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Domestic violence charity seeking transgender worker : Broken Rainbow UK , the national domestic violence helpline for lesbian , gay , bi and trans people is recruiting a trans person to take calls on the helpline. Broken Rainbow UK supports lesbian , gay , bi and trans ( LGBT ) people experiencing domestic ...

Prison inmates create Braille materials for students across California : Earl Pride, Ironwood's Braille coordinator, said the program helps in the rehabilitation process and can mean a job in a rough economy and reduce recidivism. Finishing the tedious program in a prison environment shows tenacity and dedication, he said. ...

UK Company Drops Canadian Client over Kyoto Withdrawal : The theory has persisted in one form or another for years, although earlier researchers had claimed that skeletal remains found in the Old World from before 1492 showed signs of syphilis. But the Emory team says they've determined that all those ...

Cannabis farm found in London primary school : UK police acting on a tip-off found a plot of 40 plants in a 'secret room' at the 276-pupil school. They have arrested a man in his 40s. The suspect is not believed to be a teacher, but does work at the school. Parents at Bounds Green School ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Marijuana trends grow against the grain of intense police funding: report There's a great deal of recreational soft cannabis use and ... it's not the gateway drug that can be a perception of many people." A UK study published in the Lancet in 2007 that compared a range of substances found cannabis to be less harmful than ...

Rwanda: Community Work Key to Rehabilitation of Prisoners : This week, inmates at Ruhengeri Central Prison petitioned the government to consider allowing the youth - who constitute the majority of the prisoners - to carry out community work instead of being confined to prisons . Prisoners who confessed to their ...

Wives' delight as charity single proves a festive number one : Proceeds go to the Royal British Legion and the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association. Every penny will go to the charities after the Government agreed to waive the VAT. Angela Eames. Rutland and Stamford Mercury

Campaign to end loneliness among elderly : But Age Concern Southampton, which remains independent from Age UK so they can support local people, say half of people over 70 living in the city live alone. And with your help, they want to be able to recruit more volunteers to be 'visiting friends' ...

Giving children flu jabs would cut 'disease by 95 per cent' However new research involving Oxford and York Universities has found that including children in the annual flu jab programme could reduce pressure on the NHS by preventing illness in vulnerable groups such as the elderly . ...

Race a factor on UK help on guns : By Sam Strangeways National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief says the UK would have done more to help if it had been white men who had been shot. National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief is calling on the international business community to ...

Sandie Shaw's a hit at Sunderland centre for the homeless : SIXTIES pop legend Sandie Shaw proved a big hit when she visited a new homeless centre on Wearside. The 64-year-old singer, who was the first UK winner of Eurovision in 1967 with Puppet On A String, was given a tour of the £1million purpose-built ... Sunderland Echo

Bournemouth dog charity calls for festive foster carers : By Diana Henderson » An urgent appeal has gone out from a dog rescue charity for foster carers over the festive period. Waggy Tails Rescue has received 40 requests to rehome dogs since the beginning of December and is desperate for anyone who has time ... United Kingdom | Ireland

Campbell backing charity's winter campaign : A CHARITY campaign aimed at protecting older people during the cold months has received the back ing of a local MP. Age UK's Winter Pledge initiative has the support of Blyth Valley MP Ronnie Campbell. Last year more than 24000, people aged over 65 ...

Charity event in memory of cricketer : To honour his memory, members of the club held a charity cricket match last Christmas. The event raised money for Papyrus -the UK's suicide prevention charity for young people. Scores of tributes have been posted on Daniel's Facebook memorial page set ...

South Wales Echo and Hilton in the Community Foundation grant six worthy ... Bobath Children's Therapy Centre Wales , which was given £2300. All the groups were at the Hilton in Cardiff to hear the great news revealed by the hotel's general manager Marie Fagan during a special ceremony. She said: “Young people face a difficult ...

Poland streamlines its aid policy : In the UK it's 81%. In Hungary support is weaker, at 75%. Since joining the EU in 2004, Poland has rapidly increased its foreign aid. In the run-up to the EU presidency in early 2010, the OECD carried out a review (pdf) that recommended moving to ... The Guardian

Cambridge Conference on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental ... : How can the UK appropriately and sustainably contribute to the prevention and treatment of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health Disorders in the ...

A housing professional's 2012 : We are also working in an economic climate where European sovereign debt is at crisis level, the second dip of a recession is thought to have begun and the implications of the George Osborne's autumn statement left a bitter taste for social housing ... The Guardian (blog)

Housing problems, unemployment and the fight to save Bramley Baths : Week in week out I see the challenges that residents face in social housing – from broken lifts to delayed repairs and substandard private sector rented accommodation. Housing authorities and Leeds City Council are going to find it harder and harder to ... The Guardian (blog)

Archbishop of Chicago compares gay pride march to Ku Klux Klan rally : by Stephen Gray for PinkNews.co. uk A Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Chicago has drawn condemnation for suggesting the gay rights movement could “morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan”. Former president of the United States Conference of ... PinkNews.co.uk

Rise in domestic abuse expected over Christmas and New Year : ... to people and their children who are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse. Broken Rainbow UK , meanwhile, is the only national LGBT domestic violence helpline offering confidential support to lesbian , gay , bisexual and transsexual people. United Kingdom | Ireland

Campbell backing charity's winter campaign : A CHARITY campaign aimed at protecting older people during the cold months has received the back ing of a local MP. Age UK's Winter Pledge initiative has the support of Blyth Valley MP Ronnie Campbell. Last year more than 24000, people aged over 65 ...

