DISPENSARY CORNER 12 Nov 15
November 12, 2015
Hygiene is set to be significantly
enhanced in a British council area,
where undercover rangers have
been given special night vision
goggles to detect citizens who
don’t clean up after their pets.
Stafford Borough Council has
invested in the £200 gadgets for
staff who will use them when they
patrol “dog fouling hot-spots”
across the town.
It’s the latest move in a long running
campaign to eliminate
the scourge of pavement poo,
with previous initiatives including
offering rewards to “vigilantes”
who are prepared to take the
situation into their own hands
and report people who don’t pick
up their canine crap.
“We have had tremendous
support from the community
for our efforts to get rid of this
disgusting crime - especially
from responsible dog owners
who are sick and tired of their
inconsiderate counterparts
giving them all a bad name,” said
councillor Frank Finlay.
GOOD legs equals a good brain,
according to a study just by a
team from King’s College London.
They found that older women
who had powerful legs were less
likely to develop dementia, after
tracking the health of over 150
pairs of twin sisters aged between
43 and 73 years of age.
Generally the twin who was able
to better use a particular type of
gym equipment at the start of the
study had fewer brain changes
associated with ageing measured
a decade later.
“When it came to cognitive
ageing, leg strength was the
strongest factor that had an
impact in our study,” said lead
researcher Claire Steves.
“We think leg strength is a
marker of the kind of physical
activity that is good for your brain”.
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