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Now in its third year, the annual awareness day will this year take place on Sunday 11 September 2016, within Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. It aims to highlight the huge number of informal and family carers who provide innovative and compassiona...

Patients in England will be able to view test results as they come in and keep track of their glucose levels and cholesterol on their smartphones, enabling them to take greater control of their care and better manage their health. Official figures re...

New Lords speaker Lord Fowler says number of peers now ‘unjustifiable' and talks of 'passengers' in the House of Lords. With David Cameron's resignation and the appointment of 16 new peers including Number 10 staff, the House of Lords  has...

A FORMER policeman who fraudulently pocketed more than £74,000 in a benefits scam has been jailed for two years. Timothy Dunning, who used to work for Thames Valley Police, admitted swindling the cash from West Oxfordshire District Co...

A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy is set to tackle a sponsored walk to raise money for the homeless. Samual Windle, of Bendrick Road, was said to have become very upset by the sight of "people lying on the ground" whilst on a trip to Swansea with his mum. Amy Windl...

A 'vital' benefits advice service for people with disabilities in Surrey is being cut by the county council, months after its leader said a tax increase implemented earlier this year would raise some £12m for adult social care services. The Get...

More than a quarter of young people in many UK cities are unemployed, potentially undermining efforts to bring about "inclusive growth" following Brexit, a new study has warned. A report by the charity EY Foundation says "stark variations" in youth u...

Tesco and FareShare are calling on charities and community groups in Angus to register for an exciting new scheme which will see unsold food become meals for vulnerable people. As part of its ongoing pledge to cut food waste, Tesco’s Community...

In recent years, policymakers and the media have focused on the high cost of payday loans, highlighting extremely high interest rates. But the millions who lack access to affordable credit turn to even more expensive options that are potentially more...

US job machine sputters, may give the Fed pause:   The new U.S. job creation data for August came in at 151,000, down from 275,000 in July. Analysts had predicted job growth of about 175,000, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists. Meanwh...