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It comes after the pharma group recently announced positive trending data from its Phase 2 study of the drug on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and...

A 70-year-old woman, forced to live with cough since her 40s, is 'excited' to be the first person in the world to receive a potential new cough treatment...

More designs for the new designer outlet centre. A £125 million designer outlet centre has been given the go ahead despite objectors’ claims that the plans could turn Grantham into a ghost town. Members of South Kesteven District Council’s development management committee agreed to Oldrid and Co’s plans to demolish a number of existing buildings on Occupation Lane, Gonerby Moor, and create  107 units containing “upscale brand” retail, cafe and storage businesses. It also wants to bu...

A marble statue of Baroness Margaret Thatcher stands in the Guildhall Art Gallery on April 9, 2013 (Dan Kitwood/Getty) The town of Margaret Thatcher’s birth has revealed plans for an eye-watering £300,000 bronze statue of the Tory tyrant, complete with a £100,000 unveiling ceremony. The ostentatious monument in Grantham, Lincolnshire, was originally intended to stand in London’s Parliament Square until plans were rejected for attracting protests. Thatcher’s memorial remains so controver...

Algernon Pharmaceuticals Provides Year End Summary of Key Activities Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc.  a clinical stage pharmaceutical development company, is pleased to provide a summary of the Company’s key activities this past calendar year. NP-120 Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis & Chronic Cough Clinical Research Program March 30 – Submitted for ethics approval in Australia for a Phase 2 study of the Company’s re-purposed drug Ifenprodil for IPF and chronic cough. May 6 – … Algernon P...

Published: 16:00, 23 December 2020 A group that helps with emotional wellbeing is getting support for its meetings during the Covid pandemic with a £400 ward member grant from a district councillor. South Kesteven District Councillor Jacky Smith has donated the money to Renew Grantham, a group recently set up to support anyone struggling with isolation and their mental and emotional health. Weekly meetings are held at Grantham Baptist Church in Wharf Road where people can take their own ho...

People can improve their mental health at weekly Grantham meetings  | Updated: 09:11, 16 December 2020 A group in Grantham has been launched to help people with their mental health. Renew Grantham has been set up by Louise Lamb and meets every week at the Baptist Church in Wharf Road with seven volunteers to help run it. The group, which comes under the umbrella of the national charity Renew Wellbeing, offers people a space where they can enjoy a variety of hobbies and activities. People are ...

Thanks to all who played a part in Remembrance Published: 07:00, 14 December 2020 On behalf of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal and Remembrance, as you are all aware both events were cut to the bare minimum due to Covid-19. I would like to thank all who laid wreaths and those who took part in the opening and closing of the Garden of Remembrance. Thanks also to those who took part at the cemetery where the service took place for the civilians who lost their lives during the bombing of Gra...