Yvette fielding illness benefit

  • Yvette Fielding, who was Blue Peter's youngest ever presenter at just 17, has battled with the skin condition vitiligo for most of her life.
  • The sickness benefit testing system has too many problems to find out if people are fit to work, Employment Minister Mark Hoban says.
  • Families of those suffering mental impairments are being encouraged to access council tax discounts.

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    Noel Fielding

    British actor and comedian (born )

    Noel Fielding (; born 21 May ) is an English comedian and actor. He was part of The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe alongside Julian Barratt in the s, and has been a co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off since He is known for his dark and surreal comedic style.

    Fielding began performing stand-up comedy when he graduated from art school in , and in he first met Mighty Boosh collaborator Barratt when they both appeared on the same comedy bill at a pub in north London. Around , they performed their first comedy show together in London, which was a mix of stand-up and sketch comedy, then later in they took the show, The Mighty Boosh, to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. They returned to the festival in with Arctic Boosh, and in with Autoboosh. In The Mighty Boosh became a six-part radio show on BBC London Live, called The Boosh later transferring to BBC radio 4.

    In , the Mighty Boosh became a television show The Mighty B

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    Wales promotes council tax discounts for mentally impaired

    The Welsh Government is making it easier for those living with severe mental impairments to get big discounts and rebates on their council tax bills.

    The move follows a long campaign by consumer website MoneySavingExpert.

    It's helped Sian Higginson and her year-old mother, Pat Hughes, who suffers from dementia.

    After a chance chat with the local Citizens Advice in Denbigh, they found they were entitled to a save thousands of pounds.

    "I really wasn't aware there was help," said Ms Higginson.

    Over the last few years the family have had to step in more and more to help Mrs Hughes, including taking power of attorney over her finances, but it has been a challenge.

    "After diagnosis you need to be one step ahead of the game. It's hard," says Mrs Higginson.

    Mrs Hughes now pays no council tax at all to Denbighshire Council.

    Moreover, as Mrs Hughes was diagnosed in , she is entitled to

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    Yvette: my battle with vitiligo

    Yvette Fielding, who was Blue Peter's youngest ever presenter at just 17, has battled with the skin condition vitiligo for most of her life. Yvette, 34, who lives in Cheshire with her husband Karl Beattie, 40, a cameraman and producer, and children William, nine, and Mary, three, tells Angela Epstein her story.

    'At this time of year, the ankomst of summer is all people seem to talk about. The shops are full of gorgeous bikinis and skimpy dresses, and on a sunny day everyone loves to sit basking in the rays.

    I love the sun, too. But, for me, it can be a real mardröm. Unless inom put on suncream with an SPF of 60 - the highest inom can get, and even then it's not always enough - I bränna badly.

    My eyes are so sensitive to sunlight, too, that I have to wear sunglasses whenever I'm outside on a bright day.

    I love beaches, and refuse to let my family miss out on holidays. But I have to sit under the biggest parasol I can find, and huddle in the shade.