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The parents of newborn twins who expired after being prematurely born at a scandal-hit hospital, has caused an investigation who claim to be "deeply upset and distressed" by the tragedy.

Alfie and Harry McQuillin expired on November 1, two days after their birth at Stafford Hospital, which currently is being condemned for haywire measures of care shown and offered with a matter of public inquiry.

A staff employee has been dismissed and an independent pediatric doctor has been made incharge of the investigation.

More than one fourth cancer diagnoses in England are made when patients come in a situation of emergency, a recent study has claimed.

Studies performed by the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) have shown that 23% of cancer cases are diagnosed in an emergency treatment.

The figures have been distressing for sufferers of acute leukemia and brain cancer, where more than half of the cases are found at the last stage.

Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Franciso has said that he is planning to veto a ban that disallows toys with fast food items. The ban had said that since these toys are misguiding the children towards buying the unhealthy stuff.

However, if such a move happens then it will be symbolic as the ban was approved in a veto-proof vote.

Misys, the financial software provider, is about to purchase Irish rival Sophis for £235m with capital got from the disposal of Allscripts, its healthcare arm.

10 percent of the revenue got from the selling of Allscripts will be used to aid the financing of the deal.

The acquisition of Sophis puts the worth of the risk management software supplier to £375m, with also a net debt of £140m. This step is expected to make the Misys' treasury capital markets unit strong, and according to analysts this is supposed to be the most important part of its business.

The revived 'Spiderman' series has generated enough hype with its star cast alone. If rumors are to be believed, the latest addition to the cast of the film might be Zooey Deschanel. This 30-year-old star had previously worked with Marc Webb, also the director of the new 'Spiderman' movie, in '500 Days of Summer'. It has been reported that Webb is still in talks with Deschanel and nothing has been finalized yet.

Royal Bank of Scotland head Brian Hartzer has alleged the bank’s former management of making use of the business as a “cash cow” for financing the remainder of the group’s increasing while he unveiled his plans of reducing further expenses.

RBS had gone into a huge growth spurt under the management of Sir Fred Goodwin following its acquisition of the NatWest in 2000, ending in the bad-lucked buying of ABN Amro in 2007.