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Concerns at elderly patients' care
Half of hospitals are failing to provide good nutrition to elderly patients while 40% do not offer dignified care, figures from unannounced inspections show. Of 100 hospitals investigated by the Care...
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Corfu link to Legionnaires' probed
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has launched an investigation into a cluster of cases of Legionnaires' disease in people who have been to Corfu. The organisation said it is aware of nine cases of...
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UK winner scoops £101m jackpot
A UK winner has scooped the estimated £101 million EuroMillions jackpot, Camelot said. It is the third largest jackpot to be won in the UK. It is not yet known if the prize has gone to a single...
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Fox in Libya as more claims surface
Defence Secretary Liam Fox has jetted into Libya as allegations over his working relationship with a former flatmate continued to surface back home. Dr Fox met with Jalal al-Digheily, defence minister...
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Councils stockpile extra road salt
Councils are stockpiling thousands of tonnes of extra road salt this year in case of another severe winter, it has been revealed. Salt orders have increased to 1.4 million tonnes, the Local Government...
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Twitter error marginal, says Huhne
Chris Huhne says that mistakenly tweeting a message meant for a member of staff was a "fairly marginal mistake". The Energy Secretary accidentally published a message that read "from someone else fine...
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Body recovered from car in harbour
The body of an elderly man has been recovered from a car that plunged into the sea at a popular seaside resort. Emergency workers launched a rescue operation just moments after witnesses saw the...
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Radioactive leak at ex-power plant
A radioactive leak has been found at the former Dounreay power station. It is understood liquid effluent leaked inside a treatment facility, but was detected and quickly contained. A spokeswoman for...
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Health care 'mustn't be market-led'
The Archbishop of York has warned of the dangers of introducing a more commercial culture into the National Health Service saying "you cannot compare an NHS hospital to a supermarket". Dr John Sentamu...
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Thousands to protest over reforms
Thousands of people are expected to join a protest outside Parliament on Sunday as part of a demonstration against the Government's controversial health reforms. Direct action group UK Uncut said...
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Wexford actor Baker dies aged 80
Actor George Baker, who played Chief Inspector Wexford in television series The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, has died at the age of 80. The TV star, from West Lavington, Wiltshire, died of pneumonia...
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35 killed, 18 hurt in China crash
A bus has collided with a car in northern China, killing 35 people and injuring 18 others. The official Xinhua News Agency said that the bus flipped over after crashing into a car in the port city of...
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Funeral for miner killed in pit
The funeral of a miner who died when he was trapped in a pit after a roof collapsed will take place today. Gerry Gibson, 49, from Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire, died last week when he and a...
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Protest calls for Afghan withdrawal
Musicians, actors, film-makers, artists and MPs are joining anti-war activists for a protest marking the 10th anniversary of the Afghanistan war. The Stop The War Coalition said it is expecting a huge...
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China road accidents leave 56 dead
Three major road accidents in China have killed 56 people on the last day of a week-long holiday, including 35 people who died after a bus collided with a car, state media reported. The official...
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Vandals wreck village war memorial
A village war memorial has been destroyed by vandals who smashed the stone structure to pieces. Gloucestershire Police said the Cotswold stone memorial was destroyed late on Friday night in Prestbury,...
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Millions paid to train consultants
The Government has spent millions of pounds on advisers involved in a lucrative train-building contract, which has led to the threat of 1,400 job losses, an MP has said. Jonathan Ashworth, Labour MP...
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Jackson children hailed at concert
Michael Jackson's three children have been the guests of honour at a UK concert in memory of the superstar. Prince Michael, Paris and Blanket took to the stage in front of an audience of 50,000 for...
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Protesters read out soldiers' names
The names of 120 servicemen and women who died serving in Afghanistan have been read out at a protest in central London to mark the tenth anniversary of the war. Hundreds of people attended the Stop...
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Woman dies after wheelchair plunge
A severely disabled woman has died after she fell from a harbour wall while strapped into her electric wheelchair. Dorset Police said the woman, aged 20 and from Solihull in the West Midlands, was on...
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