Newcastle City Council's ruling Lib Dem group will call this week for the Government to establish its new Green Investment Bank in Newcastle, helping to create jobs and stimulate sustainable economic development in the North East.
Work is underway to build much-needed new homes in Fenham. The development on land at the corner of Birchvale Avenue and Greentree Square will be a mixture of social and private housing. This means some homes will be for sale and others for rent.
Liberal Democrat Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Chris Huhne announced today that by 2015 up to 100,000 Green Deal workers could be employed in the effort to upgrade and insulate Britain's homes. The Green Deal, a Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment, is the Government's new and radical way of making energy efficiency available to all, whether people own or rent their property.
People who take regular exercise during their free time are less likely to have symptoms of depression and anxiety, a study of 40,000 Norwegians has found. But physical activity which is part and parcel of the working day does not have the same effect, it suggests. Writing in the British Journal of Psychiatry, the researchers said it was probably because there was not the same level of social interaction.
An enclosed play area for a teenage pupil with learning difficulties and autism, which was described as a "cage" by his MSP, has been removed. The 18-year-old's parents raised funds for a safe play area at the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway, on Lewis.
The use of anti-psychotic drugs for dementia patients must be cut by two-thirds by November 2011, the minister responsible has warned doctors. Care Services Minister Paul Burstow told Panorama (shown on BBC1 at 8.30 pm on Monday 1st November 2010) that GPs must "take responsibility" and drastically reduce the amount of drugs being prescribed.