Students needing to get to Harlow College from Waltham Abbey have been left standing at the bus stop or forced to stand for the journey because the 505 bus arrives with all the seats taken. District and town councillor Pat Brooks has urged Arriva to put on extra buses between 8-9am. She persuaded Waltham Abbey Town Council to take up the issue also. However, Arriva has replied saying that they see no need for extra buses.
Taking prescription drugs to prevent diabetes cannot be justified when lifestyle changes are just as effective, say US scientists.
Commonly used painkillers which had been thought to prevent Alzheimer's have no effect, research suggests. Aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) did not protect memory or prevent dementia, two US studies found.
Kent Trading Standards have issued a warning to warn consumers about a number of email messages in circulation that purport to be from Ebay.
Dundee LibDems today warmly welcomed the announcement by Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Nicol Stephen to support a campaign by Scottish Universities for £168 million of extra funding and 4000 new student places.
Addressing party workers at the Liberal Democrats' Cowley Street HQ today, Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell said that May's local elections represent a choice between fashion and principle.
