Scientists believe they have found evidence of a drug which alleviates the learning difficulties associated with Down's Syndrome. A Stanford University team in the US looked at a drug once tested as an epilepsy treatment in the 1950s.
The Royal National Institute of the Blind is to drop the distinctive white stick from its logo in an image revamp.
More than 1.7 million people in the UK will have dementia by 2051, costing billions of pounds each year, experts have forecast.
The Government's national funding package for carers will amount to less that £5 per carer in Cornwall.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Tuesday 27th February) welcomed comments by Scottish LibDem Leader Nicol Stephen MSP that the party would offer a fresh, positive alternative at the election.
Commenting on the threat of a 7% year on year cut to the funding of the British Library, Liberal Democrat Arts and Culture Spokesman Paul Holmes MP said:
