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Want a Haven of Your Own? Join Haven's 24,000 Static Caravan Owners on 34 UK Holiday Parks
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, UNITED KINGDOM-- - For many people, the idea of taking an occasional holiday at one of Haven's Holiday Parks simply isn't enough. Not when at all but two of their 36 parks it is possible ...

Hospitals In North West London Will Close
North West London is “almost certain” to lose some of its hospitals . Mark Spencer, a director at NHS North West London , says that the group – which covers Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster – have to make £1bn savings over the next four years from its annual £4bn budget. He told the BBC We have more hospitals per head of ...

London hospitals write off foreign patient bills of £7.6m in three years
Hospitals in London are having to write off huge debts owed by foreign patients, it emerged today.

London hospitals closure 'likely'
The medical director of the largest commissioning cluster in the capital says hospitals in north west London "will almost certainly" have to close.

Rebel Tory alliance to mount legal challenge to £34bn high-speed rail scheme
Members of the '51m' group of local authorities opposed to the London to Birmingham link have served a formal letter on Conservative Transport Secretary Justine Greening.

Rio 2016 adds Nissan as local Olympic sponsor
Rio Olympic organizers added Nissan as the fifth top-tier sponsor for the 2016 Games. Organizers didn't disclose financial details, but said Wednesday the deal with the car maker for the Olympic and Paralympic Games exceeded "the requirements from Rio 2016 for the category." The committee said Nissan will provide 4,500 vehicles to transport athletes, officials and journalists during...

Baseball Hall to begin drug education program
The Baseball Hall of Fame is starting a drug education program for students and young adults — in the same year Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa will appear on ballot for the first time after careers tainted by steroid accusations.

Olympic official defends Spain after Contador ban
The head of Spain's Olympic committee stepped up to defend Spanish sport Wednesday in the wake of two-time Tour de France champion cyclist Alberto Contador's two-year ban for doping.

More evidence big football players face heart risks
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pro football players may generally enjoy a longer-than-average lifespan -- but the biggest players may be more likely than others to die of heart disease, a U.S. study suggests. The study, reported in the American Journal of Cardiology, followed more than 3,400 NFL players who were active between 1959 and 1988. It found that 334 had died by 2007 -- only about half the ...

Potential Olympic ski champs set for Sochi test
Potential candidates for Olympic downhill gold in 2014 will put their technical and gliding skills to the test when they tackle the men's course for the first time in competition Wednesday.