It has asked town clerk Robert Robinson to establish a working group, which will include dog walkers and a vet, to work out a programme of education for owners.

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She said the data in this report pre-dated the Cancer Plan, which was published in 2000 and set out a comprehensive programme of work over 10 years aimed at tackling cancer inequalities.

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She said autistic children in particular found technology predictable, clear and motivating but a well thought out programme could also work well in mainstream classes.

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WHO's Essential Drugs Programme (a worthy attempt to work out a minimum list of the drugs that should be available in every country in the world), describes the organisation as being like a Christmas tree on whose branches new projects are hung at random, frequently without regard to what is there already.

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Joining the work programme is mandatory for people aged over 25 when they have been out of work for a year and for under-25s after nine months.

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