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Hi, I'm Annabel Tiffin.

Welcome to North West Today.

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The headlines this

Thursday lunchtime:

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The clean-up begins after heavy rain

caused severe flooding

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in North Lancashire and South

Cumbria.

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And the group of fire cadets

from Cheshire tell us

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about their experiences rebuilding

a school in Nepal damaged

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by an earthquake.

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More than 70 people and 20

horses had to be rescued

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from floods in North Lancashire

and South Cumbria as bad weather

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hit our region last night.

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Emergency crews received

more than 500 calls

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due to the heavy rain.

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There's been disruption

on the roads and trains.

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Beccy Barr joins us from Galgate,

one of the worst affected areas.

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Yes, that's right. Galgate is a

couple of miles south of Lancaster,

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near to Lancaster University. When

the rain came down last night so

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heavily on the river it started to

rise, it is the River Conda that

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runs through Galgate, as the rain

came down in the middle of the night

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the River Conda burst its banks and

many homes and businesses in this

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part of the county were flooded.

There was a lot of destruction

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overnight to the roads, railways.

Also schools. The local school here

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in Galgate is closed today because

of that damage. People each year I

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left with the task of pumping out,

as you can see, pumping out

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basements in this village. Lots of

people have a really long job ahead

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of them today. Judy Hobson has more.

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The River Conda burst

it's banks in Galgate

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near Lancaster last night,

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flooding houses and forcing others

to abandon their cars.

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In Lentworth Drive,

more devastation.

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The Coastguard had to rescue people.

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One of the big concerns that I have

tonight is that at the beginning

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of October I contacted Lancashire

county council raising a concern

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about the way in which drains

were not being cleared

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across the constituency.

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It's been seven weeks and I've not

heard back from them at all.

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The drains have continued

to be very much blocked.

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I think a lot of the people I've

been speaking to are particularly

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concerned about drainage.

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But the county council said today

there was nothing to indicate

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blocked drains or gullies had

caused the flooding.

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The back has broken its banks

further upstream and that's

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after the EA had recently done

some additional works,

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flood protection works.

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We've had a lot of rain and it's not

got anywhere to go, apparently.

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Cumbria was also badly affected.

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Roads including the main

A590 closed, as well as

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two lanes of the M6.

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There were no rail services

between Lancaster and Barrow,

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and 22 schools remain closed today.

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This morning, the clean-up.

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At its height, the water at this

house in Galgate was waist high.

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It rose relatively quickly

but gradually at that point and then

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it came through the back door

as well, and through the back door

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it properly flew into the house,

it rose very quickly from then

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on until about one in the morning.

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My housemate went to get his wellies

from the car and had to climb out

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to climb out the window,

because he tried opening

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the front door and water came

through like a tsunami.

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It was like a film.

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In some areas of the county,

seven inches of rain

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fell in just 24 hours.

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Several flood warnings

remain in place.

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Judy Hobson, BBC North West Today.

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I think it is that risk of potential

further flooding that really worries

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people and the fact it is still only

November, the winter looks very long

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and hard ahead of us. Remember, put

this into the context of the past

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couple of years, it was just two

years ago that we had very

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significant flooding around

Lancaster which was said to be a

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once in a century flood. At that

point, the electricity was out for a

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week on and off. It was a huge

amount of destruction. Just two

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years on, we are in a similar

situation. The electricity lightly

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has remained on, but homes and

businesses are suffering once again.

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Just down the road and Lancaster I

spoke to a business. We featured

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them on north-westerly and North

West Tonight before. They have been

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flooded several times and again

overnight were flooded. Later on

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North West Tonight we will be

speaking with Kat Smith about the

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responsibility on local Government

to help to ameliorate the situation.

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We will get more into that later.

For now it is a long and slow

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clean-up for people living in this

area. Back to you. Very difficult

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for people in that area. Thanks very

much.

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And for updates, don't forget

BBC Radio Lancashire

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will have the latest flooding news

and traffic right throughout day.

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As you'll have seen on the main one

o'clock news, one of the killers

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of toddler James Bulger has been

recalled to prison suspected

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of having child abuse

images on his computer.

