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Weigh too heavy

[9 Jan 2012] As if obesity among children isn’t bad enough already, a leaflet at the apparently hyphen-free zone of the Cavendish hospital, Buxton, Derbyshire says:

‘If you need baby changing facilities or breast feeding facilities please ask the clinic nurse. All children are weighted.’

As long as they’re not chucked in the nearby swimming pool afterwards, they’ll probably survive the experience. [MC]