Bernard Matthews saved by 'Chicken King'

Troubled turkey firm and its 2,000 jobs have been secured, but it's bad news for pension savers

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Bernard Matthews, Europe's largest turkey company, has been saved from collapse by an investor known informally as the "Chicken King".

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