Parents of a severely disabled girl in the US have revealed that they are keeping her child-sized in order to give her a better life. The nine-year-old, named Ashley, has the mental ability of a three-month-old baby and cannot walk or talk.
Liberal Democrat West End Councillor, Fraser Macpherson, has today (Saturday 6th January) launched his January 2007 Update to West End Community Council, in advance of the next Community Council meeting.
Moves to cut waiting lists for the hard of hearing could result in even longer queues for hearing aids, the Royal National Institute for the Deaf fears. Research by Conservative MP Grant Shapps found waits of up to five years for new digital hearing aids.
Rochdale is set to lose its Accident and Emergency and other vital services after the Joint Committee of PCT's agreed with consultation bosses and rubber-stamped the controversial decision to close A & E, Child-Care and Maternity Services at Rochdale Infirmary. In an often emotional and high tempered meeting, those making the decision ignored angry protests.
Commenting on today's Equal Opportunities Commission report into the under-representation of women in Parliament and company boardrooms, Liberal Democrat Women and Equalities Spokesperson, Solihull's Lib Dem MP Lorely Burt said: "It is unacceptable in the twenty first century that women are still not playing their full part in some of the country's key decisions. UK plc is losing out by not tapping into the pool of talented and enterprising women. Women are not asking for a head start, but simply the introduction of practical measures to ensure genuine equality of opportunity."
Research provides strong evidence that controversial drug Herceptin is effective at treating the early stages of a certain type of breast cancer.
