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Kidsunlimited, the UK's sixth largest nursery chain, is to open two new nurseries this month. The nurseries, both on hospital sites, will primarily serve NHS employees. The first opens at Broadgreen Hospital in Liverpool with 81 places. The second, based at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, offers 140 places. The openings will take Kidsunlimited's total of hospital-based nurseries to six. A further 26 children's centres are being planned by Norfolk County Council following its receipt of 6m in Government funding, announced by children's minister Margaret Hodge during a visit to Yarmouth Children's Centre on 11 April. The council plans to turn the county's ten existing Sure Start centres into children's centres.

A further 26 children's centres are being planned by Norfolk County Council following its receipt of 6m in Government funding, announced by children's minister Margaret Hodge during a visit to Yarmouth Children's Centre on 11 April. The council plans to turn the county's ten existing Sure Start centres into children's centres.

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has opened its first children's centre. Abbey Children's Centre is a purpose-built facility bringing together the existing SureStart Abbey Local Programme and the new Abbey Neighbourhood Nursery. The nursery will provide 52 childcare places, while the creche is registered for up to 14 children and has a sensory area for the disabled.

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