"More than one-fifth of elderly people feel they are living in poverty, a Help the Aged survey has suggested.
Of 1,095 adults questioned, 28% said their quality of life had got worse in the last 12 months, while 93% said their lives had not improved.
The charity said the...
"A coalition of housing campaigners from across Scotland wants 30,000 new affordable homes to be built for rent.
The combined housing, health and environmental groups are due to take their call to Holyrood.
A total of 24 organisations, led by Shelter Scotland, say decent...
When you have a problem with council accommodation, if your council cant or wont help you there is always your local Member of Parliament. In this case MP Sally Keeble is trying to persuade Northampton borough council to do something about overcrowding and drug abuse in three...
Corby, North Northamptonshire, is seeing a massive building program with up to 100,000 houses and related services over the next twenty years. Developers have now reached agreement for a new Hotel and complex which the town really needs."Creating thirty new jobs in a rapidly...
Speaking at the World Editor's Forum in Capetown, South Africa (where NowPublic's CEO Leonard Brody is also giving a talk), Richard Sambrook, BBC's Global News Chief, admitted that when he really wants to know...
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"The Apple iTunes store, the largest seller of music downloads, began selling tracks from EMI Music yesterday without any restrictions on copying, for a slightly higher price than usual, $1.29 instead of 99 cents. To sweeten the deal, those tracks have better sound, with a...
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Writing Phenom David S. Fick Talks with Benin Mwangi!"Recently, I had the pleasure of exchanging dialogue with a world reknowned author who has written two popular books about entrepreneurship in Africa. His name is David S. Fick. Because this interview is so detailed and...
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"The sign of the protester says it all - "KICK ME! I'm A Citizen!"
A legal United States citizen is the last consideration in a long line of issues that surround the problems created by our Government's...
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Paralyzed lab rodents with spinal cord injuries apparently regained some ability to walk six weeks after a simple injection of biodegradable soap-like molecules that helped nerves regenerate.
The research could have implications for humans with similar injuries.
"It will...
I am not sure...but I also heard a rumour that Google may be acquiring Scotland for 8.1 Billion. Why? Because they can. Buy me Sergey...buy me! "Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG - News) announced...
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" April 10, 2007 California - Three days after an automobile scrap yard fire kept thousands of Peninsula residents indoors and blew acrid smoke to the South and East bays, firefighters are still investigating the cause of the blaze. Meanwhile, officials are close to...
"Apple and the EMI Group announced that the entire collection of EMI digital music can be purchased DRM-free from Apple's iTunes store. The new service will deliver better quality audio at a 30% price increase ($1.29 per song). Consumers will be free to play to play the music...
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The only thing that prevented my beautiful home city (with all its brightness and darkness) from cracking the top two was the crime rate. But considering that the rates are based on a "base city," in this case New...
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