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It is the second time Jon Venables

has been sent back to jail under

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similar circumstances.

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He was released in 2001 on licence,

after serving eight years

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for the murder of two-year-old

James in 1993.

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The 35-year-old, who had been living

under a new identity,

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was recalled to prison last week.

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Within the last few minutes,

Labour have announced that they've

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suspended the Bury South MP

Ivan Lewis from the party.

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It's while they investigate claims

he'd made unwanted sexual

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advances towards women.

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The party said it had received

a complaint about his conduct.

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Mr Lewis previously denied making

any "non-consensual sexual comments

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or sexual advances towards women."

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The pre-inquest hearings,

which were due to be held

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into the Manchester Arena Bombing

this week, have been

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postponed until the new year.

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It's to enable

investigations to continue.

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It's six months since 22

people were killed.

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A group of fire cadets

from Cheshire who've been

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rebuilding a school in Nepal,

say the experience has changed them.

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More than a dozen teenagers made

the trip to an earthquake damaged

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region of the Himalayan country.

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They raised tens of thousands

of pounds to pay for it,

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and they've just returned.

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Mark Edwardson's been to see them.

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Cheshire Fire Cadets -

16 of them on a two week trip

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to a remote and isolated

Nepalese village.

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Ravaged by an earthquake in 2015,

rebuilding takes a long time

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in this impoverished place.

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That's what spurred these

teenagers into action.

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The school, well, it was more

than I ever expected it

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to be, to be honest.

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It was huge!

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I only thought we were building

a small, little school,

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but it turned out to be an amazing

high school that will benefit

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so many people in the future.

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The Cadets funded the trip entirely

by themselves, raising £70,000

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for their mercy mission.

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It took them four days to reach

their destination and the welcome

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they received was humbling.

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Flower garlands over our necks,

sitting there, bit of a speech.

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But just looking round and seeing

the smiles on all the kids' faces

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and the teachers and everyone

in the village, it's

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their life in that school,

and for generations to come.

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It just made me really happy

to know that I've helped

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contribute to their happiness.

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Remaking and remodelling,

bricks and brushes occupied

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the Cadets for six days.

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And they too have been changed.

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I honestly do feel like I've grown

up quite a bit since I've been

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in there because I could have been

a bit selfish, a bit moody.

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But when I came back,

I was more into helping around

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the house and the local community

more because it shows

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you what a difference you can make

on people's lives.

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It was a whistle stop trip,

but they'll remember

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it for a long time.

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Mark Edwardson, BBC

North West Today, Widnes.

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Football, and new Bury manager

Chris Lucketti says his appointment

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at the club feels like a homecoming.

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The former defender made close

to 300 appearances for the club,

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and since last year has been

assistant manager

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at Scunthorpe United.

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He arrives at Bury with the side

bottom of League One.

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The club means everything to me.

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The most successful time

I've had in my career

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was at Bury Football Club.

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Especially when we took the club

from the bottom of the fourth

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divison into a Championship club.

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The impressions I've got off

the lads have all been positive,

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and the calibre of players that

we've got is more than good enough

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to stay in this league.

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That has got to be our

first port of call.

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Now for the forecast

from Alex Hamilton.

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Good afternoon.

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It was a wet and windy night last

night, rainfall totals up

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to 71mm in Morcambe.

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That did cause some flooding

across various parts

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of Lancashire today.

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As we go through the course

of this afternoon, it'll

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still be breezy at times,

with patchy showers.

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But also some bright spells

in between and highs of around

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nine degrees Celsius.

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Tonight, a yellow weather warning

for ice so do take care.

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There could be some tricky

driving conditions.

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It will drop cold tonight,

lows of around zero degrees

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Celsius in rual spots.

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A mostly dry night, perhaps some

wintry showers over higher ground.

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Then tomorrow we're expecting drier

and brighter weather,

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just the odd shower here and there.

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But it will be feeling cool,

with highs of only around

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seven degrees Celsius.

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Fairly bright as we go

towards the weekend,

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but wrap up warm, it will be chilly.

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That's all for now.

Goodbye.

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