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People diagnosed with terminal illness or recovering from surgery or injury are becoming isolated or confined to homes due to lack of mobility aid provision, report warns Via: Millions of injured and unwell may be 'trapped in their homes' because Read more

Research by the British Red Cross suggests 4 million people miss out due to UK-wide shortagesMore than 4 million people a year have been denied the use of a wheelchair despite needing one after breaking a leg or having surgery, Read more

Take back control, urges public health body, as it encourages people to abstain or cut downWe’ve got Dry January for anyone tempted to try alcohol abstinence and Stoptober for smokers who want to quit. Now, Scroll Free September will target Read more

Bailout totalling £500m criticised as justice secretary consults on new schemeThe monitoring of offenders in the community faces another shake-up after disastrous reforms introduced by Chris Grayling forced the government to bail out failing private probation companies by more than Read more

Shares climb following results that were twice what analysts expected, as revenue grows 39% to $53bnAmazon posted a record profit of $2.5bn in the second quarter of 2018, thanks to strong performance by the retail giant’s non-retail divisions – advertising Read more