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Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,… Read more »

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Winter fuel payments denied to cancer patients
Cancer patients ‘left out in the cold’

By politics.co.uk staff Cancer patients are twice as likely to be in fuel poverty – but the government is refusing to give them preferential treatment. The Department of Health provides winter fuel payment for the elderly but does not do so for cancer patients, which are currently unrecognised as a needy group. Research by cancer… Read more »

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Swine flu vaccinations begin from today
Swine flu vaccinations begin

By Alex Stevenson Two million healthcare and social workers and their patients are the first to receive swine flu vaccinations beginning today. The chief medical officer called on all those in the first wave to be vaccinated, in a bid to limit the impact of the pandemic expected to sweep across Britain this winter. Those… Read more »