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The improvements on Chaucer, Dickens, Wordsworth and Fielding wards are part of a major ward improvement scheme at both Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals. ... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//hospital-unveils-singlesex-wards_68.html 16-11-2009 Seagull-proof reusable waste bags are to be tested in a Kent seaside town in a bid to prevent birds attacking rubbish put out for collection. Thanet District Council said waste would be put into black bags, and the black bags would be put into the seagull... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//seagullproof-bin-bags-tried-out_67.html 16-11-2009 Representatives of the Somali community in Britain have appealed to the pirates holding a Kent couple to free them on humanitarian grounds. 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BAA had refused to commit to buying the ... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//baa-to-buy-700-homes-near-runway_60.html 02-11-2009 Immigration officers have warned bosses that new rules designed to stop bogus students entering the UK are not working, the BBC has learned. Non-EU students are supposed to apply to registered institutions, and must prove they can support themselves. ... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//bogus-student-checks-dont-work_59.html 02-11-2009 UK airports operator BAA has reported a large loss after the forced sale of Gatwick airport, and has also said that passenger numbers have fallen. BAA announced a pre-tax loss of £784.7m for the first nine months of the year, compared with a &pou... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//sale-of-gatwick-hits-baa-results_58.html 02-11-2009 "I don't believe people fly because they like the idea of flying, particularly business people," British Airways boss Willie Walsh has said. His comments came in a BBC interview about the environmental challenges facing aviation. The airli... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//ba-boss-questions-flying-motives_57.html 21-10-2009 There are no "insoluble" issues to prevent an airport being built in the Thames estuary, a report has concluded. London Mayor Boris Johnson is considering building an airport several miles off the Essex and Kent coasts. A feasibility study... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//study-backs-thames-island-airport_56.html 21-10-2009 A decision on whether to allow Gatwick airport to extend its North Terminal and build a new multi-storey car park has been put on hold. The government has told Crawley Borough Council it is considering whether to hold a public inquiry into the plans. ... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//gatwick-building-plan-put-on-hold_55.html 21-10-2009 The sale of Gatwick Airport by BAA is due to happen soon, the airport operator's parent company has said. Spain's Ferrovial said it was in talks with more than one bidder for the airport which BAA has been ordered to sell by the UK Competition Commissi... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//baa-sale-of-gatwick-is-due-soon_54.html 21-10-2009 Plans for a £1bn refurbishment of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 2 in west London which will increase passenger capacity has been unveiled. The terminal will be able to cater for 30 million travellers a year by 2019, airport operator BAA said. Th... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//heathrow-terminal-revamp-unveiled_53.html 10-08-2009 Heathrow enjoyed its third-busiest month on record in July, owner BAA said, giving a boost to the struggling airline industry. The airport, the UK's largest, saw passenger numbers of 6.48 million, up 0.9% from the year before. BAA said that the rece... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//heathrow-enjoys-passenger-pickup_52.html 10-08-2009 Losses have tripled at the three London airports owned by BAA, due to a larger pension fund deficit and falls in the value of Heathrow's older terminals. The Spanish-owned company said that pre-tax losses totalled £545.7m in the first six months ... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//losses-up-at-baa-london-airports_51.html 30-07-2009 Hundreds of people have been evacuated from a British Airways plane in the US after the cabin filled with fumes. The BA Boeing 747 was due to depart for London Heathrow from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona state. More than 300 pa... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//ba-evacuates-fumefilled-us-jet_50.html 11-07-2009 Virgin Atlantic, the airline majority-owned by Sir Richard Branson, says it will cut back on winter services and may cut up to 600 jobs. Virgin said its daily Heathrow to Chicago service will not operate this winter and it would suspend one of two dail... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//jobs-risk-as-virgin-cuts-flights_49.html 03-07-2009 Villagers in Kent have clubbed together to buy their local pub after it was abandoned by the previous landlord. The Farriers Arms in Mersham, which was put up for sale three months ago, has been bought for £615,000 by a consortium of 80 sharehold... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//village-pub-gets-80-new-landlords_48.html 16-06-2009 Investment of £4.5m will pay for more NHS dentists in east Kent. The funding boost will go towards dental care in Deal, Dover, Chestfield, Whitstable, Faversham, Broadstairs, Cliftonville, Sheppey and Hawkinge. NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent sai... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//45m-boost-for-nhs-dental-care_47.html 16-06-2009 The seventh swine flu case in Kent has been confirmed by health officials in a woman from the west of the county. 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Spanish-owned BAA operates Heathrow Airport, as well as Gatwick and a number of other airports throughout the country... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//heathrow-terminal-5-boss-leaves_6.html 14-05-2008 According to reports, the global credit crunch has caused airport operator BAA to delay the planned refinancing of their massive debt. Just last month, the business said that it hoped to have refinancing in place by June, although this is no longer likely... http://www.finesse-escorts.co.uk//heathrow-and-gatwick-operator-baa-delays-refinancing_5.html 24-04-2008 The weather caused yet more problems at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 this week, after the heaviest snow in two decades prompted a number of flight cancellations. 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