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“Generations of the same families enjoyed splashing in the pool during its 80-year history.”
“Protesters in Blaenavon, Torfaen, failed in their bid to stop their local pool being demolished but did manage to raise £20,000, which they now hope to give to local youngsters through sport.”
“some of the samples are more than 4,500 years old.”
“Some of the items, among them seeds and papyrus, were more than 4,000 years old.”
“They dated 211 various plants, seeds and papyrus samples, obtained from museum collections.”
“The study brought together researchers from the UK, France, Austria and Israel.”
“from about 2691 to roughly 2625 BC”
“in just three years”
“Today, it accounts for 64% of the population, of which the largest group is Pakistani at 44%.”
“The area suffers from above average unemployment - the rate for men and women is 31%, compared to a city average of 20%.”
“Washwood Heath has a population that is 65% of Asian origin, 56% of whom are of Pakistani origin, and has unemployment of about 30%.”
“At a public meeting last week Jackie Russell, the director of the Safer Birmingham Partnership, said there had been 11 convictions for terrorist-related activity in Sparkbrook and Washwood Heath since 2007.”
“Similarly, Washwood Heath has a population that is 65% of Asian origin, 56% of whom are of Pakistani origin, and has unemployment of about 30%.”
“Mr Sargeant was speaking at the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) conference in Llandudno.”
“We have 300 people here and they have all shopped around, some have block-booked to make savings and they are all putting money into the local economy.”
“The crash happened on the A303 slipway to the A3093 in Andover on Tuesday.”
“Kenneth Mellor, 52, of Pendennis Close, Basingstoke, died after his bike crossed the central reservation and collided with the ambulance.”
“A section of the A3093 was closed for four hours to allow officers to conduct a full investigation.”
“Thieves stole glasses worth £1,500 after they forced their way into an optician in Surrey.”
“One was about 5ft 10in tall and was wearing dark trousers and a blue top.”
“The other was between 5ft 4in and 5 ft 6in tall and was dressed in khaki camouflage trousers and a dark hooded top.”
“Pupils at two primary schools have been kept indoors at lunch-time after a fox was spotted in the playground.”
“The fox was first spotted on Monday when teachers at both schools were instructed to keep the children away from the playground at lunch-time.”
“The fox was spotted again before school began on Tuesday and the council sent its pest control team in to investigate.”
“She said pest control officers had searched for a possible den for the fox and located signs of one underneath a temporary classroom on the site.”
“There have been concerns about the potential risk foxes pose after nine-month-old twins Lola and Isabella Koupparis were attacked while sleeping in their cots at their home in Hackney on Saturday, 5 June.”
“Their four-year-old brother, who was also sleeping upstairs, was not hurt.”
“1.5m (2.4km)”
“Mr Kayran, 28, from Swindon, died in a crash nearby at about 2040 GMT on the same day.”
“The collision investigation report concluded that the mud was 'excessive' and it had been drizzling, which made the road 'extremely' slippery.”
“Tube and bus passengers could be hit by fare rises of more than 7% in 2011, the London Assembly has been told.”
“The city council was tipped off after the programme was screened last June.”
“Fraud investigators in Bristol have said that they have uncovered more than 170 benefit cheats in the last financial year - a record number for the city.”
“The belt would be 15km (nine miles) wide and 7,775km (4,831 miles) long.”
“The initiative, conceived five years ago, has not started because of a lack of funding and some experts worry it would not be maintained properly.”
“It is envisaged that the belt would go through 11 countries from east to west.”
“The trees should be "drought-adapted species", preferably native to the areas planted, the Great Green Wall website says, listing 37 suitable species.”
“But so far little has been done to transplant these trees to the northern desert areas to become part of the Great Green Wall. The country has made efforts to plant a green belt of trees around the capital, and tens of thousands of young t…”
“the country has made efforts to plant a green belt of trees around the capital, and tens of thousands of young trees are being grown in nurseries on the outskirts of the city, she says.”
“Raymond Scott, 53, of Wingate, County Durham, is accused of taking the folio from Durham University in 1998.”
“The folio is regarded as one of the most important printed works in English and is valued at between £3m and £15m.”
“Front-seat passenger Paul Robinson, 26, of Dunstable, died from his injuries.”
“Jasper had been drinking cider at a pub quiz before crashing his BMW in Lowther Road, Dunstable, on 27 December, 2009.”
“He said he had drunk two pints of Strongbow cider at The Glider pub.”
“Ms Carter said Jasper was driving at about 56mph when he failed to take a bend and crashed into a tree.”
“Executions by firing squad are rare in the US - only two people have been put to death this way since 1977.”
“He was pronounced dead at 0020 local time (0620 GMT).”
“The execution chair used by John Albert Taylor”
“The last person to have been executed by firing squad was John Albert Taylor in 1996, who said he chose the method to embarrass the state.”
“She explains that the term refers to an 'arcane LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons) belief that a murderer must shed his own blood - literally - to be forgiven by God.'”
