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HSBC targeted in food bank protests

HSBC targeted in food bank protests

HSBC branches across the country will be at the centre of a series of planned protests from tomorrow (Saturday July 20th). Protesters plan to turn the branches into makeshift food banks as part of a campaign to highlight the impact of government cuts. The bank has been targeted due to its links to tax havens and its role in facilitating[Read More…]

Reading and writing ‘can help prevent dementia’

Reading and writing ‘can help prevent dementia’

Reading and writing may help to protect the brain against dementia, according to new findings. The research was conducted by US researchers and published in the journal Neurology and showed that those who read books, write letters, and take part in mentally stimulating activities both early and later in life were 15 per cent less likely to suffer from dementia[Read More…]

Police ignore nearly half of all crimes

Police ignore nearly half of all crimes

Around 45 per cent of reported crimes are not investigated by the police, according to the Metropolitan’s own figures. New data released by the police highlighted the fact that many cases are simply tagged unsolvable, or “screened out”, just hours after an allegation is made. Their data for 2012-2013 shows that 40 percent of residential burglaries, 76 percent of all[Read More…]

Children die after eating school meals contaminated with pesticides

Children die after eating school meals contaminated with pesticides

An investigation has been launched in India after at least 23 children died and 25 fell ill following pesticide poisoning at their school. It is not yet known how the chemicals contaminated the free school meals that were served in the poverty-stricken eastern state of Bihar, although one official said the food may not have been properly washed before it[Read More…]

National figures show crime is decreasing

National figures show crime is decreasing

Despite the scare stories often perpetrated by the mainstream media, crime has actually gone down according to national statistics. Findings from the 2011/12 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) showed that  just 5.9 per cent of adults aged 16 and over fell victim to personal crimes. Just over 16 per cent experienced household crime, but the figures were much[Read More…]