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In The Independent today:
SAFETY QUESTIONS OVER SWINE FLU JABS
It's already throwing GP surgeries into chaos and shutting down schools. Now the first doses of swine flu vaccine will be given to the public before full data on its safety and effectiveness becomes available, doctors confirmed yesterday. Our health editor Jeremy Laurance looks at a worsening crisis.
HAZARDOUS WASTE FROM UK "DUMPED IN BRAZILIAN PORT"
More than 1,400 tonnes of waste - including bags of blood, used syringes, car batteries, soiled nappies and waste electronic equipment - has been sent back to Britain from Brazil after it was exported illegally across the Atlantic disguised, ironically, as recyclable plastic.
THE DAY LIVE MUSIC DIED
Care for some live music with your beer? Tough. Andy McSmith reports on a new layer of government bureaucracy is threatening to pull the plug on pub rock.
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Comments
I've bought the paper since day one, and have noticed that recent staff cuts has led to typos all over the place, but today is the pits...'To dull for the Beeb?' on page 18, 'detective 'used force credit card in sex shops''. What's going on?!
John