The health board said it had a total of 12 specialist beds, catering for a "safe working load" of 70 stone, in operation.

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Pte Stone was hit during an operation to rescue a policeman who had been kidnapped by insurgents.

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Six weeks after his operation, he had already lost three stone.

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The foundation stone of the European project has been Franco-German co-operation.

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