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Each one of the following articles are related to Asthma and Hotels taken from local and national newspapers.
Which? Holiday - Tuesday 6th January 2009
Beware of budget hotels for a dirty weekend
People staying in budget hotel rooms may be shocked to discover what is lurking beneath the bed sheets,
warns a new undercover investigation by Which? Holiday*.
Channel M News - Tuesday 6th January 2009
The Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 6th January 2009
Mould, blood and faeces found in budget hotel rooms
Budget hotels are contaminated with blood, mould, urine and even faeces, an investigation has revealed.
One of the "most disturbing" discoveries made by the investigation was in a room at the Ibis hotel on Charles Street in Manchester, where the mattress was so badly soiled that the cover had started to fray and mould had begun to grow.
Tuesday 6th January 2009
Hotels for a dirty weekend
VISITORS to Manchester's budget hotels could get a dirtier weekend than planned.
The cleanliness of cheap city centre chains has come in for a hammering from consumer watchdog Which?
which has discovered mould between the sheets, dirt on the duvets, as well as dust and grime.
Undercover inspectors from Which? Holiday checked into eight of the city's most visited budget spots - but their findings were less than spotless with reports of mould growing on a mattress in the Ibis, in Charles Street, and a suspected blood stain on a duvet in the chain's Portland Street hotel.
Wednesday 19th November 2008
Big events prove to be knockout for hotels
Manchester ‘s hotels achieve a 6.1 per cent rise in average daily rooms rates during September despite a slight dip in occupancy levels, new figures show.
Events helped the city’s hotels to an occupancy rate of 79.6 per cent, down 2 per cent compared with the same month last
year but still higher than the national average of 76.4 per cent.
The Blackpool Gazette - Saturday 25th October 2008
Laurence gives Blackpool push at tourism 'Oscars'
STYLE guru Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen gave a high profile push for Blackpool when he hosted the North West's tourism "Oscars”. The Beach House, on Queens Promenade, Bispham, was named Self Catering Holiday of the Year.
The judges called the business, owned and run by Estelle Livesey and Darren Livesey, as "simply stunning", adding "with its high quality finish the Beach House challenges perceptions of Blackpool and is setting a new standard of excellence in the resort".
The Sun - Friday 19th September 2008
Painkiller link to tot asthma
GIVING kids Calpol or other forms of paracetamol raises their chance of asthma, experts warned.
The Sun - Saturday 13th September 2008
Tot Asthma Aid
Babies aged six to 12 months who mix with other tots are 75 per cent less likely to get asthma say researchers.
The Sun Clarkson - Saturday 2nd August 2008
VACANCIES Hot and cold running damp Bacteria in every room
It was a glorious sunny day, the sea was inviting and it was slap bang in the middle of the holiday season.
The Blackpool Gazette - Thursday 19th June 2008
Tourism awards- Fylde's results
THE Fylde coast came up with six winning "recipes" as the Hairy Bikers created their own celebrity hotpot at
the county's tourism Oscars.
Blackpool's newest hotel, Number One South Beach, was named best B&B – following in the footsteps of its award winning sister Number One St Luke's, which went on to become top in the country.
The self-catering award went to Beach House, Queens Promenade, Bispham, "operating in a sustainable way, providing a welcoming and inviting atmosphere for that ideal getaway-from-it-all break."
The Daily Mirror - Monday 16th June 2008
Doctors warn of asthma risk to children who watch too much TV
Children who watch TV for more than five hours a day have a much higher risk of asthma, doctors have warned.
Friday 7th March 2008
Tourism revenue "will rise by half"
TOURISM revenue in Britain is tipped to soar by more than half over the
next decade.
The Daily Express - Monday 3rd March 2008 Asthma drugs hope
A REVOLUTIONARY asthma treatment could save the NHS as much as £100million a year. Scientists have been able to make the drug particles half the normal size so that the spray penetrates deep into the lung.
Wednesday 16th January 2008
Still Britain’s dirtiest hotels
TWO Greater Manchester hotels have been named and shamed for a second year running as being among the top ten dirtiest in Britain
Tuesday 15th January 2008
Hotel named among the dirtiest
TWO MANCHESTER area hotels have been named and shamed for a second year running, as being among the UK's Top Ten 'dirtiest'
Wednesday September 12th 2007
'Dirtiest hotel' fined £36,000
A HOTEL accused of being the dirtiest in Britain has been fined more than £36,000 for food hygiene offences.
Thursday August 2nd 2007
Couple escape bedroom fire
A COUPLE had a lucky escape when their mattress caught fire last Saturday morning.
Friday June 15th 2007
Asthma alert at black spot
PICCADILLY Gardens and its adjoining bus station have been named among Britain's worst air quality black spots.
