Autism, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and schizophrenia all share several genetic risk factors, according to a major study. Versions of four genes increased the odds of all five disorders. Researchers hope to move the psychiatry away from describing symptoms towards fundamentally understanding what is going wrong in the brain. The findings were reported in the Lancet medical journal.
Greg Mulholland MP (Leeds North West), has called on the Prime Minister to welcome Whizz Kidz 'Generation Inspired?' report, as a great opportunity to use the Paralympic games legacy to improve the lives of young disabled people. Greg then joined Whizz-Kidz beneficiary and double gold Paralympic medallist Hannah Cockroft MBE and two Whizz-Kidz Ambassadors - Kidz-Board representative Joel Connor-Saunders and aspiring wheelchair racer Charlotte Moore to present the report to number 10 Downing Street.
A music license (for concerts) has been granted to Gopsall Hall Farm near to the small hamlet of Bilstone, in Hinckley and Bosworth. The licence is for up to 200 people in the first year to attend concerts and if the concert is successful the licence would then advance for up to 5000 people over a four year period. The application asked for up to 6 events a year.
Liberal Democrats are this weekend celebrating success in the Eastleigh by-election.
The government has agreed to opening the Bedford to Oxford rail line after years of lobbying by local Liberal Democrats alongside many councils and campaigners along the route.
Two Hinckley and Bosworth Councillors have welcomed the passing of a law to clamp down on metal theft. The Scrap Metal Dealers Bill was passed through parliament earlier this month. The changes include the banning of cash payments at scrap metal yards; payment may only be by cheque or by an electronic transfer of funds (authorised by credit or debit card or otherwise) so it will be easier to trace people who are selling stolen metal.