Shaun Spiers, Chief Executive of the CPRE, said the future looked bleak unless action was taken immediately.

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Carole Spiers, chairwoman of the National Stress Awareness Day committee, said employers needed to do more to help their employees to overcome stress.

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Mr Spiers said it would be indefensible if 3, 000 jobs at Bathgate were to be shed simply because Motorola was trying to bolster its share price.

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When Spiers complained, after several months, that the gig was taking over her life, he told her to relax on weekends and pro-rated her pay downward.

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Shaun Spiers, the chief executive of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, rejected Mr Clark's assurances and said the proposals would give too much say to developers.

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"The thing Scottish football does have is this brand called the Old Firm and whether you call it car crash television or not, everybody is attracted to it, " Spiers said.

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Fiona Spiers, head of the HLF for Yorkshire, said the award would "help create a vibrant piazza which will retain the integrity of the 18th Century architecture and celebrate its role in West Yorkshire history".

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