ...

Homeless people in the UK revealed to have life ... - The Guardian : People who live on the streets die an average of 30 years before the general population, with drugs and alcohol the biggest killers.

BBC News - Who are London's homeless people? : Mike Sergeant has been out on the streets to speak to some of those who have found themselves without a permanent home this Christmas.

Homeless people in the UK revealed to have life expectancy of just 47 Homelessness : A Silent Killer reports that homeless people in the UK who suffer the stresses and strains of alcoholism and substance abuse live only a little ...

Lynda La Plante talks Above Suspicion: Silent Scream No one could find a reason for her suicide, she had not appeared to be depressed, but from the autopsy she was obviously very drug addicted . Around the same time I kept reading reports of a famous Hollywood actress, young and beautiful, caught drunk ...

Behind the scenes of David Cameron's Afghanistan trip : He set out some of the improvements that have already been introduced: doubling the operational allowance; extra help for children from military families through the pupil premium; and a new strategy for those with mental health problems. ... BBC News

Over a quarter of UK workers 'suffering mental health issues' : Time and attendance software users may have noticed a rise in sickness among staff, as new research has revealed more than a quarter of British workers are suffering from mental health problems. A survey of 2000 UK personnel conducted by the Chartered ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Diabetes UK Cymru anger over computer system : The Welsh government has been criticised by a diabetics' charity for not using a centralised computer system to improve treatment. Diabetes UK Cymru called it scandalous that Wales has not taken up the SCI DC system, which has already been adopted in ... BBC News

Other Waterkloof two are hopeful : Brewis explained that Tiedt and Van Schalkwyk did not initiate their application for correctional supervision. She said they were recommended as good candidates by Zonderwater prison officials who were satisfied that they had been rehabilitated . ... Independent Online

Police hunt masked knifeman who raided Glasgow bookies The yob struck as a 20-year-old clerk was closing the Ladbrokes on Paisley Road West, Glasgow . The suspect threatened the man before escaping with between £4000 and £5000. The clerk was treated for a minor head injury at the Southern General Hospital. ...

Homeless women 'die by age 43' on average : Photo: PA By Andrew Hough Researchers found people who live rough are likely to die more than 30 years earlier than the average British person. According to new figures homeless people will die in their 40s - men on average at 47 while women have a ... Telegraph.co.uk

UK: Bracknell man who abused Muslim's trainers found guilty : IT worker Darren Scott and his friend Aidan Ostintelli, of Camberley, were drunk and high on cannabis when they abused and attacked Mustapha Himedean after a trip to Amsterdam in July. Scott, of Northbrook Copse, Forest Park, admitted religiously ... ABNA.ir

Donate a coat to the elderly : PEOPLE are being urged to donate winter coats to keep elderly people warm during the winter. The Wilkinson store in the Arundel Shopping Centre, Portsmouth, is collecting winter warmers and will then deliver them to Age UK charity shops. ...

Donate a coat to the elderly : At least 250 elderly people die needlessly from the effects of cold weather every year, figures collected by the charity show. are urging its customers to help support their charity of the year, Age UK , by donating their old winter coats in a bid to ...

Schools in Wales facing exam delay amid probe The Western Mail understands around 150 students in Wales – and many more in England – had been due to sit the information and communication technology (ICT) Unit 3 exam on January 17. Cardiff -based exam board WJEC said the decision to reschedule was ...

UK: Snow wardens, winter workers and community angels to help with shopping ... Age UK is building on this with its own Spread the Warmth winter campaign which aims to help 360000 older people keep warm and well in the winter months." Severe cold weather can be dangerous for vulnerable groups such as older people and those with ...

Teenage model threw herself under train after cancelled cinema date Gabrielle was described as "bubbly" and "outgoing" with a busy life attending college along with two part-time jobs - including with one fashion retailer Hollister at their store in Cardiff . Gabrielle dreamed of being a fashion model and on her own ...

UK unemployment on track for 3 million mark : The mobile Library Service, on which the elderly and disabled rely, is to be axed completely. One of the hardest hit areas will be communities and well-being services, which will lose 6.2 percent of their budget—a cut of £6.8 millions. ...

