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Gulf War Illness & Assaults on Prison Staff

A former soldier wins Legal Aid in his fight to identify what caused his Gulf War illness. Also a sharp rise in the number of prison staff subject to serious assaults.

A former soldier wins Legal Aid in his fight to identify what caused his Gulf War illness. He's hoping to go to court to force the Ministry of Defence to reveal what it knew of the risks the vaccines given to soldiers being deployed to the first Gulf War might have posed. And Government figures reveal a sharp rise in the number of prison staff assaulted over the past year. What's causing the increase in attacks?

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Sun 4 May 2014 11:00

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  • Sun 4 May 2014 11:00

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