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Page last updated at 11:43 GMT, Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Claudia Castillo
Windpipe transplant breakthrough
Surgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.
How the transplant works
'I was scared, but it went well'

Prostitute (generic) Prostitute users face clampdown
Paying for sex with prostitutes who are controlled by pimps or illegally trafficked to the UK is to be outlawed.

Bank of England Bank hints at further rate cuts
Interest rates may fall further, according to minutes from the Bank of England meeting where rates were slashed to 3%.


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ENGLAND
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WALES
Unions hold crisis Hoover talks
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US car companies seek $25bn aid
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