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Obese patients face NHS surgery ban

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Obese patients will be refused surgery for up to a year as part of efforts to save money, an NHS commissioning group in North Yorkshire has said.

Plastic microbeads to be banned by 2017

Plastic microbeads used in cosmetics and cleaning products are to be banned by the end of next year, the UK government pledges.

  • 3 September 2016
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