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| People who drink more than seven cups of instant coffee a day have an increased tendency to hallucinate. High caffeine users were three times more likely to have heard a non-existent person’s voice than “low” users who consumed less than one cup of instant coffee or its equivalent, scientists found. Besides coffee, caffeine can be obtained from sources such as tea, chocolate and energy drinks. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel – 14th January 2009 |
| Reported fraud reached its highest level for 13 years in 2008 at more that £1 billion. Over £1.1 billion of fraud came to court last year, according to accounting firm KPMG’s Fraud Barometer, more than in any other year since 1995 and the second greatest in the survey’s 21 year history. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - 2nd February 2009 |
| Knife crime could continue to rise until 2018, one of Britain’s leading trauma surgeons warned. Professor Karim Brohi, consultant trauma and vascular surgeon at the Royal London Hospital, said that urgent action and school education was needed if stabbing injuries were to be reduced. He said: “Without long-term intervention I think we’ll continue to see an increase in knife crime up to 2018.” | |
| Crime | The Sentinel – 14th January 2009 |
| David Cameron will unveil a package of proposals today aimed at improving numeracy, including a maths task force headed by former Countdown host Carol Vorderman. The television presenter will examine teaching methods, how to address people’s fear of mathematics, and whether tests have got easier. | |
| Education | The Sentinel - 2nd February 2009 |
| An investigation was launched after two immigration staff were revealed to be members of the British National Party (BNP), the UK Border Agency said. The two staff worked in an immigration removal centre until a list of BNP members appeared on the internet in November, according to a UK Border Agency spokesman. After the list was made public, one resigned and another was suspended, he said. | |
| The Law | The Sentinel – 14th January 2009 |
| Satellite tracking devices are being installed in buses to revolutionise public transport. Bus companies in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire are working with regeneration leaders to install the devices in the next two years. The high-tech initiative will enable bus passengers to obtain up-to-the-minute information on bus itineraries at bus stops, online or on their mobile phones. | |
| Travel/Tourism | The Sentinel - January 2nd, 2009 |
| A Nationwide police blitz on knife crime has contributed to an explosion in the number of young people held on a Government database. The details of hundreds of children and young adults are added to records every day. Many come to the attention of police when they are stopped during stop and search operations aimed at flushing those carrying weapons. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel - January 2nd, 2009 |
| Rail passengers will today have to fork out for fare rises well above the inflation level, with some tickets going up by more than 11 per cent. Customers watchdog Passengers Focus said rail travellers would “shudder and shiver” when they saw the new fares. But the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) said some fares were staying the same or going down and commuting by rail was “considerably less expensive than commuting by car”. | |
| Travel/Tourism | The Sentinel - January 2nd, 2009 |
| A Briton injured in the New Year’s Eve nightclub fire in Thailand said today he had been rescued by the “hand of an angel”. Alex Wargacki, aged 29, from London, was speaking as he recovered from the fire in Bangkok which claimed the lives of at least 61 partygoers and injured 200 more. Mr Wargacki was pulled from the burning club by an unknown rescuer after collapsing as he tried to escape. | |
| Disasters/War | The Sentinel - January 2nd, 2009 |
| Asda will offer discounts on 1,000 products from today in a move likely to ignite a “credit crunch” price war between the supermarket giants. Asda said there would be price cuts on 1,000 essential items in its 350 stores. A spokewoman for supermarket giant Tesco, responding to the Asda announcement, said: “We have already dropped our prices on thousands of everyday lines and we have more to come.” | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel - January 2th, 2009 |
| Consumers are being misled into believing ‘detox’ products actually work despite a lack of scientific evidence. The study, compiled by Voice of Young Science (VoYS), found manufactures were unable to provide reliable evidence of what the “detox” process actually means. | |
| Health | The Sentinel - January 5th, 2009 |
| Extended help for homeowners struggling to pay mortgages after losing their jobs was introduced by the Government today to slow spiralling repossessions. Thousands more will get help with intrest paymrnts after the threshold for qualification was raised and the waiting period cut to 13 days. People with mortgages of up to £200,000 – double the previous cut off – will now qualify for Support for Mortgage Intrest. | |
| Housing | The Sentinel - January 5th, 2009 |
| House prices fell by 15.9 per cent during 2008, the biggest annual drop on record, figures showed today. The average cost of a UK home dropped by a further 2.5 per cent in December. Nationwide warned that prices were likely to have further to fall before significant numbers of buyers returned to the market. | |
| Housing | The Sentinel - January 6th, 2009 |
| The Government is still failing NHS patients when it comes to mixed-sex accommodation, the Conservatives said today. One in seven hospital trusts also still used large dormitory-style wards to look after men and women. Shadow health secretary, Andrew Lansley, said: “Patients have enough to worry about without mixed wards.” | |
| Health | The Sentinel - January 9th, 2009 |
| High visibility vests for criminals on community service will be introduced today. The Government has ordered 10,000 orange vests with “Community Payback” written on the back in purple to increase public confidence in community punishments. | |
| Crime | The Sentinel December 1st, 2008 |
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