As a bad amateur naturalist I was interested to read about a novel piece of restorative justice involving a pair of swans.
Continue reading Restorative justice: Doing bird at the swan sanctuary.
January 2009 Archives
Sir Liam Donaldson, the chief medical officer, was on Radio 4 this morning expressing his reasonable concerns about underage drinking.
Continue reading Childhood as an alcohol-free zone.
All hail the reduction in alcohol-related deaths. All hail - or should that be inhale? - the efforts to cut cannabis use.
Continue reading Drink statistics and drug policy addling my brain.
As the UK's streets apparently descend into criminal chaos with the street corners manned by paedophiles by day and snipers by night, it is understandable that many residents fear the rise in the number of bail houses.
Continue reading Secrecy gives bail houses a bad name .
One of the most hypocritical platitudes I can think of -
apart from "with respect", which is so often the trigger for a tirade
of disrespect - is "he means well".
Continue reading Is equalities chief Trevor Phillips out of touch?.
An interesting result has emerged from Age Concern's Big Q on care. It seems that people do not expect an automatic entitlement to free care in old age.
Continue reading A ringfenced care tax for older people.
Whatever one's views on British forces' involvement in the government's overseas forays - or should that read "follies"? - the effects on the personnel's bodies and minds are indisputable.
Continue reading Give the military a break.
The police do it. The street cleaners of Wimbledon do it. Even some politicians do it. Now school pupils are doing it too.
Continue reading Anti-stab vests are the latest fashion.
Charity DrugScope reports a worrying trend that young people are taking increasing risks with a drug that is used to tranquilise horses. But a study has thrown up a question on whether its classification is correct.
Continue reading Ketamine is harder than a Class C drug.
As conspiracies go, the great dyslexia con is a new one on me.
Continue reading Dyslexia is a con . . . apparently.
It is an appalling indictment on our (mythical) meritocracy that we are less socially mobile today than we were in the 1950s, the era of gentlemen's clubs, secret handshakes and bowler hats.
Continue reading Can a law against class discrimination work?.
Prince Harry is unlikely to get the call from Number 10 asking him to head the government's next Respect taskforce.
Continue reading Prince Harry only part of the problem.
Fed up with the cold yet? Don't worry, it will become milder next week - and may coincide with a bill dropping through your letterbox as a reminder of all the extra heating you have used recently.
Continue reading Frozen out of our civilised society.
With the 200th anniversary of Louis Braille's birth and
the UK state pension turning 100, there is much to commemorate this month.
Continue reading One year on, the Henderson Hospital fight continues.
The oldest prejudice is making a reappearance on the UK's streets, particularly in London.
Continue reading Anti-semitism on the rise again.
Yesterday, one of the few boroughs in England that provided free home care for elderly residents and disabled people started charging them.
Continue reading Free home care abolished in Hammersmith.
Care home residents have been celebrating the new year with the prospect of a full 75p rise in their personal allowance.
Continue reading Happy New Year: here's 75p to spend.
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