Newsbrief: Hospital attack
NHS managers are to review security measures after an armed robber threatened a Securicor guard in a corridor at Whipp's Cross Hospital in Leytonstone, east London. The gunman surprised the guard, bundled him into a secluded area and forced him to open a cash box at the hospital. The guard was unhurt, and the suspect escaped with pounds 120, in a white Ford Escort.
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