UK News: Dementia warning
Most people with dementia would prefer to live in the community yet there is inadequate help with everyday tasks according to the Alzheimer's Society's study.
Phone hacking probe to include fresh claims
Prosecutors will expand their review of evidence gathered during the phone hacking inquiry to include fresh claims around the scandal, the director of public prosecutions has said.
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Hide AdKeir Starmer said any evidence be assessed by a senior barrister as part of an ongoing inquiry into material already held by Scotland Yard.
His announcement came as former MP Paul Marsden stated that his phone may have been hacked by a journalist at the Daily Mirror in 2003.
Cholesterol time bomb
AROUND 100,000 people in the UK are unaware they suffer from high cholesterol which runs in the family, according to a new report.
Cholesterol is not cleared properly from the bloodstream and can cause early heart problems in people with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH).
Around one in 500 people in the UK inherit FH from a parent.
Keys apologises to ref Sian
SKY Sports presenter Richard Keys has telephoned assistant referee Sian Massey to apologise for his off-air comments about her at the weekend.
Keys and Andy Gray were dropped from last night's line-up for the match between Bolton and Chelsea.
Bristol: The man accused of killing Joanna Yeates was expected to apply for bail today. Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak, Miss Yeates' next door neighbour, appeared in court yesterday accused of her murder. The 32-year-old was remanded in custody at Bristol Magistrates' Court, charged with killing the 25-year-old landscape architect.
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Hide AdKent: A man was stabbed to death and three others suffered knife wounds during a street fight between two groups of people, police said today. Officers were called to Marine Terrace in Folkestone, Kent, just before 8.30pm last night after the brawl at a party.