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Sewage in our Rivers

The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.

14 Sep 2022
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City special school will be the first to gain status

A Derby special school is set to become the first of its kind in the city to take on specialist status. Staff and pupils at St Andrew's Special School are busy raising the £20,000 needed to support their bid to the Government, which has to be submitted by March 7.

14 Jan 2007
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Blind Man is left after buses fail to stop

A Blind pensioner was told to "put his arm out" if he wanted to catch his bus after several services failed to stop for him. Robert Morley uses the number 68 Arriva service four times a week to travel into Derby city centre from his home in Osmaston Road.

14 Jan 2007
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Cancer patient considers new home

A cancer patient says he is planning to move from England to Scotland to be sure of getting a drug which may prolong his life on the NHS. George King, from Skelton, Teeside has a rare terminal form of bone cancer. It is currently in remission, but when it returns he wants the treatment which may extend his life - the drug Velcade.

14 Jan 2007
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System to spot at-risk patients

Computer technology is helping doctors identify patients with long-term conditions at risk of deterioration, before they need hospital care. Using patient information from a range of sources, a new programme predicts when people with conditions such as asthma will take a turn for the worse.

14 Jan 2007
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Underfunding mental health hits LGBTs hard

Commenting on yesterday's [Friday] report from the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health showing what would be needed to meet the ten-year National Service Framework for adult mental health care, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, Sandra Gidley MP said: "If the findings of this report are not heeded the Government will once again be guilty of neglecting, and underfunding, some of the most needy our society.

13 Jan 2007
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