Cllr Robin Lawrence is delighted with the resurfacing of Newbridge Gardens. Last Summer he told the Council that there had been no maintenance for at least twenty years and urgent repairs were needed. The worst pot holes were then filled up but Robin called for a full resurfacing to be done. He continued to press the Transport Network Team to ensure that Newbridge Crescent was included in the resurfacing programme.
An old-fashioned breathing and relaxation technique could help those with asthma, research suggests. In a trial of 85 people with mild asthma, the symptoms of those using the Papworth method alongside drugs were significantly eased, Thorax reports.
Rochdale Liberal Democrat MP Paul Rowen has taken Labour Parliamentary Candidate Simon Danczuk to task following Mr Danczuk's attack on Mr Rowen's performance at Tony Blair's final Prime Minister's questions.
Scientists have discovered how mutations in two key proteins may lead to autism. They have shown one protein increases the excitability of nerve cells, while the other inhibits cell activity. The University of Texas team found that in normal circumstances the proteins balance each other out. But the study, published in Neuron, suggests that in people with autism the balance between the proteins is knocked out of kilter.
Symptoms of mental retardation and autism have been reversed for the first time in laboratory mice. US scientists created mice that showed symptoms of Fragile X Syndrome - a leading cause of mental retardation and autism in humans. They then reversed symptoms of the condition by inhibiting the action of an enzyme in the brain. The study, by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Local MP Tim Farron is seeking a meeting with the Secretary of State for Transport to press the case for signs to the Yorkshire Dales at junction 37 of the M6 in the same way that signs have been provided to the Lake District at junction 36. His campaign has the support of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.
