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"The event was a roaring success"
10,000 children try taste of venison at educational shows

BASC has introduced venison to more than 10,000 children at food and farming days in Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire over the past month. The BASC Eastern team attended three events where they cooked venison tasters and gave talks about the health benefits of eating this delicious source of protein.

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Older people have role in workplace, EHRC says
Call to scrap retirement age

By politics.co.uk staff The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called for the state retirement age to be scrapped as part of “radical change” helping older people keep working. Its proposals for “fundamental changes to employment policies” include extending the right to flexible working for all, improving training and development and overhauling employment recruitment… Read more »

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'Scandalous' lack of care home places
‘Scandalous’ lack of care home places

The number of homes equipped to care for dementia sufferers – and places in those homes – are falling dramatically, according to figures uncovered by the Conservatives. The number of people with dementia is expected to increase by 240,000 by 2021, and projected to reach 1,735,087 by 2051. But the number of homes able to… Read more »