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11/07/2014
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Broadmoor Hospital To Cut Warning Sirens
Warning sirens in some towns surrounding Broadmoor Hospital are to be scrapped in new plans revealed by the hospital's operators.
The sirens, installed some 62 years ago, warn residents of an escaped inmate, and were last used in 1993.
West London Mental Health Trust wants to cut the hospitals 13 sirens to seven.
It is thought that 13 sirens is no longer necessary due to improvements in security.
Earthquake Recorded On Channel Islands
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake has been recorded in the Channel Islands and south-west England.
The epicentre was nine miles west of Jersey, according to the Jersey Met Office. It is the largest earthquake to hit the area since 1993, according to the British Geological Survey.
Possible Identities Suggested For 'Robert'
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Trust (CPFT) have received a number of possible identities for a man in their care suffering with severe amnesia.
Robert, a name given to him by health workers, was found in a park on 18 May, with no form of identification on him, no mobile phone and no signs of physical injury.
It is understood that he cannot remember any details of his life.
The trust said people from around the UK had been in touch and information was being shared with police.
(MH/JP)
Warning sirens in some towns surrounding Broadmoor Hospital are to be scrapped in new plans revealed by the hospital's operators.
The sirens, installed some 62 years ago, warn residents of an escaped inmate, and were last used in 1993.
West London Mental Health Trust wants to cut the hospitals 13 sirens to seven.
It is thought that 13 sirens is no longer necessary due to improvements in security.
Earthquake Recorded On Channel Islands
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake has been recorded in the Channel Islands and south-west England.
The epicentre was nine miles west of Jersey, according to the Jersey Met Office. It is the largest earthquake to hit the area since 1993, according to the British Geological Survey.
Possible Identities Suggested For 'Robert'
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Trust (CPFT) have received a number of possible identities for a man in their care suffering with severe amnesia.
Robert, a name given to him by health workers, was found in a park on 18 May, with no form of identification on him, no mobile phone and no signs of physical injury.
It is understood that he cannot remember any details of his life.
The trust said people from around the UK had been in touch and information was being shared with police.
(MH/JP)
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York Hospitals NHS Trust has announced that it will cut around 200 jobs in an attempt to save money. Restrictions in filling vacant posts means that only around half of the 400 posts which usually become vacant each year will be filled this year. The trust said that posts which were essential to maintaining safe and effective care would be filled.
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