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What If

What If

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Turning Niomi’s beautiful poem into a song for use in the Red Cross Shropshire Young Carers documentary

Money can grow on trees!

Charity is amazing Catalyst for change

2:15pm Thursday 26th May 2011

MONEY doesn’t grow on trees, but a Colchester charity has proved it can go a long way if spent and invested wisely.

More than 20 years after the sale of the old Oaks Hospital, in Lexden Road, hundreds of people are still benefiting from the money, thanks to the Colchester Catalyst Charity.

Winter flu death toll topped 600

Winter flu death toll topped 600

By Nick Triggle Health Correspondent, BBC News

Swine flu cell culture
The elderly have some resistance to swine flu

The Flu Season

Last winter’s flu outbreak claimed 602 lives in the UK, with more than 70% of the deaths among 15- to 64-year-olds, Health Protection Agency figures show.

Flu normally hits older people, but last winter it acted differently as the main strain was swine flu, which the elderly have some resistance to.

The HPA figures also show just 50% of under-65s in at-risk groups in England and Wales were immunised against flu.

Officials said the vaccination uptake figures were “very concerning”.