Daily Diamond - Nursery toothbrushing scheme saves £6m in dental costs

Glasgow University have carried out an evaluation of a plan that encourages nursery children to brush their teeth, and found the programme has saved more than £6 million in dental costs.
Childsmile is a scheme that encourages and guides young children to look after their teeth properly,......
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Daily Diamond - Miracle baby born amid chaos from super typhoon Haiyan

In the devastation caused by Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, it’s understandable that many people will struggle to smile for a little while, so we wanted to focus on the heart warming stories to come out of the country.
One of these stories involve heavily pregnant, 21-year-old Emily......
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Daily Diamond - Passengers do squats to pay for tickets

The Russian Olympic Committee and Moscow city officials have come up with a great new way to encourage metro riders to exercise: paying for their train tickets by doing 30 squats.
Throughout November, subway passengers can choose to perform 30 “Olympic standard” squats in two minutes. If......
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Daily Diamond - Independent Living Fund here to stay

Five people have succeeded in a legal challenge to the government’s decision to abolish the Independent Living Fund.
The £359 million Independent Living Fund (ILF) provides support for nearly 19,000 disabled people in the UK, allowing them to live independent lives within their communities.......
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Daily Diamond - University of Leicester offers paid student internships

The first ever scheme in the UK to provide undergraduates with paid internships is to be launched by the University of Leicester next year.
Paid internships will be offered by the university to students based in the UK or EU, with 500 available, and each internship will be about 12 weeks......
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Daily Diamond - Childhood music lessons give brain boosts

Children and their noisy toys: a new study suggests that the drum kit or piano lessons your child wanted may not be such a frivolous thing.
According to scientists at Northwestern University in the US, children who are learning to play a musical instrument are giving their brain a boost that......
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Daily Diamond - "Hybrid" Solar Eclipse for Africa, America and Europe

A solar eclipse occurred earlier this month, drawing millions of people to gaze at the sky. Partial and complete solar eclipses occur on average about twice a year, but this one was different. This one was a hybrid.
The moon’s distance to Earth varies, so there are different kinds of solar......
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