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In the news this past week has been the announcement of the potential closing of Newshub at the end of June this year.

In the news this past week has been the announcement of the potential closing of Newshub at the end of June this year.
The NHS recently decided to stop funding homeopathy. Until recently, taxpayers' money was used in the UK to fund homeopathic hospitals (in London, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool and Tunbridge Wells) and prescriptions for homeopathy. In part of a suite of changes in an effort to avoid paying for ineffective treatments (including herbal remedies and fish oil), the NHS decided to stop paying money for these pseudoscientific medicines that don't work.
Chris Hyde from the Timaru Herald received a response to an OIA request to CYF this week. There was a recent case where a man was convicted for child abuse of CYF kids in Timaru, and he was used by CYF as an EFT practitioner.
The Wellington Astrology centre, a drop-in office in central Wellington, is struggling to make ends meet and has turned to Pledge Me to raise funds. It's been running since 2011, but now needs $3,000 to cover the next 3 months of bills.
| Income | | | - | - | | Members' Subscriptions | 8,558.38 | | Interest Received | 1,837.64 | | Surplus from Conference | 2,144.77 | | Net Sundry Sales | 187.00 | | Miscellaneous | 231.73 | | Total Income | 12,959.52 |
1. We now have nearly ninety subscribing members. When | divide them according to their addresses, and also for the difference in population between the North and South Islands, it appears that South Islanders are about four times more skeptical than are North Islanders.