A fresh-faced look at growing old : Jacoby recommends that old people stay in cities, close to amenities and other people, rather than moving to 'retirement communities' where they can easily become trapped in their apartments with no transport or reason to leave; and that they are able ... Spiked

Gonorrhoea - the drugs don't work : We're all familiar with stories about hospital-acquired superbugs - MRSA and the like - becoming more difficult to treat, and are fearful whenever an elderly relative needs in-patient care. But now, with a report from Japan of multidrug-resistant ... BBC News

Guilty plea for prolific burglar : A DISTRACTION burglar who targeted elderly residents has admitted carrying out a host of offences across central and southern England . William Vinson, 59, of Cotswold Terrace, Chipping Norton, pleaded guilty at Oxford Crown Court last Friday to 11 ... Banbury Guardian

Perception gap between employers & employees on mental health ... Interesting separate pieces of research suggest there is a very significant mismatch between employer and employee perceptions on employer attitude to mental ...

UK Drug Companies Retain Tight Grip on Medical Profession ... to hide negative results and burying data are commonly used approaches, said Dr. David Christmas, consultant psychiatrist at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, speaking at an annual meeting of the Scottish Mental Health Research Network in December. ...

UK government says Iran blocked its website | LONDON (Reuters) - Britain, which closed its embassy in Tehran last month after it was ransacked by protesters, said on Thursday that Iranian authorities had blocked its website aimed at Iran. The move creates further tension between the two ...

Gary Barlow, JLS and Stella McCartney donate their coats for charity appeal The Daily Mirror has chosen Age UK and its Spread the Warmth campaign, as our charity Christmas Appeal, to help older people stay warm this winter. Show your support for the campaign by: Donating a coat to your nearest Age UK shop. ...

America's inequality need not determine the future of Britain By Martin Wolf “The poor you will always have with you,” said Jesus. Despite vast rises in wealth, mainly over the last century, this remains true today because we define poverty relatively. Some object to this judgment: has destitution not disappeared ...

Steve Bell on David Cameron and Christmas - cartoon ... into the best Christmas present the UK has ever had. The BBC News really has become the propaganda arm of this Tory government and still the Tories hate it! Perverse or what? As for Cameron's christmas message to the poor and unemployed, ...

UK museum to keep 'giant' skeleton He found fame in the 1780s exhibiting himself as a curiosity or "freak" in London . Celebrity life eventually got the better of him, and he took to drink and died at his home in Charing Cross aged just 22. After his death, his body was acquired by the ...

Reward offered in Glasgow sex attacks case A reward of up to £5000 has been offered for information leading to the conviction of a man who carried out two serious sexual assaults in Glasgow . A 20-year-old woman suffered a serious sexual assault at about 04:00 on Wednesday and 15 minutes later a ...

Council house 'right to buy' discount increases to £50000 The proposal means discounts will be trebled in parts of the country, making it easier for some of the two million tenants of social housing in England to buy the property they live in. The housing minister, Grant Shapps, said restrictions on discounts ...

Health reform – the government's albatross? There is no evidence, either in the UK or abroad, that top-down market reforms improve health outcomes, and plenty of evidence that they are costly and disruptive. There are one or two small-scale studies in England which may, or may not, ...

Victim's family search for answers over canal drowning Siobhan, who is a Care UK support worker, added: “Our mental health team failed him (Ogburn) and we still don't know what he has been diagnosed with. “The judge said my dad was in the wrong place at the wrong time but it was him (Ogburn) who shouldn't ...

Cancer victim Anna battles for fair deal ... as currently exists in England . Local support is being sought and the petition is going to as many shops, social centres, factories and community centres as possible. Anna (49), an NHS mental health nurse, has so far been denied the drug Herceptin ...

Disparities in mental health diagnosis and treatment still occur Ensuring that all sectors have access to timely mental health diagnostics and treatment is vital to combat the UK's growing mental health problem. Read about support and personalised care at Barchester care homes for anyone with mental health concerns.

The benefits of joined-up care ... key aims of its radical restructuring of the NHS in England . David Cameron has lamented and pledged to end the "deep divide between health and social care that is causing serious problems for vulnerable, often elderly , people and their families". ...

Ken Clarke's legal aid bill will not protect those most in need But, if you don't deal with someone's debt case early, it can spiral precipitously into physical and mental health degradation, relationship breakdown and homelessness, leading to a cost to the state further down the line. In fact, Citizens Advice ...