A drug that could save the sight of people with diabetes will not be made available on the NHS in England and Wales, an advisory body has concluded. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) says ranibizumab, sold under the brand name Lucentis, is too expensive to use in people with diabetic macular oedema.
Controversial plans to axe some benefit payments to disabled people living in care homes are being dropped. The government had planned to axe the "mobility" part of Disability Living Allowance - worth £51-a-week and currently paid to up to 80,000 people. Disability charity Scope had condemned the move as "callous" and said it would leave people prisoners in their homes.
Local MP Tim Farron has called on South Lakeland District Council to talk to the community about the next steps for the Berners project in Grange after news came to light today that the developers Russell Armer have pulled out.
Part of the reason we have a housing crisis is that many usable houses stand empty. If they were brought into use we may not need to build as many new homes on the green fields of Wiltshire
Part of the reason we have a housing crisis is that many usable houses stand empty. If they were brought into use we may not need to build as many new homes on the green fields of Wiltshire
Commenting on the announcement that the Coalition Government will not go ahead with a planned 2% rise in the amount train...