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Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Summary: The British National Health Service refused to provide the advanced cancer drug Avastin to Colette Mills, who was willing to pay for it herself. Mills was told that if she paid for the drug the NHS didn't cover because if its cost, the NHS would stop paying for her cancer treatment altogether. Colette Mills of North Yorkshire, England was up against a rigid National Health Service policy that...
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Rafe McGregor (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Whitby is renowned for its literary connections. From Caedmon, England’s first poet, in the 7th century, to Graham Taylor’s epic Shadowmancer Quartet in the 21st, a host of writers have drawn inspiration from the picturesque North Yorkshire port. Despite Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, and Elizabeth Gaskell having visited, Bram Stoker is most famously associated with Whitby, because of...
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 05/07/2009
LONDON, July 5 (UPI) -- Children under age 5 who live in Britain's poorest neighborhoods are four times more likely to be obese than affluent children, health officials say. One in six children from Stockon-on-Tees, an economically poor community in northeastern England, were found to be so obese their health was at risk by the time they entered primary school, national Department of Health statistics...
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mrsnesbitt's place (Free subscription) | 06/02/2009
Roseberry Topping,on our way home. Roseberry Topping is a hill near Great Ayton, on the edge of the North York Moors. The hill is popular spot for walkers and photographers, with excellent views of the Tees Valley and North Yorkshire area from the summit, and forms part of the Cleveland Way National Trail. The distinctive rocky shape of the landmark is due to a combination of mining and a geological...
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A Very British Dude (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Canoeing with my Brother at the weekend, he complained of a strange smell in his thermal undergarments as we were getting ready to go on the river. High Force falls on the River Tees, North Yorkshire "What's that? Mildew? Body Odour? " I asked (Canoeing thermals often remain unwashed in the bag for several days Months). "No, Fabric Softener" he replied. He got married recently....
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