Covid-19 Pandemic could result in 3,500 potentially avoidable cancer deaths

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Disruption to cancer diagnosis services (referrals and routine screening) and people avoiding healthcare because of the COVID-19 pandemic could result in around 3,500 potentially avoidable deaths from the four main cancers in England by 2025, according to new research published in The Lancet Oncology journal. This may result in an increase of people suing the NHS for…

The Gin Guild issues legal action against on producers falsely labelling products as ‘gins’

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Gin Guild has issued a pre-legal action notice to the Pentone family who produce Red Storm and Ocean Storm for wrongly labelling the spirits as ‘gin’, despite only being 29% ABV.   It now intends to secure enforcement against those seeking to abuse the name and standing of the gin category, and to ensure…

Incredible Edible Todmorden

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A community food scheme in Todmorden where fruit and vegetables are grown in public places across the town for the town’s residents to pick and eat has inspired a global movement of growers. Incredible Edible Todmorden have had gardeners take over unused or unattractive bits of public land to plant food to feed the community. It…

Cosmetic Surgery Practitioners breaching lockdown rules to visit clients’ homes

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since the government introduced the lockdown there have been reports of cosmetic surgery practitioners have been breaching lockdown rules in order to visit their clients’ homes to give them dermal fillers and Botox injections. There are currently no rules in the UK about who can carry out the injections or what training they should have.…