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 | Whittington A&E – the first chink in their armour?In the opposition day debate yesterday on London Hospitals - the Minister Mike O'Brien said this: 'I do not see any justification for closure of the A and E at this time, and I would want to hear the case for closing it during the next Parliament. I have seen no such case.' Well neither have we! There is no case. There is no clinically led case. There... |
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Refugee Weblogs
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Science blog posted
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Campaign for Body Confidence
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Whittington A&E – Story 4
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Whittington A&E – Story 3
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Babbacombe Fish Restaurant Proposal
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Whittington A&E – Story 1
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28th February 2010
At last we are in March, and warmer weather surely cannot be far away. Last Saturday the former Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Menzies (Ming) Campbell visited our area, and on Saturday he spoke at a Public Meeting in South Petherton on a variety of Foreign policy issues. Ming had flown down on...
