Tough love finds a way to beat heroin
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Heroin addiction is becoming an increasing problem in the United Kingdom and is affecting young people in rural areas where one might not expect to find such problems. Users may come from stable backgrounds and can be as young as 12-years-old. Users may manipulate parents in order to obtain money, and parents may have to use tough love. This can involve a risk of loss of contact between parents and children. Mothers are more likely to continue to help children and find it more difficult to be tought han fathers.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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Cool, calm, collected by limo
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Pop singer Monica Arnold is only 15 years old, but her debut single was extremely popular in the US. She is also beginning to gain a strong following in the UK, where she is currently promoting her music. She has a less brash image than other young female singers, and is being promoted as a typical teenager. However, her lifestyle is certainly not that of a typical teenager.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1996
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To Blackpool with love - from Russia
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Blackpool-based travel operator Bob Waters has begun offering a package holiday in the town for Russians. He expects 1,000 Russian visitors in 1995, trebling in 1996. This holiday is part of a general move in Blackpool to attract new visitors as it increasingly has to compete with cheap foreign restorts.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1995
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