Businesses in Kent have been duped into promoting a scam charity drive, according to police. Firms have been asked to display boxes containing sweets that claim proceeds from a £1 donation will go to the Dogs for the Disabled charity.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is due to outline his ideas for the NHS, which are expected to focus on a "care guarantee" for the elderly. On a visit to an Age Concern centre in Kingston on Thames, Mr Clegg will unveil proposals that will be put to the Lib Dems' spring conference.
A teenager has been convicted of murder for his part in a brutal gang attack on a man with learning difficulties.
Reading the article by Nick Bishop, who has cerebral palsy, on coping with getting around bars and restaurants, I found myself nodding in agreement (a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/jan/10/disability.longtermcare">How am I supposed to get up there?, January 10).
A new way to manipulate human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) offers hope of a treatment for muscular dystrophies. The muscle-wasting conditions are caused by genetic mutations which block production of a key protein in cells.
The genes involved in the devastating immune system disease Lupus, which affects 50,000 people in the UK, have been identified. A team led by London's Imperial College examined the genetic makeup of 3,000 women, publishing their findings in the journal Nature Genetics.
