HEALTH secretary Patricia Hewitt allowed just 20 minutes to hear about Suffolk's crippled health service and refused to meet protestors who had delivered a 16,000 name petition to Downing Street.

HEALTH secretary Patricia Hewitt allowed just 20 minutes to hear about Suffolk's crippled health service and refused to meet protestors who had delivered a 16,000 name petition to Downing Street.

See today's Evening Star for full story.