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HS2 Ltd said a pair of tunnel-boring machines have each made five miles of progress on their 10-mile journeys under the Chiltern Hills.

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The story took inspiration from the life of Florence Nightingale

No matter the century or the circumstance, woman-as-caregiver is a role as old as time itself. Mary Seacole played it with historic impact.