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<Slug>cigarette7</Slug>
<TEXT>The Government is to pave the way for cigarette packets to be stripped of all branding.

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says the coalition's public consultation on plain packaging will launch on Monday.

Pro-smoking group Forest says it's yet another attack on
retailers and adult consumers.
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<TEXT>Two teenagers are being questioned following claims that Scotland Yard's anti-terror hotline was hacked.

The boys - aged 16 and 17 - were arrested in the West Midlands by detectives from the Police Central e-Crime Unit.
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<Slug>003 CHICKEN LLOYD</Slug>
<TEXT>One in five supermarket chickens are contaminated with a bacteria which can
lead to food poisoning, according to a study by Which?.

The consumer watchdog says 18-percent of the chicken it looked at contained
campylobacter (Pron: Cam-pylo-bacter), while 1-point-5 percent tested positive
for salmonella.

The snapshot study tested nearly 200 samples of meat.

Richard Lloyd, Executive Director at Which? says chicken should always be
cooked thoroughly:

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<Slug>HINKLEY 1</Slug>
<TEXT>EDF Energy have been accused of destroying historic farm buildings and blocking footpaths - as they prepare Hinkley Point for a new nuclear reactor.

They've been allowed to start work even though planning permission's not been granted for the plant yet..as long as they return the area to how it was should their bid fail.

But campaigners from the Stop Hinkley groups reckons they should 'morally hold back'.

EDF says its working within the constraints of planning law though.
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<Slug>boom 7</Slug>
<TEXT>A huge bang - heard across large parts of central England last night - has been confirmed by the Ministry of Defence as two RAF jets breaking the sound barrier.

The Typhoons had to be scrambled after a small civilian helicopter emitted a signal on a frequency normally reserved for emergencies only.

The sonic boom could be heard as far afield as Bath, Swindon, and Oxford.
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<TEXT>Various health and social care organisations in North Somerset could be streamlined to provide better value for money.

The Council says plans are being developed for services -currently at places including Weston General Hospital and doctors surgeries - to be carried out by a new integrated organisation by April 2013.

It would be subject to further detailed work and a consultation.
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