10 January 2012

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8.37am UK news

Stepping Hill nurse arrested by police is named

Victorino Chua, 46, has worked at the Stockport hospital for around two years
8.30am Life and style

The Headspace Think Yourself Healthy podcasts: stop smoking

Audio (15min 11sec)
Trying to kick the smoking habit, or at least cut down? In this podcast, find out how you can finally stop with a fresh approach to an ancient technique
7.30am Social care network

Health and social care - an unlikely merger

Guardian Professional The government wants greater integration between health and social care, apparently, but little thought has been given as to how this will be achieved, says Bob Hudson
12.01am NHS

Andrew Lansley backs plan for NHS staff to question patients on lifestyles

Health secretary supports idea of health professionals asking patients about their unhealthy habits every time they use NHS
12.01am Immigration and asylum

Migrants do not affect jobless levels, say researchers

National Institute of Economic and Social Research report in sharp contrast to claim by Migration Watch
12.01am Prisons and probation

Prisons inspector condemns Long Lartin's 'cages' and slopping out

Nick Hardwick says exercise areas for segregated prisoners are 'not fit for purpose' but conditions in whole unit are 'reasonable'
12.00am Prisons and probation

From the archive, 10 January 1975: The road to freedom is in a typewriter

Originally published in the Guardian on 10 January 1975: Ingenuity and invention still flourish in one department of Britain's national life at least: its prisons
12.00am Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband tells Labour to face reality of deficit

Leader sets out new direction and warns party it faces difficult choices on spending at next election