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Asda rolling out brand-new service in 232 UK stores in supermarket first: While Asda customers can currently manage their prescriptions and order home deliveries ...
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Asda rolling out brand-new service in 232 UK stores in supermarket first
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Competition authority approves Lloyds Pharmacy takeover of McCabes Pharmacy: CCPC clears the way for the takeover after the pharmacy groups' attempt to merge ...
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Competition authority approves Lloyds Pharmacy takeover of McCabes ...
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New pharmacies set to open in West Berkshire: Two new pharmacies are set to open in West Berkshire.
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New pharmacies set to open in West Berkshire
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Lloyds Pharmacy makes second attempt to acquire McCabes Pharmacy: Competition authority had put the brakes on the acquisition, ruling it was 'invalid'
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Lloyds Pharmacy makes second attempt to acquire McCabes Pharmacy
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Shortage of pharmacy services in Rugby becoming ‘untenable,’ says MP: Mark Pawsey is calling on local healthcare providers to urgently review pharmacy coverage ...
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Shortage of pharmacy services in Rugby becoming ‘untenable,’ says MP
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Mossley pharmacy reopens after shock closure following legal help: A popular pharmacy in Mossley which was forced to close due to a complex property dispute has ...
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Mossley pharmacy reopens after shock closure following legal help
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Retail giant Boots tries to thwart plans for new town centre pharmacy: A pharmacist who wants to open a new town centre store has appealed to the public for help ...
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Retail giant Boots tries to thwart plans for new town centre pharmacy
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Boots to close Fiveways pharmacy in Stanway Co-op store: A petition has been launched in an attempt to save a “lifeline” pharmacy from closure.
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Boots to close Fiveways pharmacy in Stanway Co-op store
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GP explains seven conditions caused by having heating on too high: As well as hitting you in the bank balance, having it too hot can exacerbate seven health ...
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GP explains seven conditions caused by having heating on too high
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‘Extremely busy’ pharmacies struggle to cope as patients face long waits for medicines
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‘Extremely busy’ pharmacies struggle to cope as patients face long waits ...
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New Year's Day opening times for Isle of Wight pharmacies: Pharmacies are only listed if they have notified NHS England that they will be open ...
countypress.co.uk/news/23992217.new-years-day-opening-times-isle-wight-pharmacies/
New Year's Day opening times for Isle of Wight pharmacies
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Skipton's Roger Ingham opens new independent pharmacy: SKIPTON'S Mr Sport, Roger Ingham, was called upon to cut the ribbon on an open day at independent ...
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Skipton's Roger Ingham opens new independent pharmacy
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Derriford Hospital apologises for queues and reveals big change: Hospital chiefs have apologised for the long queues at the existing site
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Derriford Hospital apologises for queues and reveals big change
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Isle of Wight pharmacies open Christmas and New Year: The opening times cover Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day on the Isle of Wight.
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Isle of Wight pharmacies open Christmas and New Year
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Christmas and New Year opening times for Isle of Wight pharmacies: The opening times cover Boxing Day and New Year’s Day on the Isle of Wight.
countypress.co.uk/news/23992206.christmas-new-year-opening-times-isle-wight-pharmacies/
Christmas and New Year opening times for Isle of Wight pharmacies
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Breaking: Lloyds has closed all its pharmacies in Wales 😔 - bit.ly/47sYGfk
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Another pharmacy in Thatcham to close: Boots pharmacy in Thatcham is closing.
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Another pharmacy in Thatcham to close
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St Peter's Chemist at Tesco is may be 'best medicine': St Peter's Chemist is going from strength to strength with free delivery of prescriptions and free car ...
malverngazette.co.uk/news/23926037.st-peters-chemist-tesco-may-best-medicine/
St Peter's Chemist at Tesco is may be 'best medicine'
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Popular pharmacy in Pontypool reopens under new management: A pharmacy has reopened in the former Lloyds building in Pontypool under new management.
southwalesargus.co.uk/news/23908636.popular-pharmacy-pontypool-reopens-new-management/
Popular pharmacy in Pontypool reopens under new management
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Isle of Wight pharmacy closed for good six months after takeover: The Isle of Wight pharmacy says it looks forward to greeting customers with the same ‘great ...
countypress.co.uk/news/23893714.isle-wight-pharmacy-closed-good-six-months-takeover/
Isle of Wight pharmacy closed for good six months after takeover
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LloydsPharmacy owner to buy McCabes Pharmacy group: The family-owned McCabes Pharmacy group is to be bought by the owner of the LloydsPharmacy chain in Ireland.
