George Osborne has confirmed plans for a new superhospital for the Black Country, the extension of ultra-fast broadband to Coventry and the promise of major investment in the region's schools and motorways.

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It has just agreed an extension of the Black Sea fleet's lease in Sebastopol, in Ukraine.

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Sabres president Ted Black said the team will honor the contract extension it reached with Regier in January.

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They include setting targets for the recruitment, promotion and retention of black and Asian police officers, and the extension of the 1976 Race Relations Act to the police and all other public bodies.

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