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Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Gordon Burns and

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Dianne Oxberry. Our top story: Get guns off the streets. The family

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and friends of murdered schoolboy Rhys Jones take their campaign to

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Belfast. He would have had a smile as wide as the Mersey. He would

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have been made up to have taken part in anything like this.

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four years on, Rhys' dad tells us he's angry some of the people

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involved in his son's murder are now free.

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Planet Bling - astronomers at Jodrell Bank believe they've

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discovered the biggest rock of all. All hands to the pump as a Cumbrian

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village pours its heart and soul into its local pub. And we are in

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Wigan as a whole town get behind the Warriors. They even have the

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Also in the programme: Dave Guest is in Liverpool as festival fever

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grips the region. You are bound to think of the Beatles and the Mersey

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beat Festival, but this city has produced 50 number one hits,

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including this one. # I saw her today. I saw her face.

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Can you think of any others? We will talk about the festival later

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in the programme and look at other events happening in the North West

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this bank holiday weekend. But first, it's four years this

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week since 11-year-old Rhys Jones was shot dead as he walked home,

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still in his kit, from football practice in Croxteth, Liverpool. It

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was a crime that caused shock and outrage not just in the city, but

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across the whole country. Since then, Rhys's friends and family

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have been fighting to get guns off the streets and make it safe for

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kids to play. Today they took their campaign to Belfast. Nina Warhurst

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went with them. Every football team needs his squad

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photo, especially when it is your first trip together away from home.

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Four years after his death, this Football Club has come to Northern

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Ireland, not to mourn the loss of Rhys Jones, but took share what

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they have learned since losing him. We are the football team and we are

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playing a tournament in memory of him. Our message is to join a team,

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not a gang. Since the death of his son four years ago, Steve Jones has

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watched Rhys's friends grow up and become young man. He is still

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involved in the Football Club and says that while he is delighted to

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be on the trip, it comes at a difficult time. It is always

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difficult. Anniversaries, birthdays, Christmas, things like that. Going

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back to the trial, and people got sentenced. Then they were going to

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be out in 2011, and now we are there. People are getting released

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and you still feel cheated and hard-done-by. The coach always

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reminds the boys that they are not just representing their team but

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the Jones family. Today they impressed not just burnt Mayor but

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the local MP that had come from Westminster to meet them. People

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here have experienced some tragic events. There have been local

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killings here as well and I think they will have something in common.

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What would Rhys make of it all? would have had a smile as wide as

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the Mersey. He would have been absolutely made up to have taken

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part in anything like this. He just loved his football. It is not every

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day that a football team from Liverpool is invited into Stormont,

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but this is not just any football team. Four years after the death of

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Rhys Jones they are determined to make sure that this Football Club

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is known for the right reasons and even more determined to make sure

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that they win tomorrow. A 20-year-old man from Cheshire

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jailed for inciting a riot on Facebook is challenging his

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sentence. Jordan Blackshaw from Northwich was

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sentenced to four years in prison by a judge at Chester Crown Court.

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He's the first defendant to appeal his sentence.

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A man who set fire to his girlfriend in Blackburn after she

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refused to give him a cigarette has been sentenced to three years in

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prison. Christopher Smalley squirted lighter fluid on Belinda

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Fay's jumper then lit it. The judge at Preston Crown Court said it was

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the worst case of its kind he's ever come across.

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And three Liverpool nurseries are to close. The SureStart nurseries

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in Belle Vale, Walton and Croxteth will close in November. The Knotty

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Ash centre has been given a reprieve until June. Yesterday a

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John and Yoko inspired bed-in protest was held at Dovedale

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Primary school. The nursery there is also under threat.

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The great Bank Holiday getaway has begun. Tens of thousands have hit

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the region's roads and railways and Liverpool's John Lennon Airport is

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predicting a record number of travellers heading for the sun. But

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for those who've chosen to stay here, there's no shortage of things

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to do. Liverpool will once again become a Mecca for Merseybeat

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aficionados as the Mathew Street Festival gets underway. Our Chief

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Reporter, Dave Guest, is there now. When you think of lowball, you

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think of Mathew Street and the Beatles. -- Liverpool. They were

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not the only Scousers to storm the charts. There have been 50 number

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one singles recorded by Merseyside artists. How many can you recall?

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Let me tell you about other things going on up and down the North West

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this weekend. Celebrations in Manchester began today.

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Brollies are, of course, the essential accessory for a British

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Bank Holiday weekend and they were much in evidence in Manchester

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today, not so much to fend off the rain, but to create a work of art.

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The heart is the newly adopted symbol of the We Love Manchester

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campaign and this was designated We Love Manchester Day. It is about

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celebrating Mancunian pride and the community spirit that everybody

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showed following the troubles are a few weeks ago. Will it make a

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difference? We think so. People have won their hearts on their

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sleeves since it happened. We want to celebrate and support that.

