Kwik Save said in a statement it was a "difficult decision" but it had been forced to announce the cutbacks "to secure the future of the business".

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Charity Save the Children UK has issued a statement urging the star and fellow celebrities to think very carefully before adopting from overseas.

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"While conditions in Somalia have improved in recent months, the country still has one of the highest rates of child malnutrition and infant mortality in the world, " Ben Foot, from the charity Save the Children, said in a statement.

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"At lunchtime on Thursday, the PSNI were telling the Policing Board the British Army would not be deployed save for bomb squad support, " said a statement.

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That is why I would expect the Office for Budget Responsibility to tell us in the Autumn Statement that this quantitative easing policy is going to save the government money overall, even if the Treasury does have to send some money back to the Bank.

BBC: Why the Bank held off spending

His brief statement of principles sounded similar to the Senate bipartisan outline, save for his notable omission of a guest-worker program.

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That is why I would expect the Office for Budget Responsibility to tell us in the Autumn Statement that the Bank's policy of quantitative easing is going to save the government money overall, even if the Treasury does have to send some money back to the Bank.

BBC: Why the Bank held off spending

The program could save Medicare beneficiaries 15 to 35 percent, according to White House officials, though a statement from the Department of Health and Human Services put the figure slightly lower, at 10 to 25 percent.

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"The editors of all national newspapers met yesterday and unanimously agreed to start putting in place the broad proposals - save the statutory underpinning - for the independent self-regulatory system laid out by Lord Justice Leveson, " a statement said.

BBC: Leveson report: Editors 'agree on broad proposals'