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Sewage in our Rivers

The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.

14 Sep 2022
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Homes given a new lease of life

Victorian terrace properties around Rochdale are being given a new lease of life with improvement work being carried out to more than 80 homes in Milkstone, Deeplish, Wardleworth and Hamer.

5 Feb 2008
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MMR 'does not trigger reaction'

Children with autism do not react differently to other youngsters to the MMR jab, a study shows. London's Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital found no difference in the immune response to the jab in a study of 240 children aged between 10 and 12.

5 Feb 2008
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Lack of folic acid dementia link

Dementia is three times more common in people whose blood is low in folates, a form of vitamin B particularly found in green vegetables, a study suggests. The Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry study followed 518 South Korean pensioners for two years.

5 Feb 2008
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Pre-birth schizophrenia risk fear

Women who endure severe stress early in pregnancy may be more likely to have children that go on to develop schizophrenia, research suggests. A University of Manchester team looked at data from 1.38 million Danish births occurring between 1973 and 1995.

5 Feb 2008
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Charity ride father loses benefit

A father said he has lost a disability benefit after doing a 200-mile sponsored bike ride for the cancer charity which helped his twin sons. Danny Johnson-Green, 25, from Leicester, said his monthly payments of more than £300 were stopped and he was ordered him to repay more than £2,500.

5 Feb 2008
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