Cliff Dixon, the deputy chief constable of Bedfordshire, wants to see more British police officers wearing protective clothing.

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Surrounded by police, and shouted at by the crowd, Mr Rana was led into court wearing protective clothing, to hear a magistrate grant a police request to hold him for 15 days for questioning.

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The solution would be to fix everything remotely, or while wearing heavy protective clothing.

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When Marko Cheseto, who competed on the track for the University of Alaska Anchorage, disappeared he was not wearing protective winter clothing.

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No-one was wearing gas masks or any special protective clothing and yet this was the scene of the latest outbreak of a potentially deadly disease.

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