Pleural plaques are scarring of the lungs caused by heavy and prolonged exposure to asbestos. Sometimes victims suffer some physical symptoms, but many experience high levels of mental distress, because they have a markedly increased chance of developing the incurable lung cancer mesothelioma.
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West Midlands Police Authority published its Annual Report at its Annual General Meeting on 25 June 2009.  The report shows that crime in the West Midlands has fallen again over the last 12 months, and is at its lowest for 19 years. Read more »

Since early 2006, I have been pressing the government on adaptation to climate change. The government’s recent publication of its Five Point Climate Change Action Plan shows that I’ve won: the government has finally “got” adaptation. Read more »

The government recently announced its aim to end analogue radio transmissions by 2015. They’re wrong. That’s much too soon. Read more »