There has been a recent rise in attacks towards Indian students in Sydney, Australia, with the latest victim receiving 30% burns to his body after being attacked with a petrol bomb.

Shocking new figures¹ reveal over 300 people with diabetes are admitted to hospital with a heart attack every week in the UK, warns leading health charity Diabetes UK. Data from the NHS Information Centre2 also reveals a sobering tally of over 300 strokes, 65 foot or toe amputations and 38 leg amputations among people with the condition each week.  Due to the way hospital data is recorded, these figures may well be lower than actual numbers as occurrences in the same person are only counted once.
 

Nearly half of all first time parents are worried about money, yet most have notheard of Child Benefit, let alone the other benefits to which they are entitled.  These shocking figures come as Usdaw publishes early findings of its survey intohow working parents are coping with the impact of the global economic downturn.