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LloydsPharmacy owner to buy McCabes Pharmacy group
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Both Lloyd’s Pharmacy branches in Thatcham taken over by independents: Both Lloyds Pharmacy branches in Thatcham have been taken over by independents.
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Both Lloyd’s Pharmacy branches in Thatcham taken over by independents
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Somerset Boots' imminent closure to leave town with one chemist: "The announcement that Boots is due to close is a matter for grave concern"
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Somerset Boots' imminent closure to leave town with one chemist
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Isle of Wight Day Lewis Pharmacy closure in Newport: The business only took over the building in April, following closure of LloydsPharmacy.
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Isle of Wight Day Lewis Pharmacy closure in Newport
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Sainsbury's plans to build brand new store in Essex neighbourhood: The supermarket is hoping to take over a vacant foodstore in the apartment building
essexlive.news/whats-on/shopping/sainsburys-plans-build-brand-new-8742090
Sainsbury's plans to build brand new store in Essex neighbourhood
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Low testosterone warning - the 7 signs you should never ignore: Expert explains all you need to know about the male sex hormone which can affect you more than ...
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Low testosterone warning - the 7 signs you should never ignore
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Woking pharmacist opens new branch as chains pull out of town: He has opened a new branch as two Boots pharmacies are set to close in Woking
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Woking pharmacist opens new branch as chains pull out of town
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Peak Pharmacy branch in city centre to close with job losses: One resident is concerned about older people who struggle to visit other pharmacies
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Peak Pharmacy branch in city centre to close with job losses
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LloydsPharmacy's 237 Sainsbury's branches all close today: The company's high street presence will shrink by a fifth amid claims that chemists are ...
metro.co.uk/2023/06/13/lloydspharmacys-237-sainsburys-branches-all-close-today-18941353/
LloydsPharmacy's 237 Sainsbury's branches all close today
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Letter: 'Pharmacies are being severely let down': I read with enormous sympathy the letter by your 92 year old correspondent who has experienced problems with ...
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Letter: 'Pharmacies are being severely let down'
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Branch of Lloyds Pharmacy, in Skipton, sells to new owner: ONE of Skipton's Lloyds Pharmacy branches has been sold and new owners are taking over the premises.
cravenherald.co.uk/news/23623056.branch-lloyds-pharmacy-skipton-sells-new-owner/
Branch of Lloyds Pharmacy, in Skipton, sells to new owner
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Chemists say they could treat 30m GP appointments but warn Government plans fall short
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Chemists say they could treat 30m GP appointments but warn Government ...
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Derriford Hospital's pharmacy is moving and getting bigger: The new facility will be 155 square metres and located in the multistorey car park ...
plymouthherald.co.uk/news/health/derriford-hospitals-pharmacy-moving-getting-8497768
Derriford Hospital's pharmacy is moving and getting bigger
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£20,000 payout for patient who was given the wrong pills by Lloyds Pharmacy: A patient realised he'd been given the wrong medication by his chemist after his ...
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£20,000 payout for patient who was given the wrong pills by Lloyds ...
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Patients face shorter lives if pharmacy closures create more care vacuums, pharmacists warn
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Patients face shorter lives if pharmacy closures create more care vacuums ...
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Fears pharmacy closures could impact residents' access to prescriptions: Lloyds Pharmacy has closed its concession outlets at Sainsbury branches in Cheadle and ...
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Fears pharmacy closures could impact residents' access to prescriptions
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Lloyds and Tesco among worst rated pharmacies in Buckinghamshire: Pharmacies across Bucks have fallen short of healthcare standards, with inspectors describing ...
bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/23559142.lloyds-tesco-among-worst-rated-pharmacies-buckinghamshire/
Lloyds and Tesco among worst rated pharmacies in Buckinghamshire
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Date announced for closure of pharmacy at Morecambe Sainsbury's: The date has been announced for the closure of a chemist inside Morecambe's Sainsbury's ...
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Date announced for closure of pharmacy at Morecambe Sainsbury's
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Lloyds Pharmacy in Lincoln to permanently close: It's part of a national decision to close pharmacies in Sainsbury's across the country
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Lloyds Pharmacy in Lincoln to permanently close
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Eastbourne pharmacy to close next month: A pharmacy in Eastbourne has confirmed that it will be closing next month.
