Her baby is said to be very ill in intensive care.

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Betsi Cadwaldr has also been consulting on plans to close minor injuries units along with some community hospitals, while specialist care for very ill newborn babies could be moved from Denbighshire's Glan Clwyd Hospital to Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral.

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Ms Tymoshenko is reported to be on hunger strike and says she is very ill.

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Francis was very ill, as he would be for the remaining six years of his life.

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Demoralized Republican operatives are reported to be planning a secret meeting to decide whether McCain should be dumped at this very late date by another candidate on the grounds of ill health.

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Indeed, those very acts should be celebrated by all in the industry, even those who wish ill on Apple.

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There are some circumstances where you might be able to take the whole of your pension pot in cash - in cases of very serious ill-health, with small pension pots on "triviality" grounds and in certain income drawdown arrangements.

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In the Commons, Work and Pensions Minister Chris Grayling said that idea was "ill-thought out" and "would be more credible if it was not being made at the very last minute".

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