Archive for February, 2010

Women over 55 queuing at London clinics for IVF

Two women aged 58 are set to receive fertility treatment at a London clinic as record numbers attempt to become pregnant after the menopause

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Mystery banker runs up bar bill of nearly £44,000 at Mayfair club

On the day when RBS announced it was handing out £1.6billion in bonuses, a mystery banker runs up a bar bill of almost £44,000 at Mayfair club Aura



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David Cameron moves to ease Tory unrest over shrinking lead in polls

David Cameron banks on a barnstorming speech this weekend to ease simmering Tory unrest over the party’s vanishing opinion poll lead

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Basildon hospital pleads guilty over failings that led to death of disabled man

Hospital where inspectors found blood-spattered curtains and filthy conditions has pleaded guilty to health and safety failings over the death of a disabled man

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Alistair Darling hails growth but says: This is no time for complacency

Gordon Brown gets pre-election boost when new growth figures show Britain’s economy pulled out of recession more strongly than previously thought



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Bank’s ‘Sloane Raider’ conmen jailed

Gang dubbed the ‘Sloane Raiders’ have been jailed for robbing some of Britain’s richest people in a £1.2 million con

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NHS ‘tourists’ who fail to pay health bill could be banned from Britain, say ministers

NHS ‘tourists’ face being banned from Britain if they fail to pay health bills, say ministers

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Dignitas promises pleasant final stay at its suicide hotel

Hundreds of terminally ill British people are being encouraged to end their lives at a new ‘death hotel’ in Switzerland



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Wayne Bridge ‘won’t shake hands with John Terry’ when they come face-to-face tomorrow

As Chelsea and Manchester City clash tomorrow, all eyes will be on John Terry and Wayne Bridge as the teams line up to shake hands before the kick-off

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Blackwall tunnel drivers in south London ‘ghetto’ protest

Motorists organise a protest meeting over the night-time closure of the Blackwall tunnel amid claims that south London is being ‘ghettoised’

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