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Eastbourne pharmacy to close next month
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Lloyds Pharmacy closures: Full list of branches shutting doors for good over the next few weeks
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Lloyds Pharmacy closures: Full list of branches shutting doors for good ...
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Your letters: Boots Pharmacy, Paulton, gets taken over by the Independent Pharmacy in Midsomer Norton, and will now be called 'Paulton Pharmacy'
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Your letters: Boots Pharmacy, Paulton, gets taken over by the Independent ...
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Economic pressures blamed for well-used York pharmacies merging: ECONOMIC pressures and lack of government funding for community pharmacies has resulted in two ...
yorkpress.co.uk/news/23531203.economic-pressures-blamed-well-used-york-pharmacies-merging/
Economic pressures blamed for well-used York pharmacies merging
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Sainsbury's Lloyds Pharmacy chemist set to close in Oxfordshire: Staff shortages have been to blame for a reduction in opening hours, limiting patient access to ...
oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23510896.sainsburys-lloyds-pharmacy-chemist-set-close-oxfordshire/
Sainsbury's Lloyds Pharmacy chemist set to close in Oxfordshire
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Chemist LloydsPharmacy to vacate Isle of Wight Sainsbury's supermarket: Healthwatch Isle of Wight said the closure of LloydsPharmacy at Sainsbury's has been ...
countypress.co.uk/news/23509023.chemist-lloydspharmacy-vacate-isle-wight-sainsburys-supermarket/
Chemist LloydsPharmacy to vacate Isle of Wight Sainsbury's supermarket
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LloydsPharmacy shared customers’ sensitive data for targeted advertising : Exclusive: Investigation finds company passed on information such as purchases of ...
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LloydsPharmacy shared customers’ sensitive data for targeted advertising
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New pharmacy proposed for GP surgery to help improve healthcare ‘synergy’ in town
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New pharmacy proposed for GP surgery to help improve healthcare ‘synergy’ ...
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The Swindon pharamacies you can go straight to for these conditions: PHARMACIES in Swindon are now offering medicine for five common health prescriptions in a ...
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The Swindon pharamacies you can go straight to for these conditions
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Police release images after products stolen from Carlisle pharmacy: CUMBRIA police have released CCTV images after nicotine products were stolen from a Carlisle ...
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Police release images after products stolen from Carlisle pharmacy
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Closure date confirmed for Sainsbury's pharmacy in Kidlington: The closure date for a pharmacy in an Oxfordshire supermarket has been confirmed.
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Closure date confirmed for Sainsbury's pharmacy in Kidlington
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Lloyds Pharmacy, Badger Farm closing for good today: LLOYDS Pharmacy at the Badger Farm Sainsbury’s superstore will close today (Tuesday, April 18)
hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/23462298.lloyds-pharmacy-badger-farm-closing-good-today/
Lloyds Pharmacy, Badger Farm closing for good today
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‘Incompetent’ pharmacy as people 'bang on doors' for prescriptions: Staff were called 'belligerent' and customers resort to making a ...
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‘Incompetent’ pharmacy as people 'bang on doors' for prescriptions
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Lloyds Pharmacy at Sainsbury's Marsh Mills to close: Patients have been advised to nominate a new pharmacy
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Lloyds Pharmacy at Sainsbury's Marsh Mills to close
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LloydsPharmacy closing at Hereford Sainsbury's supermarket: A HEREFORD pharmacy is set to shut for the final time next week.
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LloydsPharmacy closing at Hereford Sainsbury's supermarket
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Basingstoke pharmacy opening times over Easter 2023: PHARMACIES across Basingstoke will be changing their opening hours over Easter this year.
basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/23419845.basingstoke-pharmacy-opening-times-easter-2023/
Basingstoke pharmacy opening times over Easter 2023
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Badger Farm Lloyds Pharmacy to close for good on April 18: THE Lloyds Pharmacy at the Badger Farm Sainsbury’s is set to close next week.
hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/23446073.badger-farm-lloyds-pharmacy-close-good-april-18/
Badger Farm Lloyds Pharmacy to close for good on April 18
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Frustration over unauthorised parking at Rowcroft Medical Centre: GPs and staff at a doctor's surgery in Stroud are appealing to members of the public not to use ...
