What a load of old BOLLOC!S

Fewer NHS beds 'but better care'
People are getting better care despite NHS bed numbers falling by a third in the last 20 years, health managers say. The NHS Confederation, which represents NHS bosses, says it wants to dispel the "myth" that fewer beds mean less care.

Official 'targeted asylum seeker'
A Home Office official has been suspended after a newspaper said an immigration officer tried to have a relationship with an asylum seeker.
The Observer said an officer at Lunar House in Croydon in south London, had targeted an 18-year-old Zimbabwean.
The paper claims he offered to coach the girl ahead of her asylum interview, saying "he knew how to win her case".
700 escaped open jails last year
Around 700 prisoners absconded from open prisons last year, according to the head of the Prison Service. Phil Wheatley made the disclosure as the Home office came under fire after a raft of allegations about its work. Tory David Davis says ministers "took their eye off the ball" after it emerged 393 offenders had absconded from Leyhill open prison since 1999. Pressure to transfer "less trustworthy" prisoners to an open jail near Bristol has led to more than one inmate a week walking out of the facility.

'10 years' to deport all illegals
An immigration minister has said it could take 10 years to deport all the illegal immigrants living in the UK. Tony McNulty, speaking on BBC Two's Newsnight, said 310,000 to 570,000 was "roughly in the ball park" of how many illegal immigrants were in the country. He said it would take a decade to remove them, on the basis that only so many could be deported each year. Earlier Tony Blair had come under fire after saying there were no official figure estimates of illegal immigrants. Mr McNulty said:"Assuming that we can find them, and assuming that people aren't going away of their own accord, it would take some time." He said it would take "Ten years, if you are saying 25,000 per year." "Remember too the illegal population as it is is multi-layered and segmented it's not just.. those climbing over fences," he added.

Obesity tests for four-year-olds
Tests to see if children aged four and 10 are overweight are being introduced in schools. The Department of Health has opted to go ahead with the tests, despite opponents saying it could lead to overweight children being bullied.