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Dr Nichola McChrystal has made quite a career out of lecturing parent's to take DNA tests

DNA tests offered to toddlers to “combat obesity”

The DNA database programme is being implemented in full swing after parents were asked to voluntarily hand in DNA swabs of their children to cut down on childhood obesity. For £120 Dr Nichola McChrystal is giving parents the option of receiving a 20 page report offering dietary advice based upon their genetics. Children are then directed towards one of three[Read More…]

Prime Minister David Cameron, with Sharon and her daughter.

Help to Buy publicity stunt backfires on David Cameron

The government’s Help to Buy scheme has been hailed as an initiative which has helped thousands of hard-up people to get onto the property ladder – but is this really the case? Under the Help to Buy scheme, equity loans are given to first-time buyers and home movers on new-build homes worth up to £600,000. These loans lend buyers 95[Read More…]

Cyber Crime takes a new identity

Cyber Crime takes a new identity

Have you ever been a victim of cyber crime? A large number of the western world’s population have. And the most worrying thing of all is that it is now starting to take a new phase. Reporter Claudia Joseph reported that her life had been ‘hacked’ and was shocked by the results, as an online security investigator got all her[Read More…]

NSA documents unveil the full extent of their spying technology

NSA documents unveil the full extent of their spying technology

The NSA have uncovered a way to spy on all digital communications through a ‘loophole’ which is built into most electronic devices, it has been revealed. Under a Freedom of Information Act request uncovered by journalists at the news website Spiegel, NSA agents are able to keep an eye on all levels of our digital lives – from computing centres[Read More…]

Support for Afghanistan war at an all-time low

Support for Afghanistan war at an all-time low

American support for the war in Afghanistan is at an all-time low, according to figures published recently. According to a CNN/ORC International poll, support for the US war in the Middle-Eastern country has sunk below the lowest points seen for the Iraq and Vietnam wars. Only 17 percent of Americans support the 12-year-old war, while about 82 percent of Americans[Read More…]