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Frustration over unauthorised parking at Rowcroft Medical Centre
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Pharmacy opening times in St Helens over the Easter Weekend: OPENING times for pharmacies in St Helens over the Easter Weekend have been announced.
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Pharmacy opening times in St Helens over the Easter Weekend
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Closing date announced for Ipswich and Haverhill pharmacies: The closing date for Ipswich and Haverhill LloydsPharmacy inside Suffolk Sainsbury's have been ...
ipswichstar.co.uk/news/23437944.closing-date-announced-ipswich-haverhill-pharmacies/
Closing date announced for Ipswich and Haverhill pharmacies
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Lloyds Pharmacy confirms closure of three branches in Bristol area: Some are set to close in the next few weeks
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Lloyds Pharmacy confirms closure of three branches in Bristol area
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Lloyds Pharmacy puts all 1,300 sites under threat of closure in another blow for post-Covid UK high street
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Lloyds Pharmacy puts all 1,300 sites under threat of closure in another ...
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LloydsPharmacy at Castlepoint, Bournemouth, to close: A PHARMACY in Castlepoint Shopping Centre is expected to close next month.
bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23396854.lloydspharmacy-castlepoint-bournemouth-close/
LloydsPharmacy at Castlepoint, Bournemouth, to close
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Celebrity weight-loss jab to be sold by chemists in Scotland: Boots and Lloyds will make Wegovy available to patients with a prescription.
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Celebrity weight-loss jab to be sold by chemists in Scotland
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Celebrity weight-loss jab to be made available from chemists in Scotland: Boots and Lloyds will make Wegovy available to patients with a prescription.
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Celebrity weight-loss jab to be made available from chemists in Scotland
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Confrontation after gang raids precinct pharmacy for pills: Police are hunting for three people after they stole medication from a popular pharmacy.
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Confrontation after gang raids precinct pharmacy for pills
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Isle of Wight set to lose last LloydsPharmacy branches: The Isle of Wight's last remaining LloydsPharmacy's look set to close.
countypress.co.uk/news/23383994.isle-wight-set-lose-last-lloydspharmacy-branches/
Isle of Wight set to lose last LloydsPharmacy branches
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The Essex Lloyds Pharmacy branches 'at risk of closure' : Around 17,000 jobs are at risk due to the potential closure of 1,300 branches
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The Essex Lloyds Pharmacy branches 'at risk of closure'
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Five best read on City A.M.: EY 'business as normal', 1,300 Lloyds Pharmacies up for closure, Cameron Smith, F1 'marriage' on the rocks and ...
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Five best read on City A.M.: EY 'business as normal', 1 ...
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Lloyds Pharmacy branches 'at risk of closure' in Surrey: The closure of 1,300 branches puts 17,000 jobs at risk
getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/list-surrey-lloyds-pharmacy-branches-26418477
Lloyds Pharmacy branches 'at risk of closure' in Surrey
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Full list of Kent Lloyds Pharmacy branches that may close: If all of the pharmacies across the UK were to close, 17,000 jobs would be at risk
kentlive.news/news/kent-news/full-list-lloyds-pharmacy-branches-8227403
Full list of Kent Lloyds Pharmacy branches that may close
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Lloyds Pharmacy ‘selling off’ substantial amount of stores across UK - full list of locations
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Lloyds Pharmacy ‘selling off’ substantial amount of stores across UK - ...
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Your tongue can tell you if you have a vitamin B12 deficiency: Look for tell-tale signs you have an important deficiency
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Your tongue can tell you if you have a vitamin B12 deficiency
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Lloyds Pharmacy: Full list of branches 'at risk' in the North East: Multiple Lloyd's Pharmacy branches are 'at risk' of closure in the North East according to ...
thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/23369400.lloyds-pharmacy-full-list-branches-at-risk-north-east/
Lloyds Pharmacy: Full list of branches 'at risk' in the North East
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Lloyds Pharmacy branches 'at risk of closure' across East Yorks: All 1,300 Lloyds outlets across the country are at risk, according to reports
hulldailymail.co.uk/news/health/lloyds-pharmacy-branches-at-risk-8216216
Lloyds Pharmacy branches 'at risk of closure' across East Yorks
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Full list of Lloyds Pharmacies at risk of closure in the North East: Chemist chain has put all 1,300 of its community branches at risk of closing ...
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Full list of Lloyds Pharmacies at risk of closure in the North East