Black market cigarettes a growing boom trade in WA, warns ex-top border cop
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The founder of Border Force s illegal tobacco squad says one in five cigarettes smoked in Australia is illegal and demand has spawned a smuggling trade worth hundreds of millions of dollars each year, with a recent record-breaking case in Western Australia.
This week two cousins, Omar and Khaled Hussein, were jailed for four years and 10 months each, with parole, by a Perth District Court after trying to smuggle $8.5 million worth of illegal cigarettes into Fremantle Port on October 31, 2018.
The 9.5 million cigarette haul discovered at Fremantle Port in 2018. Three men were arrested and sentenced for smuggling.
File photo dated 03/10/14 of a hospital ward, as leading nurses warned that plans to transform the NHS in England could lead to cuts in hospital beds and community services. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday February 14, 2017. The Royal College HOSPITAL admissions for children with eating disorders have risen by almost a fifth in two years and by almost a third among all age groups, new figures show. NHS Digital data for England obtained by the PA news agency shows a rise in admissions across most parts of the country, with the Covid-19 pandemic also having an effect on inpatient treatment.
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Hospital admissions for children with eating disorders rise by almost a fifth
Expert says Government and the NHS must take immediate action to tackle this crisis
29 December 2020 • 7:11am
Hospital admissions for children with eating disorders have risen by almost a fifth in two years and by almost a third among all age groups, new figures show.
NHS Digital data for England shows a rise in admissions across most parts of the country, with the Covid-19 pandemic also having an effect on inpatient treatment.
The data shows there were 21,794 admissions for eating disorders among all age groups in 2019/20, up 13 per cent from the 19,244 in 2018/19 and up 32 per cent from 16,547 in 2017/18.