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Birkenhead is a deprived area. the sort of place we know can be especially vulnerable to drug and alcohol problems. but this is a community which is fighting back. and here in birkenhead theyve come up with this concept of a recovery village. what is that? a recovery village? there are already loads of different services here working to help people struggling with addiction, but now theyre working together in much closer cooperation so the rehab hub, the recovery cafe down here, and the place wh...

Just across the mersey from liverpool, this place took the full force of the 1980s recession, as the shipyards failed and unemployment rose and heroin and other drugs took hold. birkenhead is a deprived area. the sort of place we know can be especially vulnerable to drug and alcohol problems. but this is a community which is fighting back. and here in birkenhead theyve come up with this concept of a recovery village. what is that? a recovery village? there are already loads of different services...

Seriously? _ yeah. once that would kill me. seriously? seriously. _ seriously? seriously. generally, _ seriously? seriously. generally, seriously, j seriously? seriously. - generally, seriously, one slip would kill me, because i would feel that there would be no going back. broken promises again, this is a thing they have tried to understand with the academy about finding your values, your core values. to me thats a scary. — values, your core values. to me thats a scary, because - values, your...

Yeah, i need to be. you need to be disciplined. and if im not disciplined, ill fall. at birkenhead, mikes not the only one whos been struggling. just across the mersey from liverpool, this place took the full force of the 1980s recession. as the shipyards failed, unemployment rose and heroin and other drugs took hold. birkenhead is a deprived area — the sort of place we know can be especially vulnerable to drug and alcohol problems. but this is a community which is fighting back. and here in b...

SCOTLAND’S minimum alcohol unit pricing has cost drinkers £270 million, according to a new report due to be published tomorrow.

You? >> you know, i think he actually did okay. it was kind of slow and a little rambling at times, but what he did is a very classic strategy here. he aired a lot of dirty laundry before the other side could air it for him. he went through a long history of abuse in his family and substance abuse. and yes, he said he has had drug and alcohol problems and was addicted to opioids. and he has sent some text messages that can appear to be threatening. and he has had fights with her that got really ...

If you could imagine a mental health ward with no staff, that was kendal court. margaret winters daughter, robin rocklin, was placed in kendal court, after applying for emergency housing in brighton. a mature student, she was deemed vulnerable due to mental health problems, which deteriorated at kendal court. just three weeks after being placed in the block, she took her own life. i dont think she really wanted to die. i read her facebook messages. in one of them, she said, "i dont want to die �...

Themselves they know someone who has become a victim and they are afraid and very concerned about the way things are going and the way things are happening and they are afraid that it will get worse before it gets better. >> bill: you know what the other side says. they claim you are fear mongering and they claim that 97% of those who have had their bail reduced or prison time reduced have not been a problem in society. to them you would say what, madeleine? >> well, i saw that report that you a...

Had those alcohol problems and steroid problems, and i was just mad. i said, yeah. >> how did it go down? >> i told him when she was going to get off work. i would text sirius. and he said ive got this. i see her car. i dont know actually what took place on the night. i know that she was shot. i dont know if he parked his vehicle somewhere and came running out of the bushes. i never talked to sirius after the murder happened. >> hes only confirmed with you. >> he said, done. >> they asked, how c...

TACKLING problem drinking in the LGBTQ+ community has been hampered by perceptions that alcohol services are for "straight middle-aged…