The government is backtracking on plans to cap the amount the elderly have to pay for their own care.

Experts have recommended £25,000 but the figure ministers are considering is £100,000, and they will not now be making a decision until 2015.

This, say Age UK will have a devastating impact on people who need care now.

Charity Anxiety UK has warned that insomnia is hitting increasing numbers of us after getting our fix of social networking sites, dubbed “electronic cocaine”

Apparently half of us access the sites while in bed, 43% use work time for this personal experience and whilst 38% of users believe the sites have improved their lives some 24% of us say they make us anxious, a common symptom of chemical drug use.

A three-day music festival held in Fife in May was targeted to raise more than £100,000 for charities Help For Heroes and Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association Rorces Help but only attracted less than a quarter of its expected audience of 12,000 (Live UK)

The organisers of the festival, Big Stooshie Productions have declared insolvency and the charities will get nothing.

The Coeliac Society has revealed that 1 in 100 people in the UK, or more than 500,000, have coeliac disease.

This is an autoimmune condition caused by intolerance to the gluten protein found in wheat, barley and rye and therefore present in breads, cakes, biscuits, flours, cereals and pastas and often used as an ingredient in such common foods as fish fingers, sausages, gravies and sauces, including soy sauce. Damage to the lining of the gut is caused by eating gluten and there is no cure or medication available – the only treatment is a gluten-free diet for life.

The charity currently has 3,000 members with the condition and campaigns for more gluten-free foods and more caterers, restaurants and event organisers providing suitable options.