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| CHRISTMAS
GIFT FOR BABY ALBIE |
KIND-hearted staff and managers at Marks and Spencers in Camden
High Street have scrapped their Christmas party and dinner to pay
for the funeral of eight-month-old Albie Jago who tragically died
of meningitis.
The New Journal reported last week how Albie was discharged from
University College London Hospital (UCLH) after being diagnosed
with nothing more than tonsillitis (see page 7). Hours later he
was rushed to the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, but doctors
were unable to save him. The UCLH, a flagship foundation trust under
government reforms, has launched an investigation.
Staff at M&S in Camden Town, where Albie’s mother Sam Johns
works as a shop-floor supervisor, were due to hold their Christmas
dinner at Belushi’s Bar in Camden High Street last Thursday
the same day as Albie’s funeral. |
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| SCROOGE’S
‘MEAN’ BANK |
SCROOGE himself turned up in Upper Street this week to protest
at “mean penny-pinching banks” and to claim that staff
cuts force customers to queue for up to 40 minutes.
Computer expert Dr Mike Westmacott, dressed as the Dickens character
in Victorian nightclothes and dressing gown, was cheered by disgruntled
customers outside the HSBC branch at Angel. He described banks’
attitude to customers as “humbug” and carried a banner
describing HSBC’s “record profits and record queues”.
He said: “Scrooge was cold, uncaring and unkind. The banks
appear to have picked up a few of his tips.”
Dr Westmacott, 27, hired his Scrooge outfit from a local costumier
for the one-man demonstration at lunchtime yesterday (Thursday)
outside the branch of Britain’s biggest bank. |
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| The West End Extra returns
on January 6th, 2006. |
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