Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
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Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
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
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
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
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
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
Victory in station access battle
A railway station now has disabled access to its southbound platform after a 10-year-long campaign.
5 Feb 2008
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