Sunday, July 29, 2007

News roundup 1


The biggest threat to Britain's carp and pike is no longer environmental change and disease - it's Eastern European migrants.

A woman of 108 is told to wait until she is 110 before getting a hearing aid.

Flood chiefs get 5 figure bonuses and flood victims tell them to give it back. Estimated cost: £100,000

Almost half of all medics' jobs in the armed forces are vacant, and in one specialism only a fifth of the posts are filled.

Security services keep burned bomber alive to avoid Muslim backlash. Estimated cost: £150,000

NHS 24 has been accused of putting patients at risk by downgrading the nursing qualifications needed to answer calls and decide on treatment.

£3 million for prisoners “kept in jail too long”.

£484,000 paid to MoD typist for injured caused by typing

Estimated cost for today: £3,734,000

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