“Ahead of the execution, the LDS released a statement saying that blood atonement was not a doctrine of the Church.”
“The Neolithic flints and pottery shards dating back more than 5,000 years were found by the Oxford East Archaeology unit next to Ormesby Broad.”
“The excavation also uncovered an extensive Middle Bronze Age field system dating back to about 1,500 BC.”
“We have not only shown that contrary to virtually all published sources and expectations Norfolk certainly does have Middle Bronze Age field systems, but they have a complexity that has rarely been seen elsewhere in the county.”
“died aged 86 in December 2009”
“Mr Pratt, 65, has sold his taxi firm and has retired.”
“For 20 years Don Pratt and his wife Gill ferried Mary Watson to and from the shops, to the doctors and on other errands around Newquay where she lived.”
“Mrs Watson moved to Northampton 10 years ago”
“Mr and Mrs Pratt kept in touch with her until about two years before she died.”
“Scottish Power told the BBC Scotland news website it hoped the hole would be filled in by September.”
“As far as I know there is a six week time limit on road works before the company is fined so there should be the same rule for work in parks.”
“The hole was dug in February and left enclosed by a fence during cable works.”
“The work at Bruntsfield Links is part of a multi-million pound investment programme to upgrade power cables and electricity supplies across Edinburgh.”
“It follows a similar problem in the area when Scottish Power dug a hole in 2006, leaving a massive mud slick across the park for months without sowing new grass seed.”
“The Department of Transport has confirmed the new routes to East Didsbury and Ashton-under-Lyne will receive their planned funding.”
“Eight extra trams and two new park-and-ride sites will be provided.”
“Manchester Metrolink's planned extensions to the east and south of the city have survived government cuts. The Department of Transport has confirmed the new routes to East Didsbury and Ashton-under-Lyne will receive their planned funding.”
“In Egypt, where Mr Obama gave a landmark address to the Muslim world in 2009, favourable attitudes towards the US have dropped 10 percentage points to 17%.”
“Arizona's new immigration law has hurt America's standing in Mexico, where favourable attitudes towards the US have tumbled 18 percentage points since the law was passed.”
“In Kenya, a striking 95% of respondents said they believed he would to the right thing.”
“In Nigeria the figure was 84%”
“More than 80% of those polled in all three countries also expressed confidence that Mr Obama would "do the right thing" in world affairs.”
“and it exceeded 70% in India, Japan and South Korea.”
“Pew surveyed 22 countries across the globe for its report.”
“Pakistan is the only country surveyed to voice support for a nuclear-armed Iran.”
“Thirty-eight overt CCTV cameras have been installed, and 72 cameras had been placed covertly.”
“Human rights group Liberty estimates there are about 4.5m CCTV cameras in the UK but says there is no accurate figure, and no way of knowing how many of those are hidden.”
“had made half a million free tickets available to people under the age of 26.”
“Sean Connery, Born Fountainbridge, (25 August 1938), Oscar winning actor, International film star”
“Sir Sean, who was knighted in 2000”
“Grassroot Soccer was introduced in Zimbabwe in 2002, and has now expanded into 17 countries.”
“Grassroot Soccer's presence in South Africa has increased dramatically in the last year.”
“Youth Beatz 2010 had been scheduled to take place on 31 July at Dock Park in Dumfries.”
“will now be performing on 16 July instead”
“the festival take place over two days, 16 and 17 July.”
“A condition attached to the deal is that they go to the USA at the end of July or early August to start recording," she said.”
“who had a top 40 hit with his latest single Crush.”
“Velmur, the firm that wanted to put almost 3,000 cows at South Witham near Grantham, said it had decided to withdraw the plan.”
“In April, proposals for a 'super dairy' farm at Nocton, near Grantham, which would have been the largest in the UK, were withdrawn.”
“Nocton Dairies Ltd had submitted plans to North Kesteven District Council for an 8,100-cow dairy.”
“There were five Irish people on board the MV Rachel Corrie”
“Then on 5 June the Israelis intercepted the Irish-registered MV Rachel Corrie, which also had Irish people on board”
“At the end of May there were Irish nationals in the original flotilla”
“The vessel was bought in March by the Free Gaza Movement; under an earlier name it had lain abandoned in Dundalk after its owners went bust”
“But Mr Lane says the admiration the other way had evaporated by the 1970s as Palestinian resistance gathered momentum”
“At the end of May there were Irish nationals in the original flotilla.”
“Ireland's Fianna Fail Prime Minister, Brian Cowen, has condemned the blockade of Gaza as "a violation of international law".”
“He also acknowledges there was a different side to the story. "There was always quite a strong anti-Semitic faction in Ireland, even if suppressed," he says. "But then over the years the whole liberal left in Ireland shifted into anti-Isra…”
“The vessel was bought in March by the Free Gaza Movement; under an earlier name it had lain abandoned in Dundalk after its owners went bust.”
“Eoghan Harris says after the formation of Israel in 1948 some in Ireland were strongly on side with the new state, seeing a parallel with their own recent struggle against Britain.”
