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• German company in talks to take over NHS hospitals
• A third of Europeans are suffering from a mental disorder in any one year
• Whitehall reconsiders tougher benefits rules
• Alcohol Concerns blames too many off-licences for under-age drinking
• Liam Fox backs campaign for tougher abortion laws
• Libby Brooks: Cathy Come Home still rings true today
• Peter Preston: Eric Pickles and a big local difficulty
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• Independent: Top hospital to be closed as cash crisis engulfs NHS
• BBC: Rural England 'gets less funding'
• Telegraph: NHS makes patients wait 'to lower expectations'
• Community Care: Benefits upheaval 'will damage foster care'
• Inside Housing: Architects appointed for 5,000-home eco-town
• Children & Young People Now: Government will not change youth policy in wake of the riots, says the DfE
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