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Parkinson’s Awareness Week – 10-16 April 2017

Parkinson’s Awareness Week – 10-16 April 2017

A personal account by Jessica Mann “You’ve got Parkinson’s” the GP announced. He didn’t sound as though it was important, and he didn’t explain what it meant. But to me it sounded like a death sentenc ...
A special appeal

A special appeal

“They’ve survived hard times before, but we mustn’t forget the older victims of the East Africa crisis” Saleh Saeed, CEO of the Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC), reports on the situation for older p ...
March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

When a woman is diagnosed at the earliest stage, her chance of surviving ovarian cancer for five years or more doubles from just 46 per cent to more than 90 per cent. However, nearly half of GPs only ...
English Tourism Week: 25 March – 2 April 2017

English Tourism Week: 25 March – 2 April 2017

Forget Brexit and the fact that your pound now buys less abroad than it used to – why not consider a vacation closer to home?  And with English Tourism Week now upon us there’s no better time than to ...