The bank said that Sir Malcolm's retiral was part of an "on-going board renewal programme which has been underway for some time".

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This could only be removed by a programme of on-going monitoring that used the latest and most sophisticated technology.

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Both teams were going into the match on the back of a demanding Easter programme, and St Helens certainly looked heavy-legged in the opening stages.

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