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music, food and drink were on offer in the city centre this afternoon.

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And over the weekend, thousands are expected to turn up for Manchester

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Pride. Pride parade starts tomorrow. We have some great acts on all

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weekend and it is a great excuse for people to get out into

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Manchester and enjoyed the city. Cheshire, music fans have started

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arriving for the CreamFields Festival. 50,000 are expected.

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After all of these years, I think we have a good understanding of

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what our audience are all about and what they like and what music they

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like. The Chemical Brothers are the headline act. I come from Australia

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just for Creamfields. Three days of pure bliss. You cannot have the

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summer without And for lovers of the bizarre, up in Lancashire

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they're staging a caravan demolition derby at the Warton

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Stock Car Club. Carvan Club members, look away now! How many number one

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songs have you remembered? Give us an example.

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# How Much Is That Doggy In the Window?

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That was a number one from Merseyside? Yes, 1953. It was the

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very first Liverpool No. 1. # I saw her today, I saw her face.

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# It was a face I loved. I know that, the Searchers. There have

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been some novelty acts as well. Go # Tears for souvenirs. I can't

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forget you. The famous Ken Dodd. You will be performing all of these

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hits on a special stage during the festival. Why? Every year the

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Mathew Street Festival has different beans on the outside

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stages and we are always looking for new things. It is something we

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have never done, which is ridiculous. We like to boast a

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liveable. It was one of the themes and we thought we should do 53

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number ones on one stage in five hours. We are looking forward to it.

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I am going to turn my attention to councillor Wendy Simon. Liverpool

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city Council funds based in tough economic times. Why? We do because

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it is a massive economic boost for the city. 325,000 people came to

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the Mathew Street Festival over two days and there would be �20 million

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economic benefit to the city as a whole. And to try new things every

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year? Yes, we do. We have a may deliver Paul stage as well, at --

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made in Liverpool. There is lots for all of the family. Thank you.

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That is what is happening in Liverpool. We have told you what is

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happening elsewhere. Have a lovely bank holiday.

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This story is my favourite. Scientists, including a team using

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the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, believe they've discovered a planet

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made of diamond. Incredible. It's bigger than the Earth but before

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bling lovers get too excited there is a slight problem. It's a small

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matter of 4000 light years away. From Jodrell Bank, Peter Marshall

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reports. Diamonds have always been a girl's

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best friend. Another thought of them is dazzling astronomers. This

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is an artist's impression of the newly discovered planet, orbiting a

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small but incredibly dense core of a collapsed star. A professor from

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and -- Manchester University is part of the team that confirms the

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existence of the diamond planet. When we started making measurements

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with the telescope behind us at Jodrell Bank, we found that the

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subject was very close to the companion star that it was orbiting.

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That meant that it had to be very dense. If it was less dense, it

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would be pulled apart by the gravitational field of the central

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staff. It was once a star itself, but it was stripped of material,

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leaving behind highly crystallised carbon, more commonly known as

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diamond. The diamond planet has not been given a name yet. We hope it

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is something more imaginative than the nearby star, which is 179138.

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If stargazers want to get a look at it, don't bother. The team have not

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managed to maintain a clear image of that, even with this equipment.

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It is in our galaxy, the Milky Way, enlist constellation of stars

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called the snake. It is big. It is on the sort of scale as the earth

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but some times larger. And as diamond go that is pretty big?

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Pretty big. Staggering when it is 4000 light

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years away. Fantastic. Still to come in North West

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Tonight: Fergie's fury. Sir Alex tells the Football Association what

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he really thinks. They treat us like BLEEP.

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And raising the baa. Shaun the Sheep skips into Salford for the

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Championsheeps. Now, would you pay �300 to save

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your local pub? Over 300 residents of Crosby Ravensworth in Cumbria

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did. When they found out the only village pub would close they

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clubbed together to save it. And it's all hands to the pump tomorrow

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for the grand opening. Laura Yates has the story.

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These are just a few of the customers that club together to buy

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and run their local, putting their hands in their pockets to stop the

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pub that they love closing down. is the last one in the village and

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if we did not invest, it would be gone forever. It is the hub of the

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village and I never had any hesitation in putting some money

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into it. A year ago, at this pub closed because the owner was too

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ill to continue. The locals bought her out, setting up a community

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fund and 300 people bought a share. Some for as little as �250 and

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others as much as �20,000. When we got 22,000, I really thought that

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was it. We could go for it. After that, everybody has just been

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fabulous and the money has kept rolling in. In three months, they

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have raised �300,000. Then came the renovations. So much of the work

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was done for free. The exposed beams. John Stubbs grew up in this

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pub and his mother owned it. Today he lives in Australia, back for the

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first time in nearly 40 years. Now he also owns part of it. I don't

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have any illusions that I will make any money out of it. Once I learned

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that it was on the market and you could invest, I felt it was the

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right thing to do. There are six co-operative pubs in the UK. Here

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they are getting ready for the official opening. It is the time to

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drink to the biggest of group efforts.

