Effective bankruptcy in the next few years unless the Funding System is reformed. A report by the local Government Information Unit has Found Services like parks, Leisure Facilities and libraries are at risk of being cut, while council tax could rise in some areas. Our reporter Vincent Mcaviney has more. Yay well done. Alex is about to turn 18, and on top of the regular worries parents have about their children, mum, sylvia also has to think about alexs autism and the extra support he needs to gain independence. Support thats under fire for her and other families as Birmingham City council struggles with financial difficulties. What you get is families that are on their knees with a trauma presentation, traumatised kids, and they never get decent outcomes. Theyjust end up constantly trying to get the basics, which everybody else s child gets naturally. And its Notjust Birmingham thats struggling. Across the country, councils are warning that front line neighbourhood Services Like parks
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Million people in the uk are living with long covid and hundreds of thousands of them experience breathlessness. traditional lung scans often appear to be normal though. but researchers in oxford are using a different technique in a clinical trial which does show problems in these patients lungs. they hope that understanding the problem will lead to better treatment options. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns has the story. we will not be bringing you catherine s reports, instead, i spoke a little earlier to dan, who is living with long covid and professor fergus gleeson, a consultant radiologist working on the trial we can see the abnormalities on the scan are almost certainly due to covid, what we need to do is see how much of the abnormality is causing their symptoms, much of the abnormality is causing theirsymptoms, because much of the abnormality is causing their symptoms, because he can have things wrong with your lungs, your kidneys, your heart and not feel symptoms,