MS Costs Wales 67m A Year
A new study of people living with the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) has shown the true economic cost amounts to more than 67 million pounds a year in Wales.
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A new study of people living with the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) has shown the true economic cost amounts to more than 67 million pounds a year in Wales.
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The first national report on HIV-related stigma in Ireland has revealed that half of people living with the condition face discrimination from their own friends.
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Record-high scores for adult social services are being called into question as councils are limiting the people who can get access to them.
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A teenager has been jailed for swearing and conducting himself in a disorderly manner at a homeless unit in Coatbridge. Caray Wilson was sent to prison for four months after pleading guilty to committing a breach of the peace at Old School Court – less than two weeks after being granted bail from Airdrie Sheriff Court.
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East Lothian MSP and Scottish Labour Leader Iain Gray is leading calls for a full public inquiry into the closure of Cockenzie House Nursing Home.
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Social services conceded yesterday that there were systematic shortcomings in the handling of the case of two women repeatedly raped and made pregnant 19 times by their tyrannical father over 27 years.
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I worked in the Child Development Centre in Haringey. I left before Baby P was seen by the service (» Media witch-hunt puts more children at risk, 22 November), but would like to share my thoughts.
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Thousands of Scottish council workers will get a £500 early Christmas present as one local authority revealed it is breaking ranks in a long-running national pay dispute.
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SCOTLAND’S chief prosecutor called yesterday for an increase in the age at which children can be held criminally responsible. Elish Angiolini, the Lord Advocate, told MSPs that eight-year-olds – who can currently be prosecuted – should not normally face the courts.
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Reported cases of domestic violence have increased in Scotland, with figures showing a rise of almost 14 per cent in four years, it was revealed yesterday.
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