Councils across the West Midlands have joined forces to boost a gritting alert service to help drivers setting out in icy conditions.

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Memish said the CDC recommended setting up a mobile alert system used in the Hurricane Katrina disaster in the U.S. where mobile devices will document any suspected flu cases via GPS to a command center at the Ministry of Health.

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The decision by Judge Ronald Gould chastises lawyers at prominent firms Lieff Cabraser and the National Consumer Law Center for knowingly setting up the conflict and failing to alert the court about it.

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On Thursday, police say he ambushed two officers, killing one, and then vanished, setting off a manhunt that put police on alert across the Southwest.

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