Health agency fined £25,000 over E.coli spillage
The Health Protection Agency was fined £25,000 today after up to a billion doses of the deadly bug E.coli were spilt in an accident at its laboratory.
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Ohio high court hears debate over tobacco money
COLUMBUS — A lawyer for an anti-smoking group has told the Ohio Supreme Court the state didn’t have the right to take about $230 million set aside for tobacco prevention for other purposes. Attorney John Zeiger said today that lawmakers in 2000 clearly intended to create a trust [...]
GPs warn over new health visitors
The Royal College of GPs says thousands of new health visitors the government plans to recruit should not solely be placed in children’s centres.
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Smiling North Koreans Win Over South African Hosts
Playful and personable, North Koreans are real celebrities at World Cup in South Africa South Africa – FIFA World Cup – World Cup – Soccer – sport
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Fun at a glance: Pirate poetry night takes over The Space
The Space’s regular poetry and open-mic night should become a little more scurrilous Monday, with its first-ever pirate theme.
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More TV ’start over’
Bright House Networks customers can now use the Start Over service on 10 more channels, including CNN, Speed, Discovery, Animal Planet, Bravo, Travel Channel, Food Network, truTV, Oxygen and National Geographic.
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Lockport sued over health plan
LOCKPORT — Two-dozen city retirees filed a lawsuit against the city this week, claiming the city violated a union contract by unilaterally changing their health insurance options.
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Sport England spent over £600m getting the wrong people to take up sport, NAO finds
Hundreds of millions of pounds of public money has been spent getting the wrong type of people to take up sport, the Government spending watchdog has found.
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International: World outrage over caged Malawi gays
The Malawian couple who were sentenced to 14 years’ hard labour for being gay have ignited worldwide outrage against the small African nation’s intolerance of gays.
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Runge wins battle over weather, Angels
Closter – It was a brisk, drizzly evening May 12 for the game between Holy Angels (2-20) and NV Demarest (11-11), but the weather didn’t seem to affect senior pitcher Lindsay Runge.
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