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Earps will have known her chances of regaining the number one spot were slimming and she admitted in her statement that it was a "new era for England".

The regulator says cosmetic treatments such as Botox, dermal fillers and slimming jabs should only be administered by recognised healthcare professionals.

As well as slimming down parts of the civil service, there'll be more on the government's plans to cut billions off the welfare bill.

At the same time, noises were being made about slimming down NHS England management - and instead devolving money to local health boards and patient services.

Bishop of Blackburn Philip North - who tabled the amendment slimming down the choice put before the synod to one option - argued that the simpler model could be implemented more quickly.