Translation for immigrants rockets!

The translation costs for immigrants in Yorkshire has soared since the expansion of the EU.
The money spent in providing interpreters, and translating leaflets has almost doubled in Sheffield, from £169,000 in 2002-03 to £313,000 in 2006-07. In Kirklees, although the cost of translating has dropped in the past three years, there has been a 28% [...]

Promoting a forgotten part of our industrial heritage

While everyone is familiar with such landmarks as lighthouses and windmills, which are often lovingly-preserved (if no longer in working use) and maybe even converted into homes, fewer people are familiar with a less-pretty but equally important structure – the water tower.
That may soon change, as a group of men from Suffolk have formed the [...]

Pensioners denied NHS foot care

Pensioners are being denied NHS foot care, leaving many crippled with pain and unable to get about.
Pensioners who, for years, have attended NHS chiropody clinics, are now being told that their cases are “not severe enough” and are being told that they will not be treated. Many of these people find it difficult to cut [...]

Another British company goes to the foreigners

British chemical company ICI has been bought by Dutch company Akzo Nobel in an £8billion take over.
If the deal is approved by competition authorities, this will mean the end of 81 years of British ownership of the company.
ICI was founded in 1926 through the merger of four firms to become Imperial Chemical Industries. It [...]