The NHS is to open its first clinic for young gambling addicts. There is a rise in concern of online gaming sites and targeted adverts addicting young people. The National Problem Gambling Clinic will offer support to people ages 13 to 25. It is part of a increase of support for those who have a…
The Bank of Scotland have been fined £45.5m for not alerting the authorities to early indications of a fraud which jailed six people. The fines relate to an incident in 2007 by the head of the bank’s impaired assets team, Lynden Scourfield. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have announced the bank knew he had been…
Staff at schools which are built on a former landfill site are starting action over health concerns after four teachers have developed bladder cancer. NASUWT union members are calling for the entire campus to be tested and the two schools to be closed early for summer. The two schools, Buchanan and St Ambrose High Schools,…
Sadiq Khan has announced plans to implement London’s biggest car-free day to date closing 12.3 miles of roads in the centre of the capital. The event is said to take place on September 22nd. Roads will be closed around London Bridge, Tower Bridge and most of the city of London, this is to tackle the…
A charity has warned that children’s hospice in England will be forced to cut services or shut unless the NHS increases its funding. One of the hospices, Acorns, has said it will have no choice but to close later this year unless it can raise more than £1.5 million. If it closes this means more…
A report by an MP is urgering the UK government to end the era of throwing away clothes plus poor working conditions in the fashion supply workplace. The MPs’ proposals are designed to force the fashion industry to change its ways. They have listed 18 recommendations covering environmental and labour practices. It is not just…
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