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01/07/2009 02:08 PM
Duke's trust's £281k for bridge
A trust for a wealthy UK landowner was paid £281,000 to allow a bridge over a river, it emerges.


01/07/2009 02:00 PM
M&S to close stores and cut jobs
Marks and Spencer says it plans to close 25 Simply Food stores and two of its regular stores, and cut 1,230 jobs.


01/07/2009 01:56 PM
GPs flu pandemic workload warning
GPs have been told to prepare for seeing nearly 200 extra patients a week during the height of a flu pandemic.


01/07/2009 01:47 PM
Gurkhas decision delay criticised
The government is criticised over delays in producing a new policy on Gurkha veterans wanting to settle in the UK.


01/07/2009 01:41 PM
Firm imports Bethlehem altar wine
A Cornish-based company is to import wine from Bethlehem after Israel lifted movement restrictions.