At the same time Donetsk, Lviv and Kharkiv were given a final 30 November deadline to meet the standards required and Kiev was told it would lose the final itself if it didn't come up to scratch by the end of next month.

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Liberal Democrat MSP Alison MacInnes said the targets did not come up to scratch and were disappointing.

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Ms Macdonald called on the government to accept that while it had "made a brave effort" the bill had not "come up to scratch".

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Sceptics suggested that, as it was staffed predominantly by people who worked in the NHS, it would not be sufficiently critical when care did not come up to scratch.

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While their handsets were scratch-free when they come out of the box, the handsets soon picked up significant damage on the back and sides from light usage.

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