Robert Miles, the former chief executive of the Brewhouse, said the authority had to decide if "investing in culture is worth it".

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Robert Kidder , Miles Marsh and Michael Miles --are holdovers from the board of Dean Witter Discover, where Purcell was chief executive when he engineered the purchase of Morgan Stanley in 1997.

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On two occasions last year her parents, Robert and Susan, travelled 70 miles to the hospital, only to be told all five children's intensive care beds were taken.

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