The Met Office has warned that the snow fall this winter will be the worst in 18 years, and that “the UK winter has been the coldest for over a decade.” The cold snap has caused chaos in London with severe disruptions to the local transport system. As of the 2^nd February, all London buses and tramlink services have been suspended. Flights have also been affected with many airports warning that there could be delays some cancellations. The advice is to check services and flights before setting off on journey, and if possible avoid travelling at all.

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Manual handling, which is “any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving thereof) by hand or by bodily force”, is the main function, and a necessity, for many jobs in the UK. When you lift, pull or push anything at work, you must ensure you follow the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 to avoid any painful injuries. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) states that “work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), including manual handling injuries, are the most common type of occupational ill health in the UK.”

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A fascinating study has found that putting the clocks back in winter causes a huge increase in the number of road accidents. The University of Cambridge’s Centre for Technology Management has discovered that in Great Britain 450 serious injuries and a massive 104 deaths could be prevented by being one hour ahead of the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+1). The injuries caused by the change of clock time results in £200 million per year in NHS costs, and £7 billion since 1971. This staggering figure is of course paid for by the British tax payer.

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You may think it is an obvious thing to state, but it is the right of all employees and members of the public to be provided with proper and suitable seating. Although this need is usually catered for, there are several cases where employees and members of the public have been severely and fatally injured, causing not only pain but often embarrassment.

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It is reported that more and more men are opting to go under the knife and have cosmetic surgery in order to obtain the look they desire. The procedures favoured by men are nose jobs and liposuction. Whilst breast augmentation and eyelid surgery as well as face lifts all remain popular treatments favoured by women.

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Knife Crime in the UK is continuing to rise. It seems there is a growing subculture amongst the youth, in which carrying a knife is seen as part of ‘norm’. This often resulting in the knifes being used and injuries sustained and at worst fatalities.

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Driving whilst under the influence of drugs is an offense and against the law. Section 4 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 states ‘a person who, when driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle on a road or a public place is unfit to drive through drink or drugs is guilty of an offense’.

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Prime Minister Gordon Brown has recently outlined his plan to have our troops out of Iraq by the summer of 2009. There are currently 4,100 British troops still serving in Basra. It is believed that the British Troops will begin leaving Iraq in March 2009 provided the Iraqi elections that are to be held in this month (January 2009) conclude peacefully.

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Attacked whilst at work is becoming increasingly more common, particularly in the health care profession. 8,746 reports of violence against NHS staff were reported last year. Statistics show that NHS staff are more likely to be attacked at work than involved in a Road Traffic Collision.

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US man Richard Batista is demanding his estranged wife give him back his kidney or what he considers to be the value of his kidney in an odd twist in a divorce settlement. Richard Batista has demanded the return of his kidney or the sum of $1.5million dollars (approximately £1 million).

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