"I started at the beginning not knowing anything about the stars, I wouldn't know where they were, but in a year-and-a-half I've learnt a lot." … [Read more...] about Astronomical Society of Tasmania fosters renewed interest in space
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Deaths of homeless people sleeping in bins prompt calls for action
About one in 10 cases of a person found sheltering in a bin involves a person that had been on a night out, according to the report, which can sometimes have tragic consequences. The RAF gunner Corrie McKeague is believed to have climbed into a bin that was then taken away by a lorry before his disappearance in September 2016. … [Read more...] about Deaths of homeless people sleeping in bins prompt calls for action
‘Every day is a struggle’: rough sleeping on the rise in London
Many of the Romanians and other eastern Europeans the outreach workers encounter are working but not earning enough to afford a deposit or to pay rent. A couple of the men sleeping by an underpass near the station have been employed by an agency, subcontracted to the council, to clean the streets during the night, returning to sleep on the (newly cleaned) pavement for a few hours before they are woken by police and moved on in the morning. Others are working as baristas, in restaurants or in carwash outlets. St Mungo’s staff often see their homeless clients waiting outside B&Q on the Old Kent Road in the early morning, hoping to be picked up by a builder for a day’s cheap labour. … [Read more...] about ‘Every day is a struggle’: rough sleeping on the rise in London
‘I used to eat for convenience’: how young diabetics reversed their diagnosis
And record numbers of young people are being diagnosed with the disease. According to research from the University of Leicester and the University of Melbourne, one in eight people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the UK are aged between 18 and 40. This epidemic of young people being diagnosed is of great concern because, until recently, diabetes was thought to be an old person’s disease. “We’re seeing children with type 2 diabetes,” says Dr Faye Riley of Diabetes UK. “It’s incredibly worrying. A few years ago, that didn’t exist.” … [Read more...] about ‘I used to eat for convenience’: how young diabetics reversed their diagnosis
Cutting obesity would slash number of early deaths, research finds
“But it will take a whole-of-society, whole-of-government approach to solve the global obesity epidemic,” she added. “We need a range of policies that complement each other, such as restrictions on junk food advertising and subsidies on healthy foods, to shift attitudes and behaviour.” … [Read more...] about Cutting obesity would slash number of early deaths, research finds
