21.   The authority says dealing with the problems caused by the squatters wasted money that ought to have been spent caring for patients.

22.   The prison authorities say candidates will be carefully selected.

23.   A water authority says a new technique for detecting leaking pipes underground has already saved millions of gallons of water.

24.   The prison authorities say it was a genuine call for help.

25.   Now the American authorities have said Teresa can have custody until February next year after which they have to be returned to her husband.

26.   The TV licensing authority says the cheque HAS now been cleared, so Mr Smart no longer has anything to fear.

27.   Now the authorities say she has little chance of getting them back.

28.   Across the region, the water authorities say the drought is well and truely over.

29.   The health authority say a consultant anaesthetist living in Colwyn Bay is available.

30.   Eight patients at a Plymouth hospital have died of flu, it is revealed, but hospital authorities say the outbreak is under control.