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EBay is one of the great successes of the internet age and people in

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the North West are wise to it. There are 150 companies worth �1

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million on eBay and Manchester has emerged as a business hot spot.

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Everybody loves a bargain and many of us seek them out on online

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shopping and auction sites such as eBay. It is hard to believe, but he

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they only came into existence in 1999. It has long since stopped

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being a modern version of a rummage sale. EBay has 180,000 registered

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business users. PF Jones in Manchester is one of them. We sell

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injection fuel pumps and things. We were originally just selling to

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people nearby, Birmingham and things, but eBay let us sell to a

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wider audience like Australia, Malaysia and all over Europe.

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Selling on eBay has transformed the business. Between the two depots we

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employed roughly 40 people and now it is just about 103. And we are

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still taking people on, another one starts on Monday. How much is down

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to me they? It is a worldwide market now.

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EBay's own figures show Manchester to be fourth in a league table of

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cities with million-pound businesses on eBay. There are 159

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million their businesses nationally, which is a 25% increase on the

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previous year. And some northern cities have done particularly well,

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with Manchester in the top five. Another part heading out of

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Manchester. EBay say they're helping companies serve customers

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previously beyond their reach. Sport now, and Sir Alex Ferguson's

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press conference today was truly headline making. And I don't mean

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because the BBC were allowed in for the first time in seven years! He

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fired off a really bitter attack on the FA. Yes, look what we've been

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missing. Sir Alex has buried the hatched with the BBC, but he's

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still got a big axe to grind with the Football Association. Here he

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is, entering the first Manchester United press conference the BBC has

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been allowed to attend since 2004. And within minutes, Sir Alex made

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his feelings about the FA clear. This is what he said when he was

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asked about the fact that up to eight United players could be in

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the England squad next month. think they may realise one day who

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has produced more players for the country than any other club in the

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world. And maybe they will get some joy from it in some point in their

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lives and realise how important we are to England. Understand? They

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treat us like BLEEP. But we are pleased for the players because

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they deserve to be there. They are outstanding. Why is Sir Alex so

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angry at the FA? Well, he feels they've treated United unfairly. He

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got a five-match ban and a �30,000 fine in March for criticising

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referee Martin Atkinson. And Wayne Rooney was banned for two matches

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after he swore at a live television camera. That meant he missed the FA

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Cup semi-final which United of course lost to noisy neighbours

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Manchester City. And talking of City, they presented their big new

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signing, Samir Nasri, to the media today and Roberto Mancini may well

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give the former Arsenal star his debut at Spurs on Sunday. With a

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look at that game, and the weekend's other big matches, here's

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Liam O'Donoghue. After moving to Manchester for �24

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million, Samir Nasri returns to North London on Sunday. City are

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said to be paying him �185,000 a week, but he denies money is the

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attraction. We will see the game of the season and we will lift the

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trophy. Either show everybody that is thinking about money that they

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are wrong. -- I will show everybody. City have loaned Emmanuel Adebayor

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to Spurs for the season, but he's not allowed to play on Sunday. Sir

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Alex Ferguson's side beat Spurs in style on Monday, but he won't

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underestimate Arsenal when they arrive at Old Trafford. The Gunners

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lost to Liverpool last week, but United are not complacent about

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Sunday's task. You cannot rule them out because Arsene Wenger gives a

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lot of young players a chance. Some of the young players could step up.

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Ahead of their trip to Anfield, Bolton have rejected Arsenal's

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offer for defender Gary Cahill. Really there is nothing more to

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chat about. It was Liverpool's Luis Suarez has hit three in three, but

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his manager warns Bolton have also been on a scoring spree. They have

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scored six goals in the two games. They are not going to go away. It

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will be a difficult game. Both these sides enjoyed Carling Cup

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victories, but neither has picked up a single Premier League point.

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Everton's 17 year-old star Ross Barkley may start again, Rovers

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captain Christopher Samba could play for the first time this season.

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Roberto Martinez is without defenders Steve Gohouri and Antolin

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Alcaraz as his side face the Premiership new boys.

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Now forget football. Surely the biggest sporting match this weekend

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is in Rugby League. Wigan take on Leeds tomorrow in the Challenge Cup

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final. The Warriors, who won the cup eight times in a row in the 80s

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and 90s, are favourites to beat the Rhinos and as Stuart Pollitt

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reports, they won't be short of support.

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This was one of the most thrilling The 17th Challenge Cup win. They

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may be the most successful side in Challenge Cup history, but for the

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class of 2011, today were their first steps on the Wembley turf.

