More Cuts To Mental Health Service
The scale of the mental health crisis in Cambridgeshire has been revealed as new figures showed that the county’s specialist trust has lost almost one in five dedicated hospital beds in just two years.
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Council Secrecy Over Drugs In Schools
Cardiff council has slapped a secrecy ban on parents knowing which city schools have excluded pupils for drugs offences. A decision by the authority’s top lawyer Kate Berry NOT to release the information to the Echo – even though it has done previously – has been condemned as a cover-up.
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New Unit For Mentally Ill Children
The county’s first in-patient service for teenagers with mental health problems has opened in Lancaster. The £1.5m centre, named the Junction, will cater for 12 to 16-year-olds with illnesses such as depression, eating disorders, anxiety, self-harming and suicidal thoughts.
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Welsh Student Tells How He Escaped Virginia Tech Massacre
South Wales student Carl Wakely told today how he missed America’s university massacre…thanks to an e-mail. The relieved Cardiff-born golfer only had two and a half weeks left at Virginia’s Tech University before Monday’s tragedy unfolded on his campus.
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Scots Scientists Help To Unravel The Mystery Of Fragile X
Scottish scientists have discovered a brain abnormality which causes Fragile X syndrome, a common form of learning difficulty, raising hopes that a therapy could be found. The condition affects one in 4000 children and adults, and can cause slow learning and lead to behavioural problems similar to autism.
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Young Film-Makers Show Consequences Of Drinking And Anti-Social Behaviour
A film made by teenagers in Wales will be used in schools to warn against the dangers of drinking and anti-social behaviour. The film, Consequences, was acted and produced by young people from Neath and Ystalyfera and is set in and around Neath Port Talbot.
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Missing Schizophrenic Killer Found By Officers
A man who stabbed a teacher to death in North Lanarkshire eight years ago has been found after he went missing from his home almost a week ago. Anthony O’Brien, 37, was sent to the state hospital at Carstairs in 2000 after admitting the attack on Bill Scott in Cumbernauld.
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Tag Dementia Sufferers – Minister
Elderly people with dementia could be tagged to make it easier to track their movements, a minister has proposed. Science Minister Malcolm Wicks told the BBC the satellite technology could enable them to lead fuller lives and would reassure their families.
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‘Evil’ Youth Faces Life In Jail For Raping Care Worker
A teenager who raped a care worker at knifepoint may never be released from jail after a judge imposed a lifelong restriction order on him. Steven Malcolm, 19, is only the second dangerous criminal in Scotland to be subjected to the order, which involves monitoring for the rest of his life.
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Police Heads Debate Ethnic Quotas
Chief Constables in England and Wales are to discuss whether to boost the recruitment of black and Asian officers by positive discrimination. The plan to be debated by the Association of Chief Police Officers would need employment law changes – a move not favoured by the Home Office.
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