States rejects extra money for Alderney flights despite cancer treatment plea
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States rejects extra money for Alderney flights despite cancer treatment plea
• A bid to spend an extra £364,000 on Alderney's air links has been rejected by the States, despite a warning that unreliable flights are affecting patients travelling for medical treatment.
• Alderney Representative Edward Hill told the Assembly he had breakfast with a woman earlier in the day who had travelled to Guernsey for cancer treatment.
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