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When I was growing up I was watching Wigan all the way through

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when they had their great runs. There are great memories and we are

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using that with what is in front of us. It is about this group having

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the opportunity to be part of a great history. It has been a long

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wait for an occasion like this, by Wigan's standards, seven years

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since their last Challenge Cup final. No wonder the whole team is

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getting ready to wave the flag. Wembley! Everybody is talking about

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it. People come in, people on the street, asking if you are going to

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Wembley. I can't wait. I don't need a hat to keep warm! How happy will

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you be if Wigan win? Very much happy. I will be shouting well done

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Wigan. I am taking these to Wembley. We are leaving at 6:30am. Maureen

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has turned her chip shop Cherry and White. We are getting very worked

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up and we cannot even what it on the TV. We are too nervous.

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Ashton there is a three for at I Easter Mass got. What will happen

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after this weekend? -- are three third iced mascot. He might get a

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cup in his hands and we would like that!

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There will be full coverage on BBC One. There is also coverage on BBC

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Radio Manchester. It could be a busy day for

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Lancashire tomorrow as they bid for their first silverware of what may

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be an extraordinary season. Lancs, who are top of the County

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Championship, are playing in Twenty20 finals day at Edgbaston.

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They face Leicestershire in the semi-final first up. If they win

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that they'll be up against either Hampshire or Somerset in the final

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tomorrow evening. We try to put all eyes on Twenty20 and put the

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championship on the back-burner. We do think it is important, massive

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important, but we have to be totally focused on Twenty20 cricket

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and live and breathe it all week and also on that day. What a

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weekend for sport lovers. It could be a double for Lancashire and for

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Wigan. When we got the weather forecast

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yesterday, the temperatures were very low. Have they shot up

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They have not improved by much, I am afraid. This weekend is a mixed

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bag. This weekend we will see quite a lot of showers. And improvement

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by Sunday it with fewer showers and it will be brighter. This low

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pressure that has brought the heavy showers today will go away into the

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North Sea. This frontal system will bring in some cloud and rain. That

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will ease away and hide pressure will slowly tried to make its way

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in for Sunday and Monday. -- high pressure. Drier for Monday but that

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is a long way away. Today there are some more showers on the Irish Sea

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coast which are heavy. They will ease the way as we head into dawn.

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A cloudy night and temperatures will stick in double figures. To

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start your bank holiday weekend, we start off a bit cloudy. The breeze

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will be picking up. A key north- westerly breeze driving in lots of

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showers by the afternoon. In between there will be bright spells

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but heavy showers by the afternoon. High temperatures of 18 in Greater

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Manchester. Not particularly warm elsewhere for the end of August, 15

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or 16. By Sunday and Monday, it does look drier. May be brighter.

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Disappointing temperatures, 14 or 15. Sunday and Monday look to be

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much better. If you have got plans to take your kids are out and about

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I have got something for you in Salford. Shaun the Sheep will be

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holding his Championsheeps at BBC headquarters in Salford Quays.

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There is a very special Sportsday. You can roll Shirley around. There

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are some space opera races as well and an obstacle course. And I have

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been to meet Shaun the Sheep's creator, Nick Park, the man behind

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Wallace and Gromit. He told me where his ideas came from. One very

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eccentric inventor and his ever faithful dog, dreamed up by a

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northern lad who love to draw cartoons. I wanted to make my own

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puppets and I had this idea about a guy that build so rocket in the

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basement of his house. A lot of the design and houses are very much

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references to what I knew as a kid, really, in Preston. My dad used to

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spend all of his time in the garden shed making things. In a way, he

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had a similar nature to Wallace. He was not as stupid as him. We had a

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caravan made completely from scratch, and seven of us went on

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holiday in it. After making a grand day out with Wallace in the rocket,

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I realised I had kind of made a film about my dad. And here is

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another of Nick's creations making his first official appearance in A

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Close Shave. It looks OK to me. We will call him Shaun the Sheep.

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was more popular than Wallace and Gromit, we realised quickly,

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because he sold more than Wallace and Gromit. Now Shaun the Sheep is

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very popular in countries as far away as India and China and believe

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it or nor over 90 million people have played his game online. Let's

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get kids out, playing the games in reality. And we have got our

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terrible pun department working on an idea. We decided to have our own

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Championsheeps and raised the bar a little. Sorry! The cabbage Key p a

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p, welly throwing, the sack race. Right up your street, Gordon was

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dog if you want to go to that it starts at 11 o'clock and you don't

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need a ticket. I like Gromit best. How do you come up with it? Have

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you noticed that Gromit does not have a mouse? But the expression is

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there regardless. It is all in the eyebrows. If Shaun the Sheep took

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part in a high jump, what would you call it? A woolly jumper! Can I go

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