UK-Glasgow: railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts : Supplies Purchase Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Glasgow . NUTS code UK UNITED KINGDOM SPT wishes to hear from suitably experienced and qualified suppliers that are in a position to undertake a turnkey package ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Need To Bring in Healthy Working Environment : The CIPD conducted a survey over 2000 employee of the UK . During the survey, it was found that about 26% of 2000 employees suffer from mental health issues. However, only a negligible portion of employees have said that they were able to discuss their ... TopNews New Zealand

Salford councillor rejects calls for mental health checks for politicians : Dr Weinberg said that although places such as the US and Scandinavia are ahead of the UK in terms of recognising mental health issues, we have made progress in the last 20 years. There is already occupational health provision in the Houses of ... Mancunian Matters

Tackling homelessness requires a more psychological focus : It is understood to be caused by social factors (such as poverty, housing shortages and so on); or individual factors (fecklessness, alcohol, drug use, mental health problems, for example). So, either society is to blame or the individual is. ... The Guardian

Advice on appointing health care chaplains in hospitals : ... drawn from the different religions and faiths in England will be established from whom advisers can be recommended to trusts, who seek assistance in the complex process of appointing full time chaplains to acute and mental health hospitals. ...

One in four employers actively encourage mental health discussions He added: “It is estimated that this presenteeism costs UK businesses £15.1 billion per year in reduced productivity, while mental health -related sickness absence costs £8.4 billion.” You must sign in to make a comment.

Most people still afraid to disclose a mental health problem to their employer The survey of 2000 people in employment in the UK reveals that despite more than a quarter (26%) of employees having experienced a mental health problem while in employment, too few employers are taking positive steps to manage this increasingly ...

Is modern architecture now old hat? : Shall we tell people about it? Who cares? These questions are quite easily answered when architecture has been nicely patinated by the sanction of the past. The delicious, all-forgiving wash of history disguises many blemishes and, in any case, ... Telegraph.co.uk

Baby changing stations: Convenient for swapping diapers -- or doing a line Last month, the UK was named the cocaine capital of Europe, with nearly 5 percent of residents saying they've tried it at least once, according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction . While the study was done in the UK , ...

Sprinter with diabetes chosen to be Olympic torchbearer Melanie, who will carry the torch for 300m between Worcester and Cardiff on May 25 next year, was nominated for her volunteering work for the Diabetes UK. She said: “Words cannot describe how excited I am. I remember I was on holiday in Tenerife when ...

Tax from Military Wives' single will go to charity ... had been set in 2004 when VAT raised from sales of a new version of Do They Know It's Christmas was given to Bob Geldof's Live Aid charity . The Military Wives Choir perform outside Downing Street before a reception for the British troops involved.

Pension reforms: UK government reaches 'tentative deal' Labour MP Chris Williamson said the Government was in a 'race to the bottom' and claimed private sector employers would see the deal struck and try to negotiate worse pensions for their staff, 'forcing more pensioners into poverty '. ...

UK fails to address homeless crisis : Press TV has conducted an interview with Toby Lloyd, the head of policy at Shelter, to further discuss the problems of the growing cases of homelessness in the UK . The following is a rough transcription of the interview. Press TV: Let's begin with ... Press TV

Homeless charity gets £250000 grant : A charity for the homeless in Exeter has been awarded £250000 to help people get off the streets. St Petrocks is one of 19 organisations in England to be awarded government funding. The grant is part of £8m being awarded by the Homelessness Transition ... BBC News

The Anglo File LGBT Friendly UK Grocery Store TESCO Under Threat Of Christian ... : Tesco, one of the largest supermarket chains in the United Kingdom, is in hot water with religious groups because one of the company's top honchos took a personal stand against anti- gay Christians. Back in 2008 Nick Lansley, the company's openly gay ...

Fitch Says UK Bank Reform To Make Retail Banks Safer : By Marietta Cauchi Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--The UK government's decision to push ahead with ring-fencing and other reforms recommended by the Independent Commission on Banking will make retail banks safer but could lead to wider ...

David Cameron Afghanistan visit: "Always more to be done" for the military ... also noted that the Government had doubled council tax relief and improved rest and recreation leave for those on operations, as well as endorsing proposals for improvements in mental health care and prosthetic services for military amputees. ...

Germany offers isolated UK olive branch after EU summit : LONDON --German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle promised to mend fences with Britain on Monday after a divisive EU summit to save the eurozone left the island nation isolated in Europe. “I am here to show you that we are willing to build bridges over ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Worker buried alive when trench collapsed in Glasgow : Graeme Scott fell and "disappeared" under debris and soil in the trench where he was laying pipes in Glasgow in April 2008. The trench then caved in on the 30-year-old before colleagues could save him, an inquiry at the city's sheriff court was told. ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Charity to sell unwanted gifts to help homeless households : The charity explains that this year 35680 households in the UK were deemed homeless “without food, shelter and support”. Alternatively, Anchor House asks the public to sell their own items directly and choose the charity to receive a donation from the ... 24dash (press release)