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Leeds NHS trust to replace chief embroiled in heart surgery row

Maggie Boyle to leave post months after operations at LGI children’s heart unit were suspended over high death ratesAn NHS trust at the centre of a row over death rates for children’s heart surgery is to replace its chief executive.Maggie Boyle will le…

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UK backpacker dies from poisoned alcohol in Indonesia

Cheznye Emmons, 23, has life support machine turned off after drinking methanol from a bottle labelled as ginA British backpacker has died after drinking poisoned alcohol in the Indonesian jungle.Cheznye Emmons, 23, had bought a bottle labelled “gin” f…

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British girl drowns in Egyptian hotel pool

London five-year-old Chloe Johnson dies in water park of Coral Sea Waterworld hotel in Sharm el-SheikhA five-year-old girl from south London has drowned in a hotel pool at an Egyptian resort in Sharm el-Sheikh.Chloe Johnson, from Forest Hill in south L…

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Npower feels the heat after accusations of UK tax avoidance

With npower accused of avoiding tax at the same time as hiking prices, some consumers are taking matters into their own handsNpower has become the latest firm to feel the heat of a mass consumer boycott after thousands of its gas and electricity custom…

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1,000 pupils and rising – primary schools go supersize

Number of primary schools with more than 1,000 pupils has risen by 60% in past three yearThe number of supersize primary schools – some of which have more than 1,000 pupils – has soared by 60% in three years, triggering a fierce debate among educat…

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Nigel Farage and Alex Salmond trade insults in battle of nationalists

SNP leader accuses Farage of touting obnoxious policies after Ukip leader labels protesters ‘fascist scum’The two most influential political leaders reshaping British politics outside Westminster traded insults after the Ukip leader Nigel Farage labell…

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‘Bedroom tax’ prompts surge in pleas for council aid

More than 25,000 people applied for DHP to help cover April rent, compared with 5,700 in same month last yearThe number of people claiming extra handouts from councils to meet housing costs has soared following the introduction of the so-called “bedroo…

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Lloyds share price surge boosts prospect of bailout sale

Shares in 39% taxpayer-owned bank closed at 62.8p, above the 61p level set by Osborne as price where taxpayer breaks evenSpeculation that George Osborne will press ahead with attempts to sell off a stake in the bailed out banks escalated on Friday when…

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