Guardian Programme News Today

A Jewish social welfare charity in Prestwich is celebrating a major funding boost to deliver a vital programme of work.

A war on nicotine could transform societys fight against cancer, heart disease and ill-health. Medical experts said plans in the US and New Zealand to slash the amount of nicotine in cigarettes could save millions of lives. US President Joe Bidens administration is reported to be planning an assault on the tobacco industry, just days after Jacinda Arderns government in New Zealand set out plans to make cigarettes so weak they are no longer addictive. Reducing the amount of nicotine in cigarette...

COMMUNITIES across Ireland are being encouraged to grow and save their own seed together in a major new programme being launched by Scariff-based, Irish Seed Savers Association. The Community Seed Guardians Programme is a training and mentoring programme for communities across the country to grow and save their own food seed. The programme was developed with funding received through Rethink Ireland’s Innovate Together programme, which was established in response to Covid-19 to build resilienc...