But then there's this other statistic: over the past year, the local food bank reported a 69% increase in people requesting help.

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Peter Kendell, the NFU's deputy president, said it would be requesting help for farmers seeking cash flow, but would not be asking for a bail-out.

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The FSA and CFTC quote from emails written by Barclays' traders to their counterparts at these other banks who were requesting this help in rigging markets.

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Pulis revealed that he had been approached by Tuncay over the weekend requesting that the club "would help him to achieve his dream".

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Southern England Red Kite Group is requesting sightings of red kite nests from members of the public to help it monitor the breeding population.

BBC: Cold March affects red kite breeding in the Chilterns

That is because a computer can be used to help predict which documents within a large population of information are legally required to be produced to requesting parties during litigation.

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