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Four in five people in UK believe veterans with PTSD would struggle to stay in work
YouGov poll for The Poppy Factory indicates scale of challenge for those with mental health conditions, especially at Christmas. More than 4 in 5 (85 per cent) people in the UK think it would be difficult for someone living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to stay in paid work for 12 months or longer, new research shows. The poll of 2,098 UK adults was carried out by The Poppy Factory, based in Richmond-upon-Thames, which helps wounded, injured and sick veterans back...
Lawrence race murder suspect in multi-million pound drug trial
Jamie Acourt, 42, was arrested in Barcelona earlier this year, but denies being the ringleader of the drugs racket
‘Gunman’ holed up in London flat surrounded by armed cops
He climbed on to the roof of an address in Stoke Newington, north London, after police attempted to carry out a search warrant
Government’s full Brexit legal advice doesn’t look good for Theresa May
When MPs voted to find ministers in contempt of parliament for not complying with a vote to show MPs the full Brexit legal advice yesterday the faces on the Conservative Party front benches said it all. Today the government released their full advice - see below - and it makes grim reading, with Theresa May facing awkward questions over the next five days when she should be shoring up enough support for her Brexit deal to pass through a parliament. ...
BBC broadcasting star hanged herself after leaving midway through her afternoon radio show
Vicki Archer, 41, was found dead after emergency services were called to her home in Shrewsbury, Shrops., on August 6
Detective claims sex discrimination meant police ignored domestic abuse by his girlfriend
Dc Gareth Yates from the Cheshire force also said she stalked him and stolen from him, but had he been a woman, police would have acted.
Gunshots fired by two cops during robbery operation in south west London
The police watchdog has confirmed that two officers fired one shot each during the incident in Wimbledon, south west London, on Monday morning
Workers who are offered the option of flexible working are benefitting UK business
Workers who are offered the option of flexible working are benefitting UK business, taking less leave and working at increased levels of productivity, according to research. A study compared the productivity of 1,500 workers who set their own hours or working location against 500 who are not doing so. Flexible workers said they felt they worked effectively for more of a typical working day than those working a traditional ‘nine-to-five’. However, three-quarters of flexi workers say they’d be reluctant to...
Microplastics found in all sea turtle species
Researchers looked for synthetic particles - less than five millimetres in length - including microplastics in 102 sea turtles - and found them in the guts of every single one