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How many grandparents are spending this summer looking after grandchildren? At a time when many people look forward to relaxing in the sunshine, for some older people the school holidays mean a significant chunk of their time taken up by childcare...
The increase in cases of diabetes, thought to be as a result of rising levels of obesity, is a worrying trend for the NHS. There has been nearly a 60 per cent rise in the number of cases in the last ten years, to over three million, with the...
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has this week published guidance warning health professionals of the risks of over prescribing antibiotics. It is thought that around one in four prescriptions for antibiotics are unnecessary and...
The five largest care providers in the UK have expressed huge concerns over the introduction of the National Living Wage in a letter addressed to the Chancellor. It has been widely reported that this could potentially lead to the financial collapse of a...
Cavity wall insulation (CWI) has been hailed as a quick, simple and relatively inexpensive adaptation that can not only save the occupier money on heating bills, but, potentially, add value to the property itself. So much so, in fact, that government...
‘Get a job!’ - That’s what the divorce court told Mrs Wright when she asked for maintenance payments from her husband to support her...
The revelation today that a class action suit is being brought against the Olsen twins by disgruntled interns will come as no surprise to employers in the UK struggling to make sense of the various types of employment status and associated rights. In the UK...
A recent decision by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has highlighted the difficulties faced by employers when deciding on the right sanction to apply when an employee makes an inappropriate statement on social media. In the case of The...
Milton Keynes University Hospital has recently given the go-ahead for further trials of dogs detecting prostate cancer. A trial revealed that specially trained dogs have a 93 per cent success rate in detecting prostate tumours from urine...
Cancer Research has recently released statistics showing that the survival rates of eight of the most common forms of cancer is three times higher when diagnosed early. The data shows that over 80 per cent of people diagnosed with cancer...
As Greece’s debt crisis continues, the Government Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has released updated advice which will concern those currently trading or doing business with the country. The message – seek legal advice as soon...
The government department for Business, Innovation and Skills, has announced that there will be a ban on certain types of clauses contained within the contracts that some larger companies have with their smaller suppliers and which prevent the suppliers from...
The Court of Appeal has overturned the decision by the High Court which stated that when Northern Rock Asset Management, NRAM, and its predecessors repeatedly advised borrowers of loans over £25,000 that the loans were regulated by the Consumer Credit...
A new meningitis vaccine is now being offered to the UK’s student population in a bid to reduce the increasing numbers of young people suffering from the disease. In 2009, there were 22 confirmed cases of the disease which rose to 117 in 2014. It is...
Last month, during national blood week, NHS Blood and Transplant revealed that they had 40 per cent fewer new volunteer blood donors. However, it has today been reported in The Guardian that thousands of potential donors were turned away in...
