He said the board had "agreed to market test the refuse collection service" after talks aimed at achieving an "efficient and improved service" broke down with the unions and the workforce.

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The designer herself test drove pieces of her fall collection before she sent them down the catwalk.

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The craft made a brief return to service as a ground test vehicle in 1984 before retiring to the Smithsonian's collection in 1985.

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At this January's haute couture collection for spring and summer, only 20 designers put their creative talents to the catwalk test.

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Queen's Hospital, Sidcup, has reduced waiting times for ovarian cancer test results by 72 hours by transporting specimens straight to the laboratory following theatre rather than waiting for collection the next day.

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