Positive news from England
Cancer patient wins NHS drug appealA woman with a rare form of cancer has won her appeal to be provided with a life-prolonging drug on the NHS. |
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UK Biobank ‘close to signing up 500,000 participants’Scientists behind one of the largest health projects in history say they are close to reaching their target of recruiting half a million participants. |
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Royal Mail launches mammal stampsThe Royal Mail has launched a series of new stamps highlighting the decline of the British mammal population. |
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Scientists in sleeping sickness ‘breakthrough’Scientists say they have identified a potential treatment for sleeping sickness, a killer disease that infects about 60,000 people in Africa a year. |
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Windpipe transplant success in UK childA 10-year-old British boy has become the first child to undergo a windpipe transplant with an organ crafted from his own stem cells. |
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Government pledges cash for eco-driversThe Government has promised to slash 25% off the price of a low-carbon car up to a maximum of £5,000 as part of plans to reduce the UK's carbon footprint. |
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UK still ‘staunchly loyal’ to fairtradeBritish people remained "staunchly loyal" to Fairtrade products in the past year, boosting sales by 12% and giving the sector an estimated retail value of £800 million, figures have shown. |
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Leaders vow to fight lone parent mythsPrime Minister Gordon Brown, Tory leader David Cameron and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg have all signed a pledge to debunk commonly held misconceptions about single parents. |
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Mountainous bicycle challenge completeA British cyclist has said how "absolutely ecstatic" he feels to have finished a nine-month journey through the world's longest mountain range. |
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Hero of the month: Sam StephensSam Stephens, co-founder of community lending website StreetBank, believes community will end poverty. StreetBank is the people’s bank - a way in which Brits can unite, lend to each other, share things and become richer for it. |
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UK news
- Range of brain diseases could be treated by single drug
- Share your status – and your lungs. Facebook tool promotes organ donation
- Pancreatic cancer gene discovery
- UK Men set to live as long as women, figures show
- Bright Is The New Black: New York Roofs Go Cool
- British government launches £4.2m urban tree-planting plan
- Otters back from the brink of extinction in England
- World’s Largest Offshore Wind Goes Live, Begins Feeding UK Grid
- UK Biobank ‘close to signing up 500,000 participants’
- UK hostage Peter Moore released alive in Iraq
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