Leading LGBT Liberal Democrat Sarah Brown has been named as one of the most influential LGBT people in the UK. She featured in the Independent on Sunday's top 100 "pink list" at number 28. Sarah, probably the only "out" trans politician holding public office in the UK at the current time, is a current member of the executive of the LGBT+ Liberal Democrats and chair of the Transgender Working Group.
Financial problems affect more than two-thirds of cancer patients, with some going without food because money is so tight, a charity has claimed. A YouGov survey of 1,500 patients for Macmillan Cancer comes as the charity challenges the Welfare Reform Bill, being debated in the Lords this week. Macmillan claims thousands could lose out because of proposed changes to the Employment and Support Allowance. But the government said those who needed the benefit would still get it.
Researchers in Norway believe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), also known as ME, may be caused by a wayward immune system attacking the body. The illness, the cause of which is uncertain and has no known cure, has attracted significant controversy. A small study, reported in PLoS One, showed a cancer drug, which inhibited the immune system, relieved symptoms in some patients.
A. 'Conference calls on the government to take positive action to support carers in the following ways;
Tesco's proposals to improve traffic flows, caused by the proposed new store on the ex-Smiths Industries site off Winchester Road, have received a major setback from Hampshire County Highways planners.
A recommendation backed by Hampshire Conservative Leader Ken Thornber to spend nearly £1/4million on web-broadcasting County Council and Cabinet meetings has been blasted as a waste of public money and a stab in the back for library and bus users facing cuts in services.
