The health secretary has frequently and publicly quoted statistics claiming that there is increased mortality in NHS hospitals over weekends. This is incorrect. In fact, fewer patients die in hospitals over the weekend than any other day of the week. The health secretary refers to research which claim an excess 11,000 hospital deaths amongst patients who are admitted into hospital over weekends. He fails to make clear that this refers to a "weekend" period of Friday to Monday (i.e. 4 days) and death within 30 days of admission, not upon admission at the weekend. He claims that these 11,000 "excess" deaths are related to lack of staffing by junior doctors at weekends; there is absolutely no evidence that this is the case. He incorrectly makes these claims, when even the very study from which he quotes, clearly states that there is no evidence these deaths are preventable and did not identify a causative factor. He fails to acknowledge research that has demonstrated the patients who are admitted to hospitals as weekends are often sicker than those admitted during the week and therefore more likely to die. Whilst there is a need to investigate these statistics in more detail and improve NHS care wherever possible throughout the NHS, these incorrect public statements should not be used as a justification for imposing a new junior doctor contract and should be publicly retracted. The incorrect use of statistics by the health secretary has led to huge, yet entirely unnecessary, anxiety to the general public, many of whom are now scared to be admitted to hospital over a weekend and have even not attended hospital when acutely unwell over a weekend because of these fears. This needs to be redressed.

Time is running out. 7 day-a-week access to hospitals is possible but it must be paid for. If Jeremy Hunt gets his way with these bullying tactics against one of the greatest assets we have within our NHS, our junior doctors, it will be a terrible loss to all of us.

Animals can and will be used as entertainment eg Dog Fighting and the use of kittens as live bait on dog fights

This is so important because it is affecting people's ability to feed their own family. How can we live in a society where people are punished in such a way that they cannot feed their children? It is right that any system of benefits has checks and balances in it so people cannot abuse the system but we also have to have compassionate limits which do not affect the health and well-being of those affected. So many families are having to access the country's Foodbanks because they have been sanctioned. when a sanction is put in place this usually means that the majority of a person's income is stopped immediately meaning they are unable to meet their regular financial commitments including buying food. If they get a hardship payment after two weeks of a sanction this has to be repaid afterwards which adds more of a financial strain. If you refused to feed your dog as a punishment for some misdemeanor you would be prosecuted for animal cruelty but for some reason the DWP can do just that to a family by removing their ability to feed their family. Where is the justice in that? We need a robust system which is also compassionate and acknowledges that these people are human beings with a right to feed themselves and their families.

There is far to much food waste when we have people going hungry. All stores should be required to donate unwanted food to charities and to food banks. It should apply to any supermarket with a footprint of 400 square metres or larger. If companies flout the law they are to incur fines. Supermarkets are to sign a donation deal with charities, which will be able to increase the quality and diversity of food that they currently get and distribute. In terms of nutritional balance, they currently have a deficit of meat and a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables. This will hopefully allow food-banks to push a fresh source of nutritional quality food to people and families in need.

David Cameron announced we’ll welcome 20,000 more Syrian refugees. But there’s a catch. This will take 5 years, leaving thousands of refugees in limbo. It’s now up to us to show that in cities, towns and villages all across the country we’re ready to welcome people now. Aylan, the toddler who drowned fleeing Syria, was just three years old. His town was under attack by Isis. His five year old brother and his mum also died trying to reach safety.We don't want Britain to be the kind of country that turns its back as people drown in their desperation to flee places like Syria. So let's stand up for Britain's long tradition of helping refugees fleeing war. Let's show the Prime Minister that we, the people of the UK, are proud to do our part and provide refuge to people in their hour of need. Please sign and share, or start your own petition for your town or city here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/efforts/refugees-welcome

Just think the government and Department of Work and Pensions need to know what they are doing to genuine disabled people feel as though we are being tied with the con artist and fiddlers of the system. He dosen't want to be disabled, he has worked but now I have to come to terms he can't. And the people who interview you are not medical nurses doctors or anything of the sort they as questions tick boxes. Hows that getting a true picture - it's affecting families financially causing stress, making people more ill than they were before and they don't care

No area should be contaminated by chemicals when it is not necessary. Live tree stumps can grow back into attractive bushes or trees if not killed by chemicals. Please sign our petition ASAP and get others to sign it ASAP. If you would also like to send us letters against the use of chemicals to kill trees and live tree stumps: please send them ASAP to our Email address and we will forward them to whomever it may concern. Our organisation is The Protection of Charlwood's Natural Heritage (PCNH). Our Email is: [email protected] If you'd like to help stop the felling of the churchyard trees please also sign ASAP our other petition using this link: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/please-help-charlwood-save-its-churchyard-trees-and-sign-our-petition-2

St Nicholas churchyard trees are all in a Conservation Area and all have Confirmed TPOs. They have the support of eminent scientists and other professionals and important organisations. They are essential to wildlife. They must not be destroyed on the basis of foolish lies. The Church must honour its policy on protecting wildlife and its habitat: trees. Please help Charlwood save its churchyard trees and sign our petition ASAP and ask others to sign it also ASAP! If you can also produce a letter in support of the trees, please send it ASAP to our organisation The Protection of Charlwood's Natural Heritage (PCNH) by email ( [email protected] ) and we will send it to the appropriate authorities. Please address your letter to “Whomever it may concern”. If you are against the use of chemicals to kill live tree stumps (which can contaminate the churchyard and the surrounding environment), then please also sign ASAP our second petition via this link: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/help-charlwood-surrey-protect-its-churchyard-and-surrounding-gardens-from-chemical-contamination

I personally have recently become Disabled, I can only walk a short distance (with walking sticks). I have to transport a Electric Wheelchair to enable getting anywhere. On numerous occasions my Wife (Carer) has to drive around Car Parks looking for somewhere to park where there is sufficient room to allow me to get out of car and my Wife to unload my Chair. Normally there are many cars in Disability Bays that do not Display a Blue Badge! When they return to their car it is often wise to say nothing as the verbal abuse you receive is intimidating.

This is important because the UK is currently ruled by a Conservative government who are in power by the slimmest of margins. If all the people who were denied a postal vote had voted, would the outcome be different? Would the UK not now be suffering from the effects of austerity, the threat of fracking, the withdrawal of welfare and services to the needy and the tripling of the national debt? If the UK is a truly democratic country, I think this needs to be investigated.

Design and Technology is a subject that is particularly struggling to find teachers. There are only two universities in England that run an undergraduate course for trainee D&T teachers but now NTU want to bring that down to one. If that happens then the amount of people applying for teacher training will reduce. The university seem to think that those who apply at NTU will just transfer their application to the remaining university course. This is simply not the case. There are 4 people on the course currently who are there because of the location and reputation and would not have been in a position to just go somewhere else. The course is also an award winning course with 2 of the lecturers achieving teacher trainer of the year in 2014 & 2015 as well as another lecturer being nominated for a commendation this year. Design and Technology is still a requirement on the national curriculum at Key Stage 3 but not further on. Without the training for teachers the runs the risk of the subject being taught inefficiently and then possibly disappearing altogether in the future. If the subject isn't being carried on beyond Key Stage 3 it runs the risk of having a knock-on effect on product design, engineering, furniture design and fashion (just to mention only a few). I'm a mature student who put their personal life on hold and quit a good full time job in order to go and train. I didn't have another way of getting in to teaching as I had already attempted university study a different way. Being settled where I am having a university close was a wonderful thing. There are people in similar positions as me and by closing the course they're taking that opportunity away. Please help us save the course and in turn save the future of Design and Technology.