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| Disabled people face a housing shortage; finding a house is similar to entering a lucky dip - and winning a lucky dip is a matter of chance. There is a shortfall of 300,000 wheelchair-accessible homes. This is not a problem that is going to go away. As the number of disabled people continues to increase, so the situation worsens. | |
| Housing | The Independent – 4 October 2004 |
| Doctors' leaders in North Staffordshire are to launch a campaign to cut down on record numbers of antibiotics being prescribed for patients, after admitting they give out too many. They estimate that thousands of the 350,000 scripts written in the areas surgeries for the drugs last year were not only completely useless, but they helped put the community at a higher risk of catching infections from super-bugs. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - 2 October 2004 |
| It could be one of the most popular medicines to be prescribed. Research shows that the 196 million cups of tea which Britons consume every day could form a potent weapon in fighting Alzheimers disease.Alzheimers, a form of dementia affects about 10 million people around the world. The findings come in the wake of much research that suggest flavanoids contained in tea, particularly green tea, protect against strokes, heart attacks and many different types of cancers, as well as more prosaic conditions such as tooth decay and dehydration. One study shows that drinking three cups a day is the equivalent of eating six apples. | |
| Food and Drink | The Independent – 26 October 2004 |
| A gay television channel, PinkTV, was launched in France last night with backing from three of the country's biggest mainstream channels and several well-known television stars. PinkTV is backed by the most popular French channel, TF1, as well as M6 and Canal Plus. The backers hope the buying power of France's gay community - the "pink euro" - will attract enough advertising to make the channel a commercial success. They reckon that 180,000 gay and "gay-friendly" subscribers would be enough to ensure a profit. | |
| Entertainment | The Independent – 26 October 2004 |
| Home Office ministers praised a crackdown on hooligans as statistics revealed a 10% fall in football related arrests. Arrests for football related disorder dropped to 3,982 during the 2003/04 season compared to 4,413 in 2002/03, despite record crowds at the Euro 2004 tournament in Portugal. The fall in arrests is thought to have been secured by a record use of banning orders, which prevent potential troublemakers attending games. The number of bans was up 45% from 1,794 in August 2003 to 2,596 in October. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel – 23 October 2004 |
| Cheshire County Council has banned smoking breaks as figures revealed that employees are wasting 10 working weeks by taking time out from their desks for a cigarette. Smoking breaks are costing UK businesses a staggering £10 million-a-day with lost time for smoking breaks leading to a 20% loss in productivity.Government figures also showed that the same employees are twice as likely to take time off work because of smoking related illness. | |
| Work/Employment | Sentinel Sunday – 24 October 2004 |
| The number of homeless in Stoke-on-Trent has trebled from 760 to 2,100 in just three years. | |
| Social Issues | Sentinel Sunday – 24 October 2004 |
| The National Health Service is to offer every patient in Britain a personal diet and fitness regime among its radical measures to force individuals to take greater responsibility for their own health. "Personal health plans", which could also offer advice on sexual activity, are the centrepiece of the Governments forthcoming White Paper on public health.The controversial measures amount to an unprecedented intervention by the state into private individuals' lifestyle choices and are sure to revive the charge of government "nannying". | |
| Health | The Independent On Sunday – 24 October 2004 |
| The United States trade authorities have mounted their first successful legal action against "spyware" operators, who create and distribute software that infiltrates computers, and covertly tracks people's internet use. | |
| Crime | The Independent On Sunday – 24 October 2004 |
| A third of British children never go outside the home alone, thanks to growing fear of violence and abduction. Three-quarters of parents feel the risks of playing out are growing, while two-thirds say they are anxious whenever their children go beyond the front gate.Studies show that the typical amount of outdoor space that children play in has been reduced by 90% in a generation, with the average eight-year old now going no further than 100 yards from the front door.According to new research by the National Family and Parenting Institute (NFPI), a think-tank, nearly one in ten children were bullied or threatened during the last summer holidays. Yet the number of child abduction and murder cases remains no greater than in the past, running at about six a year, despite their prominent treatment in the media. | |
| Family | The Independent On Sunday – 24 October 2004 |
| More than half the population, including two-thirds of the women asked, have told pollsters they would not want a casino to open near their homes. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Independent On Sunday – 24 October 2004 |
| More than one million children have been created as a result of IVF since Louise Brown, the world's first test tube baby, was born in 1978. Around 6,000 babies are born every year in Britain as a result of fertility treatment. But there are increasing concerns over the long term impact of IVF and in particular, new techniques developed in recent years.One study has shown that ICSI babies have a 9.5% risk of abnormality - more than twice the rate of naturally conceived children. | |
| Health | The Independent On Sunday – 24 October 2004 |
| Smokers under the age of forty are five times more likely to have a heart attack than non-smokers, with women at an even higher risk, research has shown. | |
| Health | The Times – 24 August 2004 |
| Four out of ten medical students believe having a sexual relationship with a patient can be justified, research reveals today. | |
| Sex | The Sentinel – 5 October 2004 |
| A church which has undergone a massive four-year refurbishment programme has attracted record visitor numbers, more than 2,000 visitors, since it re-opened six months ago. St Mary's near Stafford has had more visitors in 2004 than in any year since Wren completed it in 1676. | |
| Travel/Tourism | The Sentinel – 5 October 2004 |
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