GPs are being sent to deal with 999 calls in a bid to cut hospital waiting times in Shropshire and free up ambulances.

BBC: Shropshire GPs to support 999 calls

He also said that some NHS consultants were being paid to carry out ENT procedures in private clinics in a bid to lower the waiting lists.

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After waiting more than two months for a response to its bid to acquire Yahoo!

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The council is creating the allotments on a site it owns in Maidenhead to try and shorten its waiting list of about 400 people, who will be able to bid on half of the plots exclusively.

BBC: Allotment

In that case, anti-trust concerns slowed the pace of bidding, with EMC waiting to get anti-trust approval before submitting its final, revised bid.

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And with Fowler still waiting on his future, Bolton have again said they could be tempted to make a summer bid.

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"No longer tied to their PCs, our users can now search on eBay, look at pictures of items for sale, bid on items, and check My eBay at a moment's notice, whether they are waiting in line at the post office, at a baseball game, or walking to work, " he said.

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