Depression may increase the risk of the bone disorder osteoporosis in pre-menopausal women, a study suggests. A US study found 17% of depressed women but just 2% of those not depressed, had thinner bone in a part of the hip.
Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander has demanded that the SNP government outlines how it will spend Westminster cash to help disabled youngsters. She claimed there was no clear indication how the £34m would be used.
Plans to convert a former health clinic on the Isle of Man into a residential centre for adults with learning disabilities are to be discussed.
A Lib Dem run council has been shortlisted for Best Local Authority in a readers poll run by lesbian and gay newspaper The Pink Paper. Islington was voted one of the top five councils in the country to make the Pink Paper's shortlist.
Brentwood & Ongar Liberal Democrats are pleased to announce that popular campaigner and Brentwood Borough Councillor David Kendall has been selected as their parliamentary candidate to fight the seat at the next general election. David will take on sitting MP Eric Pickles in what promises to be a keenly fought contest with everything to play for.
The Liberal Democrat's environment spokesman, Chris Huhne, was one of the headline speakers at the Campaign Against Climate Change Rally (www.campaigncc.org) today. In his speech, Chris Huhne branded George Bush a "Toxic Texan" and called for the international community to by-pass the Bush White House and talk to his successors.
