More than 300,000 people in Britain – equivalent to one in every 200 – are officially recorded as homeless or living in inadequate homes, according to figures released by the charity Shelter. Using official government data and freedom of information returns from local authorities, it estimates that 307,000 people are sleeping rough, or accommodated in […]
One In every 200 people In UK are homeless, according to Shelter Read More »
Four per cent of UK drinkers who have the most harmful alcohol consumption habits account for a third of all the alcohol drunk in the country, public health chiefs have revealed. The “staggering” statistic was revealed as part of the evidence to MPs on the potential impact of a 50p minimum price per unit of
Less than 5% of problem drinkers amount to one third of alcohol consumption In UK Read More »
The average age of people suffering a stroke for the first time has fallen over the past 10 years, with more than a third happening in middle-age, the latest figures show. While the majority – 58% – of strokes still happen in older age, 38% occur between the ages of 40 and 69, according to
Big rise In number of middle-aged people suffering strokes, research suggests Read More »
