She backed the pledge to safeguard police officer numbers and said the idea of a reserve force was an "exciting proposition" - as long as the recruits were well equipped and trained.

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"It is a tour de force and offers a new and potentially exciting opening for developments of new anti-obesity drugs -- something which is badly needed, " says Dr. George Bray, chief of the Division of Clinical Obesity and Metabolism at Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University.

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Sir Ronnie said the force was looking to a "new and exciting future".

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