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• Biomarkers link fatigue in cancer, Parkinson's

  09-08-2018 17:24
  Biological markers responsible for extreme exhaustion in patients with cancer have now been linked to fatigue in those with Parkinson's disease, according to new research.
  
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• Northamptonshire council backs 'bare minimum' service plan

  09-08-2018 16:26
  Authority facing £180m black hole says no residents will be put in danger by ‘radical’ cuts Crisis-hit Northamptonshire county council has voted to push ahead with a radical cuts strategy to reduce services to a bare legal minimum, as it attempts to close a financial black hole which it says could grow to £180m within three years.The strategy aims for “radical service reductions and efficiencies” across a range of areas, including children’s services and
  
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• Spare us another Tory ‘big society’ solution to the social care crisis | Frances Ryan

  09-08-2018 15:58
  The Conservatives have demolished local services – now they must deal with the falloutOne of the abiding images at the start of the austerity era was that of the national finances being like a “household budget’’. Used by ministers and some media, it was a neat way to sell cuts to the public as prudent economics, despite the fact that it was entirely misleading (unlike a household, governments can raise money through taxation and growth. It’s with grim irony, then,
  
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• Report damns culture of acceptance of sexual abuse at two Catholic schools

  09-08-2018 13:23
  Inquiry says Ampleforth and Downside put own reputations before protection of childrenThe true scale of sexual abuse at two of the UK’s leading Catholic independent schools over a period of 40 years is likely to be far higher than the 10 people convicted or cautioned in relation to sexual offences, a report by the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has concluded.Ampleforth in North Yorkshire and Downside in Somerset “prioritised the monks and their own reputations over the p
  
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