Sculpture row drags on
A row over a sculpture to celebrate the 2012 Olympics is continuing.
BWN
29 Feb 2008
MP SPREADS THE WORD THAT SCREENING MATTERS
Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield has pledged to support Cancer Research UK's new Screening Matters campaign at a special parliamentary event.
29 Feb 2008
New clue in motor neurone puzzle
Researchers say they have made the most significant breakthrough for 15 years in the quest to understand the fatal condition Motor Neurone Disease (MND). A team says a mutated gene is behind one form of the disease - and can be used to understand it better.
29 Feb 2008
Gang get life for '£5 bet' murder
A man and two youths who kicked a disabled man to death over a £5 bet have been jailed for life. Brent Martin, 23, who had learning difficulties, died in hospital after he was found in a pool of blood on Sunderland's Town End Farm estate.
29 Feb 2008
Working carers 'to keep benefits'
People who care for elderly relatives will no longer have their benefits cut if they get a job under government plans, Harriet Harman has said. The women's minister told a newspaper she wanted to make it easier for carers to have a job at the same time.
29 Feb 2008
Blunkett urges factory reprieve
Former Home Secretary David Blunkett has called for a reversal of Aberdeen City Council's decision to cut funding for a factory for the disabled. Mr Blunkett said he was "deeply disturbed" that the Glencraft workshop faced closure. Speaking in Aberdeen, he said disabled workers needed to feel valued.
29 Feb 2008