Readings have shown some of the highest concentrations of the sooty particles linked to asthma and other breathing problems.
Friday June 15th 2007
Zapping what 'mite' just lie beneath
Mucky mattresses have become the latest focus of Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board.
The association has become the first tourism body in the UK to champion the cleanliness of beds in accommodation providers across the resort.
Manchester-based
Pure Clean has helped one Bispham holiday apartment clean up in the bedroom department by sorting out its mattresses.
Tuesday May 1st 2007
'Poor Care' Turns asthma into crisis
People from Oldham who suffer from asthma are almost twice as likely to need emergency hospital care as patients from the rest of England, according to a pressure group.
Friday March 29th 2007
Asthma 'breakthrough' revealed
A potential breakthrough treatment for asthma sufferers is unveiled today by British scientists. Researchers have found that treating severely affected patients with bronchial thermoplasty, or specially-heated air fed into the lungs, leads to a "significant" improvement. More than 112 patients in four countries took part in the trial, which was led by a team from Glasgow University.
Treated patients experienced around 10 fewer asthma attacks per year, were free of their asthma symptoms an average of 86 additional days per year, and required significantly less rescue medication, doctors said.
Research: Immediately after the trial finished, researchers found the patients reverted to their previous levels of breathlessness, wheezing and coughing.
Tuesday 13th March 2007
Superbug alert for crowded wards
ELDERLY patients stand more chance of contracting superbugs because of overcrowding at some Greater Manchester hospitals, it was claimed yesterday.Hospitals with bed occupancy rates over 85 per cent carry the highest risk and include hospitals in Manchester, Salford and Stockport.
According to Liberal Democrats figures, more than half of NHS trusts nationally have high bed occupancy rates - and this is known to significantly contribute to the spread of hospital superbugs such as MRSA, they claim.
Friday January 19th 2007
Hotel is the dirtiest in Britain...
A Hotel in Stockport has been accused of being the dirtiest in Britain in a poll of tourists from across the world. Customers branded the Britannia Hotel, in Offerton, “absolutely disgusting” and “a dump”, while there was a claim of cobwebs on the ceiling and a complaint of a bath plughole full of hair.
Thursday January 18th 2007
Ideal hotels for a dirty weekend
To have one hotel in your chain named among the dirtiest in Britain could be considered unfortunate. To have four in the fleapit top ten is downright careless...
Wednesday January 17th 2007
‘Bedbug’ hotel sued for millions
London: A New York lawyer is suing a luxury London hotel after he and his wife were attacked by bed bugs.
Friday February 17th 2006
Who's slept in my bed?
Sleeping in a typical British hotel bed means sharing it with more than 2,000 other people. New figures show the average hotel mattress has had 2,375 people sleeping on it during its lifetime.
British hotels had a 65 per cent occupancy rate in 2005, so over a year each room had someone sleeping in it for 237 days. ‘In the home it is important to change a mattress at least every 10 years. Not only is sanitation an issue, but out bodies change over the years’.
Friday October 21st 2005
Pillow talk that is a threat to health
Deadly fungus, more usually found in bread or on damp walls could also be lurking in pillows, according to research by academics at Manchester University.
A study of used pillows each contained over a million fungal spores, the most common being aspergillus fumigatus which is considered to be a leading cause of death for people whose immune systems are not working properly.
Thursday May 20th 2004It's a bug's life for Rohan
When
Rohan Brooks refused to stay in a hotel because the mattress was so filthy it sparked a unique idea. Rohan developed a technique, which rids mattresses of the dust mites thought to cause asthma - a major health problem in South Manchester.
Following new research from the Institute of Biology, suggesting that bed bugs are back on the rise the exterminator has been in demand from hotels, children's homes and private customers.
Saturday February 28th 2004
We have become allergic to our western way of life
The Prince of Wales has called for more allternative medicines to be available on the health service.
Factors associated with western society, such as overeating, lack of exercise and an obsession with hygiene, as well as our exposure to a myriad of chemicals from products whose effects we are only just learning about, are conspiring to weaken our defence against the environment. "Our children are paying the price."
Thursday September 18th 2003
Asthma victims ‘risk blindness from inhalers’
Thousands of asthma patients mat be at risk of partial blindness after using steroid inhalers over long periods, it was revealed today. Research found that inhaled steroids increased the risk of cataracts by up to 70 per cent in people aged over 40.
Friday August 1st 2003
Uncovered: The ‘waste’ of millions ‘Anti-allergen bed covers don't work’ say doctors
For four years asthma sufferers have been buying bed covers advertised as alleviating their symptoms, but a survey carried out at Wythenshawe Hospital has revealed they have no effect at all.
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