Monthly Archives: January 2012
Welcome news for blind and visually impaired people in Norfolk
Norfolk County Council u-turn on free bus travel for the blind
Dan Grimmer Monday, January 16, 2012
4:46 PM
Blind and visually impaired people in Norfolk will be able to get round the clock free bus travel, after an 11th hour change of heart by council leaders.
Amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill
Concessions offered over disability benefit changes
Disability Living Allowance is paid to 3.2 million people
Ministers are set to make concessions over controversial proposed changes to disability benefits.
The government is backing an amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill halving the time seriously ill or disabled people will have to wait to be eligible for Personal Independence Payments (PIPs).
New UEA diabetes study into women’s diet and heart disease hailed as a ‘significant’ success
New UEA diabetes study into women’s diet and heart disease hailed as a ‘significant’ success
By RICHARD WOOD Monday, January 16, 2012
12:01 AM
A PIONEERING new study has shown that eating more flavonoids can potentially reduce the risk of heart disease for women with diabetes.
