UK News: Drug addict handed cash for sterilisation

A DRUG addict has become the first man in Britain to take part in a project which saw him get cash to be sterilised.

The 38-year-old - known only as John - was given 200 by Project Prevention in exchange for a vasectomy. He said the cash incentive spurred him into going ahead with the procedure.

Car driven into club crowd

A 26-YEAR-OLD man was being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder today after a car was driven into a crowd outside a nightclub.

Fourteen people were injured when the stolen Saab mounted the pavement outside the Dali Bar in Rochdale in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Firms and consumers are 'failing on identity fraud'

BRITISH businesses and consumers are not doing enough to stop identity fraud, it was warned today.

Only 7 per cent of people are completely confident the companies they deal with are treating their data responsibly, a survey marking the start of National Identity Fraud Prevention Week (NIDFPW) found. More than nine out of 10 people in the UK think they are at risk from identity fraud but only 44 per cent regularly check bills and financial statements against.

Advice on saving a life

MEMBERS of the public should not give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation unless they are fully trained, according to new guidelines.

Instead, those lacking full skills should give chest compressions only - the best chance of saving a life.

Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) involves chest compressions and "rescue" breaths, with the aim of restarting the heart.

Johnson sets out cuts plan

SHADOW chancellor Alan Johnson, pictured, was today set to accuse the Government of taking a "huge gamble with growth and jobs" as he sets out Labour's alternative to the Treasury's 83 billion cuts. He was expected to tell Chancellor George Osborne: "There is another way."

Newcastle: The city has topped the league for the most sustainable of the UK's large cities for the second year in a row. The city has started installing 580 electric vehicle charging points in the region, as part of efforts to become the UK's electric car capital, and is the centre of a budding clean technology "cluster".

Nottingham: Police appealed for information today after a teenage boy was shot. The 16-year-old was injured in the shooting in the Radford Road area of Nottingham in the early hours of Sunday. He was taken to hospital for treatment and later discharged.